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Herman's Hermits - Silhouettes

Herman's Hermits - Silhouettes Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Greatest Hits
Released: 1965

Silhouettes Lyrics

Took a walk and passed your house late last night
All the shades were pulled and drawn way down tight
From within, the dim light cast two Silhouettes on the shade
Oh, what a lovely couple they made

Put his arms around your waist, held you tight
Kisses I could almost taste in the night
Wondered why I'm not the guy who's silhouette's on the shade
I couldn't hide the tears in my eyes

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Lost control and rang your bell; I was sore
Let me in, or else I'll beat down your door
When two strangers who have been two silhouettes on the shade
Said, to my shock, "You're on the wrong block."

Rushed out to your house with wings on my feet
Loved you like I'd never loved you, my sweet
Vowed that you and I would be two silhouettes on the shade
All of our days, two silhouettes on the shade

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Writer/s: BOB CREWE, FRANK C, JR SLAY
Publisher: REGENT MUSIC CORPORATION, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Silhouettes

This song is about a guy who sees a couple kissing and fooling around. He sees their shadows through a closed curtain, and thinks that it's his girl cheating on him. He gets so upset at what he's watching he bangs on the door, only to find out he has the wrong house. He then rushes to the right house, and together he and his girl make their own shadows when they kiss.

This was previously a hit for the Rays (US #3) and later by the Diamonds (US #10, both in 1957).

Herman's Hermits lead singer Peter Noone sang on this track, but the other band members didn't play on it. The session musicians brought in were:

Vic Flick - guitar
Big Jim Sullivan - guitar
John Paul Jones - bass (yep, the guy from Led Zeppelin)
Bobby Graham - drums
John Carter and Ken Lewis - backing vocals

Jimmy Page, who was a session guitarist at the time and went on to form Led Zeppelin, played on this song. In an interview with the Forgotten Hits newsletter, Peter Noone, who was lead singer of Herman's Hermits, addressed the use of outside musicians on their recordings: "The Hermits played on the songs that they played well on. Sometimes other musicians played on tracks, mostly because the band's weakness was our drummer (the nicest guy in the band and therefore irreplaceable) because he had pretty unusual time and was therefore un-overdubbable (my word) so we started using Clem Cattini (Tornadoes) and Jim Page (Yardbirds), John Paul Jones, Herbie Flowers and whoever was around at the time. Lek is the guitarist on 'For Your Love' so you can see he was very good. Jim played on 'Silhouettes' and 'Wonderful World' and, once Karl Green faded, he was replaced on all the recordings by John Paul Jones, who also arranged almost everything and was our genius."

This song inspired the storyline of "No Reply," which John Lennon wrote for The Beatles.

Julie Andrews - My Favorite Things

Julie Andrews - My Favorite Things Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Sound of Music Soundtrack
Released: 1965

My Favorite Things Lyrics

Raindrops on roses
And whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles
And warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of My Favorite Things

Cream colored ponies
And crisp apple strudels
Door bells and sleigh bells
And schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorites things
And then I don't feel so bad

Raindrops on roses
And whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles
And warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things

Cream colored ponies
And crisp apple strudels
Door bells and sleigh bells
And schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorites things
And then I don't feel so bad

Writer/s: OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II, RICHARD RODGERS
Publisher: Peermusic Publishing, IMAGEM MUSIC INC
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My Favorite Things

The Sound of Music was one of famous Broadway musical writing team Rodgers and Hammerstein's most loved works, and also their last collaboration. Other notable works by them include Oklahoma! and The King and I. In The Sound of Music, Richard Rodgers wrote the music and Oscar Hammerstein II wrote the lyrics to the song "My Favorite Things."

Although first appearing on the stage in a 1959 production, most people know the film version which was released in 1965 and won five Oscars. The film featured musical actress Julie Andrews of Mary Poppins fame in her role as the musical's leading protagonist, Maria, who is the governess of a rich Captain von Trapp's children.

In "My Favorite Things," Maria describes all the things that make her feel better when she is sad, like "Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens." However, it is not an essentially happy song and is written in a minor key, and only at the end of the song, when she sings "I think of a few of my favorite things, and then I don't feel so bad" does the underlying harmony reflect this release of negative emotion through a happy major harmonic turn.

This song famously appears in a scene in the film when the von Trapp children she looks after are frightened and go to her room during a thunderstorm, and she sings it to comfort them. This change to the original Broadway positioning of the song has remained in most stage productions.

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass recorded a popular cover of this song, as did Björk, who sang it in her movie Dancer In The Dark. Many Jazz musicians have also recorded the song, including Dave Brubeck, John Coltrane and Stanley Jordan. Coltrane's version was the basis for some of the organ and guitar parts on the the album version of The Doors' "Light My Fire."

On the television program 100 Greatest Songs From Musicals, Julie Andrews said of this song, "I think, personally 'My Favorite Things' was the song I love to sing the most. The lyrics were so great and it was so evocative everything one sang one could see the picture brown paper packages, raindrops on roses and things like that."

For Julie Andrews' 69th birthday celebration, she performed "My Favorite Things" at the Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall benefit for the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), but significantly changed the lyrics. Among the revised lyrics: "Cadillacs and cataracts and hearing aids and glasses, Polident and Fixodent and false teeth in glasses. Pacemakers, golf carts and porches with swings. These are a few of my favorite things."

Another notable version of this song was performed by singer and conductor Bobby McFerrin, known for his 1988 song "Don't Worry Be Happy." McFerrin performed this song in Copenhagen in a surprising variety of musical styles, wowing listeners with his amazing range of vocal techniques and his sensitive multi-voiced improvisations. The video of this performance went viral on YouTube.

This song name is also the title of jazz saxophonist John Coltrane's seventh album, My Favorite Things, released in 1961. The album features no jazz standards but five reworked popular tunes by the likes of Gershwin and Porter, including a thirteen minute instrumental version of "My Favorite Things." Coltrane said that "you've got to go back at the old things and see them in a new light." Through Coltrane's bebop rendition, this song was divorced from its popular roots and transformed into what has been described as a "hypnotic, Eastern dervish dance." This comment is in reference to Coltrane's interest with Indian music inspired by his friend, Ravi Shankar, who introduced him to the Indian raga scale that Coltrane used in his solo for this song.

Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) botched the lyrics of this song on an episode of Friends (season one - "The One When Monica Gets a New Roommate"):

Raindrops on roses
and rabbits and kittens
Bluebells and sleighbells
and something with mittens
la la la la la la something with string....

The Supremes - Nothing But Heartaches

The Supremes - Nothing But Heartaches Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: More Hits by The Supremes
Released: 1965

Nothing But Heartaches Lyrics

Nothing But Heartaches, Oo, Nothing but heartaches,
he brings nothing but heartaches.
Oo, I can't break away from his arms.
I can't break away from his charms.
I can't break away from his kiss, 'cause his kiss I surely miss.
All my life I needed someone to need me, so I do my very best to please him.
But the more and more I care, the more of him other girls share.
When I need a hand to hold, that's the time he leaves me all alone,

Just keeps me, keeps me cryin' myself to sleep.
Nothing but heartaches (Oo-) Oo, nothing but heartaches,
But I can't break away, Oh, no, Keep a loving him more each day.
Oo, I can't break away from his arms.
I can't break away from his charms.
I can't break away from his kiss, 'cause his kiss I'll surely miss.

To him I'm loyal, to him I'm true.
Why can't he be the same way too?
But the more my love has grown, the less love he has shown.
He makes promises he doesn't keep.
Sometimes I don't see him all week.

Just keeps me, keeps me cryin' myself to sleep.
Nothing but heartaches (Oo-) Oo, nothing but heartaches,
But I can't break away, Oh, no, Keep a loving him more each day.
Oo, I can't break away from his arms.
I can't break away from his charms.
I can't break away from his kiss, 'cause his kiss I'll surely miss.

Nothing but heartaches. Oo, oo, oo, nothin' but heartaches.
No, I can't break away.
Oh, no. I keep a lovin' him more each day.
Nothing but heartaches. Oo, oo, oo, nothin' but heartaches.
No, I can't break away.
Oh, no. I keep a lovin' him more each day.
Nothing but heartaches. Oo, oo, oo, nothin' but heartaches.
No, I can't break away.


Writer/s: BRIAN HOLLAND, EDWARD HOLLAND, EDWARD JR. HOLLAND, LAMONT DOZIER, LAMONT HERBERT DOZIER
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Nothing But Heartaches

As this song missed just one position of the US Top 10, it put the Supremes' string of consecutive #1 American hits to an end. Like the four out of their five consecutive #1 American hits, this song is about heartache and/or unrequited love. When this failed to make even the Top 10 (let alone reach #1), Holland/Dozier/Holland (the Supremes' songwriters and producers) had finally realized that the themes of the Supremes' songs had begun to be monotonous. After the song's disappointing result on the charts, Motown president Berry Gordy sent a memo all around offices of Motown that read: "We will release nothing less than Top Ten product on any artist; and because the Supremes' worldwide acceptance is greater than the other artists, on them we will only release #1 records." When Holland/Dozier/Holland received the message, they decided to try a new theme for the Supremes. Their result was the Supremes' next hit "II Hear a Symphony," which brought the Supremes back to the #1 spot.

The original title of this song was "I Can't Break Away."

The Beatles - Tell Me What You See

The Beatles - Tell Me What You See Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Help! (UK)
Released: 1965

Tell Me What You See Lyrics

If you let me take your heart, I will prove to you
We will never be apart, if I'm part of you
Open up your eyes now, Tell Me What You See
It is no surprise now, what you see is me

Big and black the clouds may be, time will pass away
If you put your trust in me, I'll make bright your day
Look into these eyes now, tell me what you see
Don't you realize now, what you see is me
Tell me what you see

Listen to me one more time, how can I get through?
Can't you try to see that I'm, trying to get to you?
Open up your eyes now, tell me what you see
It is no surprise now, what you see is me
Tell me what you see

Listen to me one more time, how can I get through?
Can't you try to see that I'm, trying to get to you?
Open up your eyes now, tell me what you see
It is no surprise now, what you see is me

Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm

Writer/s: JOHN LENNON, JOHN WINSTON LENNON, PAUL MCCARTNEY, PAUL JAMES MCCARTNEY
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Tell Me What You See

This song was Paul McCartney's prototype for "I'm Looking Through You." The lyrics deal with his romantic troubles.

The Beach Boys - California Girls

The Beach Boys - California Girls Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
Released: 1965

California Girls Lyrics

Well East coast girls are hip
I really dig those styles they wear
And the Southern girls with the way they talk
They knock me out when I'm down there

The Mid-West farmer's daughters really make you feel alright
And the Northern girls with the way they kiss
They keep their boyfriends warm at night

I wish they all could be California Girls
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California girls

The West coast has the sunshine
And the girls all get so tanned
I dig a french bikini on Hawaii island dolls
By a palm tree in the sand

I been all around this great big world
And I seen all kinds of girls
Yeah, but I couldn't wait to get back in the States
Back to the cutest girls in the world

I wish they all could be California girls
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California girls

I wish they all could be California girls
I wish they all could be California girls
I wish they all could be California girls
I wish they all could be California girls
I wish they all could be California girls
I wish they all could be California girls
I wish they all could be California girls

Writer/s: LOVE, MIKE E. / WILSON, BRIAN DOUGLAS
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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California Girls

Beach Boys Mike Love and Brian Wilson wrote this song celebrating the women of California. Along with surfing and cars, girls were a common topic in many of The Beach Boys songs, and part of the California mythos that was so enticing to young people in other parts of America.

Wilson wrote the music, and Love came up with the lyrics. Regarding his way with words, Love told us: "Ever since I can remember I've always been intrigued by poetry and literature. So that's always been something that I've immersed myself in since childhood. I'd always get really good grades in English literature and American literature and all that kind of thing. Whereas my math skills weren't exactly upgraded." (Here's our full interview with Mike Love .)

Brian Wilson said of this song when he spoke to Goldmine in 2011: "I came up the introduction first. I'm still really proud of that introduction. It has a classical feel. I wrote the song 'California Girls' in the same key as the introduction. It took me some time. I wanted to write a song that had a traditional country and western left hand piano riff, like an old country song from the early '50s. I wanted to get something that had kind of a jumpy feeling to it in the verses."

Structurally, this uses a contrasting verse-chorus form.

Lead vocals on this song were by Mike Love, but you can also hear Bruce Johnston on the track along with Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson and Al Jardine. Johnston was brought in to tour with the group when Brian Wilson decided to stay off the road, and this was his first vocal appearance on a Beach Boys song.

Drummer Hal Blaine and bass player Carol Kaye played on this. They were two of the first-call Los Angeles studio musicians known for working with Phil Spector and playing on many hits of the era. According to Kaye, Brian Wilson, who was himself a bass player, always had the bass parts written out for her, and "California Girls" was the only song where she was able to get a lick in that Brian didn't write. She says the bass part is reminiscent of a country song called "Tumbling Tumbleweeds."

Other musicians to play on this track include:
Jerry Cole - guitar
Billy Strange - guitar
Howard Roberts - guitar
Lyle Ritz - acoustic bass
Leon Russell - piano
Al DeLory - organ
Steven Kreisman - saxophone
Jay Migliori - saxophone
Jack Nimitz - saxophone
Roy Caton - trumpet
Frank Capp - vibraphone

David Lee Roth released his own version in 1985 as his first solo single (he would leave Van Halen a short time later). The video featured a lineup of beautiful women and got loads of airplay on MTV. It set the tone for Roth's solo career as he perpetuated his image as a hedonistic party boy (not much of a change from his days in Van Halen). Carl Wilson from The Beach Boys sang backup on Roth's version, which hit #3 in the US.

Paul McCartney conceived The Beatles song "Back In The U.S.S.R." as a Soviet version of "California Girls." He got the idea on a trip to India, where along with Mike Love of The Beach Boys, he was studying Transcendental Meditation. Love told us: "Paul came down to the breakfast table one morning saying, 'Hey, Mike, listen to this.' And he starts strumming and singing, 'Back in the U.S.S.R.,' the verses. And I said, 'Well, Paul, what you ought to do is talk about the girls around Russia, Ukraine girls and then Georgia on my mind, and that kind of thing.' Which he did."

A problem with writing a song like this is that it's hard to top. Speaking with Rolling Stone in 2015, Brian Wilson talked about trying to write songs: "I sit at the piano and try, but all I want to do is rewrite 'California Girls.' How am I gonna do something better than that?"

Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street

Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Greatest Hits
Released: 1965

Positively 4th Street Lyrics

You've got a lotta nerve to say you are my friend
When I was down you just stood there grinnin'
You've got a lotta nerve to say you got a helping hand to lend
You just want to be on the side that's winnin'

You say I let you down, ya know its not like that
If you're so hurt, why then don't you show it?
You say you've lost your faith, but that's not where its at
You have no faith to lose, and ya know it

I know the reason, that you talked behind my back
I used to be among the crowd you're in with
Do you take me for such a fool, to think I'd make contact
With the one who tries to hide what he don't know to begin with?

You see me on the street, you always act surprised
You say "how are you?", "good luck", but ya don't mean it
When you know as well as me, you'd rather see me paralyzed
Why don't you just come out once and scream it

No, I do not feel that good when I see the heartbreaks you embrace
If I was a master thief perhaps I'd rob them
And tho I know you're dissatisfied with your position and your place
Don't you understand, its not my problem?

I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
And just for that one moment I could be you
Yes, I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
You'd know what a drag it is to see you

Writer/s: BOB DYLAN
Publisher: BOB DYLAN MUSIC CO
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Positively 4th Street

According to Rolling Stone magazine, this song is about all the naysayers and plastic people Dylan encountered during his time in Greenwich Village (when he lived on West 4th street) and his stint on fraternity row at the University of Minnesota (located on 4th Street in Minneapolis). The song deals with the jealousy he encountered from people in the artistic community who resented his success.

Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe

Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Look At Us
Released: 1965

I Got You Babe Lyrics

They say we're young and we don't know
We won't find out until we grow
Well I don't know if all that's true
'Cause you got me, and baby I got you

Babe
I Got You Babe
I got you babe

They say our love won't pay the rent
Before it's earned, our money's all been spent
I guess that's so, we don't have a plot
But at least I'm sure of all the things we got

Babe
I got you babe
I got you babe

I got flowers in the spring
I got you to wear my ring
And when I'm sad, you're a clown
And if I get scared, you're always around

Don't let them say your hair's too long
'Cause I don't care, with you I can't go wrong
Then put your little hand in mine
There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb

Babe
I got you babe
I got you babe

I got you to hold my hand
I got you to understand
I got you to walk with me
I got you to talk with me
I got you to kiss goodnight
I got you to hold me tight
I got you, I won't let go
I got you to love me so

I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe

Writer/s: BONO, SONNY
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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I Got You Babe

Sonny Bono was an up-and-coming record producer when he got Cher a job with Phil Spector as a session singer. They started dating and moved in to their manager's house, where Bono would write songs on a piano in the garage. He came up with "I Got You Babe" and wrote the lyrics on a piece of cardboard.

Cher didn't like it at first. She recalled to Billboard magazine: "Sonny woke me up in the middle of the night to come in where the piano was, in the living room, and sing it. And I didn't like it and just said, 'OK, I'll sing it and then I'm going back to bed.'"

Sonny changed the key in the bridge to fit her voice and she loved it.

Depending on what side of the fence you stand, this is either a beautiful love song or pure schmaltz. To Sonny Bono, it was sincere - an earnest declaration of commitment and support. "The lyrics of my songs are very important to me," he told the New Musical Express in 1966. I never write anything until that very moment when I feel the emotion conveyed in the words I write. I know what it is like to be kicked around because you dress differently. I know what it is like to see the girl you love hurt because a hotel refuses you admission because of your dress. I know what it is like to have that one person stand by you. There are a lot of other people who have experienced these things and I'm trying to put our feelings into words for everyone."

Ahmet Ertegun, who was the boss at the duo's label Atco Records, didn't think much of this song, so he planned to issue it on the B-side of "It's Gonna Rain." Bono was sure "I Got You Babe" was the hit, but he couldn't convince Ertegun.

This was an era when disc jockeys could overrule record executives when it came to airplay, so Bono brought a copy of "I Got You Babe" to the Los Angeles radio station KHJ, and made a deal with their program director, Ron Jacobs. If Jacobs played the song once an hour, he could have it exclusively. When KHJ started playing it, the song got a great reaction, leading Ertegun to issue it as the A-side.

This isn't an anti-war song, but it went over well with the Hippie crowd because it stuck up for guys with long hair when Cher sang, "Let them say your hair's too long, I don't care, with you I can't go wrong."

In 1985, UB40 covered this with Chrissie Hynde doing the female vocals. Their version hit #1 in the UK and #28 in the US. Sonny & Cher's original version was the first record UB40's Ali Campbell ever owned.

In 1994 Cher re-recorded this with the cartoon characters Beavis and Butthead. This version hit #35 in the UK.

Bob Dylan's use of the word "Babe" in his 1964 song "It Ain't Me Babe" gave Sonny Bono the idea to use it in this song.

In the 1993 film Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray, Murray's character is awakened to this song every morning at precisely 6:00 a.m. on the alarm clock in his hotel room.

Sonny and Cher performed this one last time when they appeared on the The David Letterman show in 1987. They didn't expect to sing, but the host cajoled them until they did song. Sonny and Cher put their differences aside and did a touching performance.

Sonny Bono is the only person to perform on a #1 hit and also serve in congress. He was elected to California's 44th district in 1994, and served there until his death.

The Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running

The Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Second Album
Released: 1965

Keep On Running Lyrics

Keep On Running, keep on hiding
One fine day I'm gonna be the one
To make you understand
Oh, yeah, I'm gonna be your man.

Keep on running, running from my arms
One fine day I'm gonna be the one
To make you understand
Oh yeah, I'm gonna be your man.

Hey, hey, hey
Everyone is talking about me
It makes me feel so sad.
Hey, hey, hey
Everyone is laughing at me,
It makes me feel so bad,
So keep on running

Keep on running, running from my arms
One fine day I'm gonna be the one
To make you understand
Oh, yeah, I'm gonna be your man

Writer/s: EDWARDS, JACKIE
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Keep On Running

Island Records impresario Chris Blackwell had brought his Jamaican Ska artist Wilfred "Jackie" Edwards over to England and introduced him to the band. Blackwell asked him if he had anything suitable for them to record. He played them a Ska record he had written, "Keep On Running," which Steve Winwood reworked to a more rock sound on the piano. Following Keith Richards' lead-in "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," the band's bass guitarist Muff Winwood used a fuzz guitar.

Spencer Davis: "No one had seen a picture of the group in America and in 1966, the radio was split into black and white stations. 'Keep On Running' was played on black stations in the States and when they saw a picture of these four shining white boys, the record was dropped from the playlists so the momentum was lost." (quote from 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh)

This was featured in the films Buster (1988) and Mr. Holland's Opus (1997).

Edwards also wrote The Spencer Davis Group's follow-up single, "Somebody Help Me."

Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs - Wooly Bully

Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs - Wooly Bully Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Greatest Hits
Released: 1965

Wooly Bully Lyrics

Uno, dos, one, two, tres, quatro
Matty told Hatty about a thing she saw
Had two big horns and a wooly jaw
Wooly Bully, wooly bully
Wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully
Hatty told Matty, let's don't take no chance
Let's not be l-seven, come and learn to dance
Wooly bully, wooly bully
Wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully
Matty told Hatty, that's the thing to do
Get you someone really to pull the wool with you
Wooly bully, wooly bully
Wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully

Writer/s: SAMUDIO, DOMINGO
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Wooly Bully

The title is pure nonsense, but of course a few theories sprouted up to explain what the phrase "Wooly Bully" meant. Our favorites:

- An expression people used as a way of congratulating each other.
- Sam's pet cat.

There aren't many lyrics in this song that don't contain the words "Wooly" or "Bully," but one line managed to capture a fleeting piece of '60s slang: In the line, "Let's not be L-7, come and learn to dance," "L-7" was an unhip person - someone just not with it. More literally, it means let's not be squares. If you put an L and a 7 together you get, more or less, a square.

The song starts off with Sam the Sham counting off the tune "one two three four," in Spanish ("Uno, dos, one, two, tres, quatro"). U2 appropriated this concept when they used a Spanish count-in on their song "Vertigo."

This was featured in the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket.

"Sam" was Domingo Samudio. The term "Sham" mean jive talk. His backup group The Pharaohs wore strange Egyptian outfits. They had 5 more Top 40 US hits including the #2 song "Lil Red Riding Hood." Samudio recorded solo for Atlantic Records in 1970, reformed The Pharaohs in 1974 and later became a street preacher in Memphis.

The Mexican rhythm helped bring that sound into the mainstream. Songs like "Tequila" and "La Bamba" did so in the '50s, but this may have been the bridge between those songs and "Macarena."

A sequel to the song titled "Wooly Bully Again" was recorded in 1966 by a Winston-Salem, North Carolina group, The Soul Brothers. Domingo Samudio was contacted, but showed no interest in it.

This was the best-selling song of 1965 in the USA despite not making #1.

This was the first American record to sell a million copies during the British Invasion.

The song was recorded at Phillips Recording Service in Memphis, which was owned by Sam Phillips. Built in 1958, the studio replaced Sun Studio, where Phillips recorded Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison. Phillips Recording Service had some success, also recording "Lonely Weekends" by Charlie Rich, but Sam Phillips withdrew from the business and sold Sun Records in the late '60s.

Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues

Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Bringing It All Back Home
Released: 1965

Subterranean Homesick Blues Lyrics

Johnny's in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
It's somethin' you did
God knows when
But you're doing it again
You better duck down the alleyway
Lookin' for a new friend
The man in the coonskin cap,in the big pen
Wants eleven dollar bills but you only got ten

Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talkin' that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone's tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D.A. look out kid
Don't matter what you did
Walk on your tip toes
Don't try "No Doz"
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose
Watch the plain clothes
You don't need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows

Get sick, get well
Hang around a ink well
Ring bell, hard to tell
If anything is goin' to sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write braille
Get jailed, jump bail
Join the army, if you fail
Look out kid
You're gonna get hit
But losers, cheaters
Six-time users
Hang around the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool
Lookin' for a new fool
Don't follow leaders, watch the parkin' meters

Ah get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Don't steal, don't lift
Twenty years of schoolin'
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Don't wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don't want to be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump don't work
'Cause the vandals took the handles

Writer/s: BOB DYLAN
Publisher: BOB DYLAN MUSIC CO
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Subterranean Homesick Blues

This song skips from one cultural reference to the next. It touches on social discontent ("Twenty years of schoolin'/And they put you on the day shift"), drug busts ("The phone's tapped anyway/Maggie says that many say/They must bust in early May/Orders from the D.A."), violent policing witnessed at civil rights protests ("Better stay away from those/That carry around a fire hose") and the fight against authority ("Don't follow leaders/Watch the parkin' meters").

The lyrics resemble a stream of consciousness, a writing technique championed by beat poets such as Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, both of whom were a major influence on Dylan. Musically, Dylan told the LA Times the song was inspired by Chuck Berry: "It's from Chuck Berry, a bit of 'Too Much Monkey Business' and some of the scat songs of the forties."

John Lennon was apparently so captivated by this song, he worried he would never be able to write anything that could compete with it.

Musicians continue to allude to this song today. Jet named their 2003 breakthrough album Get Born after the song's lyric "Ah get born, keep warm." Radiohead alluded to the track on the album, OK Computer, which features a song titled "Subterranean Homesick Blues." The Gaslight Anthem's song, "Angry Johnny and the Radio" includes the lines "I'm still here singin' thinking about the government" and "Are you hidin' in a basement mixin' up the medicine?" both of which are referring to the opening lyrics to "Subterranean Homesick Blues": "Johnny's in the basement mixing up the medicine/I'm on the pavement thinkin' about the Government." Artists to have covered this song, meanwhile, include Red Hot Chili Peppers, Harry Nilsson and Glenn Campbell.

The American radical (some would say terrorist) group, the Weathermen, got their name from the lyric, "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" (the lyric was also the title of their manifesto). The group, also known as the Weather Underground, had a left-wing agenda, opposing the Vietnam War and other American military actions with militant actions of their own.

This was Dylan's first ever Top 40 hit, peaking at #39 on the US chart.

The promotional clip for this song is arguably one of the most famous music videos of all time. Shot in 1965 as part of the documentary Don't Look Back (chronicling his tour of England), it features Dylan standing in an alley behind the Savoy Hotel in London. He is holding cue cards, which he flips through as the song progresses. On the cards are select phrases from the song's lyrics, often with purposeful misspellings. These cue cards were written by Dylan along with the folk singer Donovan, the musician Bob Neuwirthand, and the beat poet Allen Ginsberg (these latter two can be seen in the actual video, standing just behind Dylan).

This video has been spoofed countless times - notable parodies include Weird Al Yankovic's video for the song "BOB," INXS' "Mediate," and Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade's "Buzzards of Green Hill."

Bringing It All Back Home is Bob Dylan's fifth album. The record is divided into an electric and an acoustic side. This introduction of electronic instruments lead to Dylan becoming increasingly alienated from the folk community. Furthermore, the album saw Dylan withdraw from protest songs to instead write on more abstract, personal issues.

The Beastie Boys borrowed the lyrics "20 years of schooling and they put you on the day shift" for their 2011 track "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win."

Glen Campbell - Guess I'm Dumb

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Album: Still I Dream of You: Rare Works of Brian Wilson
Released: 1965

Guess I'm Dumb Lyrics

The way I act don't seem like me
I'm not on top like I used to be
I'll give in when I know I should be strong
I still give in even though I know it's wrong, know it's wrong
I Guess I'm Dumb but I don't care

And breaking off wasn't hard to do
But I couldn't stay away from you
I feel love but not the way I did before
This time girl, has got to be forever more, ever more
I guess I'm dumb but I don't care

And baby since we've been apart
Maybe I've found I had a heart
I couldn't let go even if I wanted to
You must know baby now it's only you, only you
I guess I'm dumb but I don't care

Guess I'm dumb
Guess I'm dumb

Writer/s: BRIAN WILSON, RUSS TITELMAN
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Guess I'm Dumb

Brian Wilson give this to Campbell as a "present" for his help in filling in for Wilson during live Beach Boys performances. It was Brian's most ambitious production to date and marks another step on the road to Pet Sounds.

The Honeys sang backup. The Honeys were comprised of Brian Wilson's wife Marilyn and her sister Diane Rovell.

This song was originally considered as a Beach Boys track on their Today! album.

The lyrics were written by Russ Titelman, who has worked as a producer with Buffalo Springfield, Paul Simon and James Taylor. (thanks, John Jennings - Omaha, NE, for all above)

Brian Wilson recycled part of the melody of this near the end of the song "Had To Phone Ya." (thanks, Sean - Chicago, IL)

Jackie DeShannon - What the World Needs Now Is Love

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Album: This Is Jackie DeShannon
Released: 1965

What the World Needs Now Is Love Lyrics

What the World Needs Now Is Love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
No, not just for some but for everyone

Lord, we don't need another mountain
There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb
There are oceans and rivers enough to cross
Enough to last 'till the end of time

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
No, not just for some but for everyone

Lord, we don't need another meadow
There are cornfields and wheat fields enough to grow
There are sunbeams and moonbeams enough to shine
Oh, listen, lord, if you want to know

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
No, not just for some, oh, but just for ever, every, everyone

What the world needs now is love, sweet love (oh, is love)
What the world needs now is love, sweet love (oh, is love)
What the world needs now is love, sweet love (oh, is love)

Writer/s: DAVID, HAL / BACHARACH, BURT
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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What the World Needs Now Is Love

This was written by the songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. It was offered to Dionne Warwick and Gene Pitney, who both passed on it. In our 2012 interview with Jackie DeShannon , she explained: "When Hal suggested that Burt play 'What the World Needs Now' Burt was not that enthused about showing it to me at that moment. So we went on, played some more songs, and tried to decide on the four sides that we would record for the session. At that point Hal again suggested that Burt play 'What the World Needs Now.' And reluctantly, I think, he played it for me. Of course it was love at first hearing and first sight at those gorgeous words and fantastic melody. There were cornfields and wheat fields in my back yard where I grew up in Kentucky on a farm, and I heard a little bit of a gospel feel in the chorus. I thought it was a match made in heaven. The minute Burt heard me singing it, he said, 'Off to New York! We're off to New York!' That's where we recorded the song."

Released two years before the Summer Of Love, this was an early pacifist anthem about the importance of love in the world. The Beatles had a very similar theme on their 1967 song "All You Need Is Love."

Jackie DeShannon wrote several hit songs, including The Searchers "When You Walk in the Room" and Brenda Lee's "Dum Dum." The song "Bette Davis Eyes," which became a huge hit for Kim Carnes, appeared on her 1975 album New Arrangement.

Burt Bacharach (from Record Collector magazine): "Dionne (Warwick) rejected that song. She might have thought it was too preachy and I thought Dionne was probably right. Hal pushed me to play it for Jackie De Shannon who we were gonna record. Otherwise I would have let it be and it would still be in the drawer. Once I heard Jackie sing four bars of it, I thought 'this is great.' Jackie had such a great voice. Love her voice. Whether it's a song she wrote herself or singing 'What The World Needs Now Is Love,' she's special. I wish we could have repeated that success with Jackie but the material we gave her on the next session wasn't as good."

Lyricist Hal David discussed this track in the book Chicken Soup For the Soul: The Story Behind The Song: "I was living in Roslyn, New York, on the north shore of Long Island, which is where my children were raised. I would drive into Manhattan every day to meet Burt (Bacharach) at the Brill Building in Famous Music's offices on the sixth floor, where we did our writing. Mine was a rock and roll house where each of my kids had a band that practiced there. It was hard for me to find somewhere quiet to work so I would drive into town slowly, which would give me the opportunity to think and get ideas. I would write in my head during the ride.
One day, I thought of the first two lines of this song:
'What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of.'
Before I got to Manhattan I had the rest of the chorus set the way it is today. Then I needed the verse section. When I began to write the first verse, everything I thought about just seemed off: We don't need a plane to fly faster, we don't need a submarine to go deeper. I tried and tried, showed it to Burt, then put it away and went on to something else.
In a month or two or three, I tried again. It was always the same thing. I needed something to compare it to and everything I thought about had nothing to do with the person I was talking to – God. It took more time to write these lyrics than any other. I realized that I needed to write the antithesis – what we didn't need. One day on the ride to New York, it came to me.
'Lord, we don't need another mountain,
There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb,
There are oceans and rivers enough to cross,
Enough to last till the end of time.'
I knew that was it. I wrote about all of the things that had to do with nature and what God gives us. I gave the lyrics to Burt and he wrote a fabulous melody.
There were three ways Burt and I wrote together. He'd have melody ideas; I'd have lyric ideas. We'd show each other what we had, pick out what we both liked and work on it together. Sometimes we'd be writing three songs at once. Sometimes I'd take the melody home and write lyrics to it, sometimes Burt would take the lyrics home and write the melody to them.
We showed the song to Dionne Warwick, who had recorded many of our songs, and it is the only song of ours that she ever turned down. We put it aside and then received a call from Liberty Records to meet with Jackie DeShannon. We played this song for her and she wanted to do it. Burt did a great arrangement and we recorded it."

Dionne Warwick evidently changed her mind, as she did later record the song for her 1966 album Here Where There Is Love.

Hep Stars - No Response

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Album: We and Our Cadillac
Released: 1965

No Response Lyrics

No Response

The Hep Stars was a Swedish rock group formed in 1963 in Stockholm. They are best known as a launching point for the keyboard player and composer Benny Andersson, who went on to enjoy worldwide success with ABBA.

Andersson started writing songs for Hep Stars after other Swedish bands that largely wrote their own material criticized them for using cover versions. This was the first song that he introduced to the group. Released as a single, it spent ten weeks in the Swedish Top Ten, a prelude to the massive success he was to enjoy with ABBA from the following decade.

This is the first song ever written by Benny Andersson; at the time he was keyboard player with a Swedish covers band the Hep Stars. As band member Svenne Hedlund explained in the December 2013 BBC documentary The Joy Of ABBA, at that time they kept receiving requests from fans to write their own material.

This rather short track - just over a minute and a half - was released on Olga Records and also the Dunhill label, and was published by Great Honesty Music. It was backed by "Rented Tuxedo." (thanks, Alexander Baron - London, England, for above 2)

The Shangri-Las - I Can Never Go Home Anymore

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Album: Shangri-Las-65!
Released: 1965

I Can Never Go Home Anymore Lyrics

I'm gonna hide if she don't leave me alone
I'm gonna run away
Don't!!

Cause you can never go home anymore

Listen. Does this sound familiar? You wake up every morning, go to
School every day, spend your nights on the corner just passing the time away.
Your life is so lonely like a child without a toy. Then a miracle-a boy. And that's
Called "glad." Now my mom is a good mom and she loves me with all her heart.
But she said I was too young to be in love and the boy and I would have to part.
And no matter how I ranted and raved, I screamed, I pleaded, I cried-she told me it
Was not really love but only my girlish pride. And that's called "bad."

(Never go home anymore)

Now if that's happened to you, don't let this. I packed my clothes and
Left home that night. Though she begged me to stay, I was sure I was right. And
You know something funny?? I forgot that boy right away. Instead I remember
Being tucked in bed and hearing my mama say

(Hush, little baby, don't you cry)
(Mama won't go away)
Mama!!!

(You can never go home anymore)
Mama!!!
I Can Never Go Home Anymore

Do you ever get that feeling and want to kiss and hug her? Do it now
Tell her you love her. Don't do to your mom what I did to mine. She grew so lonely
In the end. Angels picked her for a friend.

(Never)
And I can never go home (never) anymore
And that's called "sad".

Writer/s: MORTON, GEORGE
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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I Can Never Go Home Anymore

This is a tale of a teenage girl who threatens to run away if her mother won't let her do as she pleases. The girl is advised not to leave home by another girl (the lead character) who did the same thing and now regrets it. When the lead girl fell in love with a boy, her mother told her to break up with him because she was too young to be in love. Strangely enough, after she left home, she forgot the boy completely, and her mind filled with memories of her caring mother. It's too late for the lead girl to return home because her mother died of a broken heart.

This was the Shangri-Las last US Top 10 hit.

Originally, this was not included on the album. It was added after it became a hit single. Later on, the album's name was changed with this as the title track. (thanks, Jerro - New Alexandria, PA, for all above)

Mary Weiss recalls in The Telegraph magazine April 14, 2007, "I had not been speaking to my mother for a few years at that point and when I was in the studios, I was crying." (thanks, Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England)

The Supremes - Back in My Arms Again

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Album: More Hits by The Supremes
Released: 1965

Back in My Arms Again Lyrics

(Oooooh!)

All day long, I hear my telephone ring
Friends calling giving their advice
From the boy I love, I should break away
'Cause heartaches, he'll bring one day

I lost him once through friends' advice
But it's not gonna happen twice
'Cause all advice ever gotten me
Was really long and sleepless nights
(Oooooh!)

But now, he's Back in My Arms Again
Right by my side
I got him back in my arms again
So satisfied
(Oooooh!)

It's easy for friends to say let him go
But I'm the one who needs him so
It's his love that makes me strong
Without him, I can't go on

This time, I'll live my life at ease
Being happy loving whom I please
And each time we make romance,
I'll be thankful for a second chance
(Oooooh!)

'Cause he's back in my arms again
Right by my side
I got him back in my arms again
So satisfied
(Oooooh!)

How can Mary tell me what to do
When she lost her love so true?
And Flo, she don't know
'Cause the boy she loves is a Romeo

I listened once to my friends' advice
But it's not gonna happen twice
'Cause all advice ever gotten me
Was really long and sleepless nights
(Oooooh!)

I got him back in my arms again
Right by my side
I got him back in my arms again
So satisfied
(Oooooh!)

I'm satisfied
So satisfied, I'm satisfied
I'm satisfied, so satisfied

Writer/s: HOLLAND, EDWARD JR. / DOZIER, LAMONT / HOLLAND, BRIAN
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Back in My Arms Again

The backup singers, Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard, are mentioned in the third verse. Many people called Ballard "Flo."

This was The Supremes' fifth consecutive #1 hit in the US. The first 4 were "Where Did Our Love Go," "Baby Love," "Come See About Me" and "Stop! In The Name Of Love." To this day, they hold the record for being the only girl group to have the most consecutive #1 hits in America.

The working title for this song was "Back in His Arms Again." (thanks, Jerro - New Alexandria, PA, for above 3)

The Zombies - The Way I Feel Inside

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Album: Begin Here
Released: 1965

The Way I Feel Inside Lyrics

Should I try to hide
The Way I Feel Inside
My heart for you?

Would you say that you
Would try to love me too?

In your mind
Could you ever be
Really close to me?

I can tell the way you smile
If I feel that I
Could be certain then
I would say the things I want to say tonight

But 'til I can see
That you'd really care for me
I will dream
That someday you'll be
Really close to me

I can tell the way you smile
If I feel that I
Could be certain then
I would say the things I want to say tonight

But 'til I can see
That you'd really care for me
I'll keep trying to hide
The way I feel inside

Writer/s: R. ARGENT
Publisher: MARQUIS SONGS USA
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The Way I Feel Inside

This song was written by keyboardist/vocalist Rod Argent while The Zombies were on tour in 1964. Bandmate Chris White remembers: "Rod wrote one of the songs on the toilet on the Isley Brothers tour, and I think it was 'The Way I Feel Inside,' ironically enough! He was late for the bus; it was always 'You have to be on time for the bus' on that tour."

An early version of this a capella number featured a full band, but it was scrapped in favor of Colin Blunstone 's lone voice, heightened by the sounds of footsteps and a tossed coin (which can only be heard on the mono recording). (thanks, DeeTheWriter - Saint Petersburg, Russia Federation, for above 2)

This song was featured Wes Anderson's 2004 dramedy The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

Son House - John the Revelator

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Album: The Legendary Son House: Father Of Folk Blues
Released: 1965

John the Revelator Lyrics

Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
Who's that writin', John the Revelator wrote the book of the seven seals

Now God walked down in the cool of the day, and called Adam by his name
But he refused to answer, 'cause he was naked and ashamed
So, tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
Who's that writin', John the Revelator wrote the book of the seven seals

Now Christ had 12 apostles, and three he laid away
He said "Watch for me one hour, while I go yonder and pray"

And tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
Who's that writin', John the Revelator wrote the book of the seven seals

Mary Margaret they were there, and they heard every word he said
Said "Go tell my disciples, I said meet me in Galilee"
And tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
Who's that writin', John the Revelator wrote the book of the seven seals

Who's that writin', John the Revelator
Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
Who's that writin', John the Revelator wrote the book of the seven seals

Writer/s: GORE, MARTIN LEE
Publisher: EMI Music Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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John the Revelator

This traditional gospel-blues song was first recorded by Blind Willie Johnson in 1930 during his last session for Columbia Records. The title refers to the Apostle John, who penned the Book of Revelations, the last installment of the New Testament and a glimpse into the apocalyptic days of the final judgment on mankind.

Son House recorded several a capella versions of this song in the '60s. His '65 version includes lyrics about the Fall of Man (original sin and Adam & Eve's expulsion from the Garden of Eden) and Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection.

The White Stripes was one of many groups and performers to be inspired by this influential number. "Cannon" borrows the lyrics:

Tell me who's that writin'
John the revelator
Wrote the book on the Seven Seals

Christ went down on Easter mornin'
Mary mother went down to see
Gotta tell my disciples to meet me in Galilee

Jack White first encountered Son House's recording playing at a Radiohead concert when he was a teenager. He became intrigued by the man behind the voice. He explained in a 2009 interview: "One of the first things was just the name 'Son House'. What the hell was that name about?! I had gotten into [Delta Bluesman] Robert Johnson and it felt really, really compelling and beautiful. So I was there."

The Lovin' Spoonful - You Didn't Have to Be So Nice

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Album: Daydream
Released: 1965

You Didn't Have to Be So Nice Lyrics

You Didn't Have to Be So Nice
I would have liked you anyway
If you had just looked once or twice
And gone upon your quiet way

Today I said the time was right for me to follow you
I knew I'd find you in a day or two
And it's true

You came upon a quiet day (ooh)
You simply seemed to take your place (ooh)
I knew that it would be that way (ooh)
The minute that I saw your face (ooh)

And when we've had a few more days (when we've had a few more days)
I wonder if I'll get to say (wonder if I'll get to say)
You didn't have to be so nice (be so nice)
I would have liked you anyway (would have liked)

Today I said the time was right for me to follow you
I knew I'd find you in a day or two
And it's true

You didn't have to be so nice (didn't have to be so nice)
I would have liked you anyway (would have liked you anyway)
If you had just looked once or twice (once or twice)
And gone upon your quiet way (quiet way)

Writer/s: STEVE BOONE, JOHN BENSON SEBASTIAN
Publisher: CARLIN AMERICA INC, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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You Didn't Have to Be So Nice

This paean to how nice John Sebastian was being being treated by his girl was one of Lovin' Spoonful's poppier offerings. Sebastian recalled to Uncut magazine: "We started off in a world of 45 singles, so our only game still was three minutes of heaven every time out. That was all. We thought of it as four man Phil Spector music. We wanted it to have that big quality, but we didn't want to hire the Wrecking Crew."

"Our producer Eric Jacobsen understood something about this funny hybrid that we were working on," he continued. "Things like the chimes on 'You Didn't Have to Be So Nice' were our attempts at creating that kind of vibe: harmonica, slide whistles and penny whistles. I hate calling it folk-rock. They called The Byrds folk-rock and then they were too lazy to come up with something else for our band, but we weren't really drawing from the Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan catalogue. It was a time of a lot of seriousness, and a lot of fake seriousness, and people talking about Important Things. And Loving Spoonful didn't really go for that. We were just trying to entertain."

Brian Wilson stated the Lovin' Spoonful's vocal layering on this song inspired The Beach Boys hit "God Only Knows."

A cover by Amy Grant and Kevin Costner is sung during the end credits of Costner's 1997 film, The Postman.

The Vogues - Five O'Clock World

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Album: The Vogues' Greatest Hits
Released: 1965

Five O'Clock World Lyrics

Up ev'ry morning just to keep a job
I gotta fight my way through the hustling mob,
Sounds of the city pounding in my brain
While another day goes down the drain.
But it's a Five O'Clock World when the whistle blows,
No one owns a piece of my time.
And there's a five o'clock me inside my clothes,
Thinking that the world looks fine. Yeah! Adalee!

Trading my time for the pay I get
Living on the money that I ain't made yet,
Gotta keep goin' gotta make my way
But I live for the end of the day.
'Cause it's a five o'clock world when the whistle blows,
No one owns a piece of my time.
And there's a long haired girl who waits, I know,
To ease my troubled mind. Yeah! Adalee!

In the shelter of her arms ev'rything's o.k.
She talks and the world goes slipping away,
And I know the reason I can still go on
When ev'ry other reason is gone.
In my five o'clock world she waits for me,
Nothing else matters at all.
'Cause ev'ry time my baby smiles at me,
I know that it's all worthwhile, yeah

Writer/s: Reynolds, Allen
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Five O'Clock World

In this song, the singer works hard all day to earn a living, but he comes alive at 5 O'Clock - quitting time.

The Vogues were a vocal quartet from Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania. This is their best-known song, but they placed three others in the US Top 10: "You're The One" (#4, 1965), "Turn Around, Look At Me" (#7, 1968), and "My Special Angel" (#7, 1968, also a #1 Adult Contemporary hit).

This was used as the opening of The Drew Carey Show for the first few seasons, later the intro theme was changed to "Cleveland Rocks". (thanks, Gene - Hammond, IN)

This song was written by Allen Reynolds, who went on to great success as Garth Brooks' record producer. (thanks, Travis - Los Angeles, CA)

This was recorded in Nashville at RCA Studio B, which is where Roy Orbison, Dolly Parton, the Everly Brothers, and hundreds of others put down tracks. The musicians on the session were transplants from FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, which was just becoming a musical mecca. David Briggs (keyboards), Jerry Carrigan (drums) and Norbert Putnam (bass) were some of the musicians on the session.