music.wikisort.org - Composition"Blue on Blue" is a popular song composed by Burt Bacharach with lyrics by Hal David, first recorded [3] and released by Bobby Vinton in April 1963, backed by Burt Bacharach and his Orchestra. [4] Vinton's single spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 3 on July 6, 1963,[5][6] while reaching No. 2 on Billboard's Middle-Road Singles chart.[7][8] Vinton's single was a major hit in many other nations as well.
1963 single by Bobby Vinton
"Blue on Blue" |
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B-side | "Those Little Things" |
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Released | April 30, 1963 [1] |
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Recorded | April 3, 1963 [2] |
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Genre | Pop |
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Length | 2:21 |
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Label | Epic |
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Songwriter(s) | Burt Bacharach Hal David |
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Producer(s) | Bob Morgan |
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The song was ranked No. 42 on Billboard's end of year ranking "Top Records of 1963".[9]
The success of "Blue on Blue" prompted Bobby Vinton to record an entire album of blue-themed songs, also titled Blue on Blue, which produced an even bigger hit in the No. 1 "Blue Velvet".[10]
Chart (1963) |
Peak position |
US Billboard Hot 100[6] |
3 |
US Billboard Middle-Road Singles[8] |
2 |
Israel - Kol Yisrael[11] |
1 |
Canada - CHUM Hit Parade[12] |
4 |
New Zealand - "Lever Hit Parade"[13] |
5 |
Australia - Music Maker[14] |
7 |
Hong Kong[15] |
9 |
Cover versions and samples
The song has been covered or sampled by many artists, including:[4]
- "Blue on Blue" has been recorded by Paul Anka (1963)
- Percy Faith (1964), Maureen McGovern (1991), and many others.[4]
- In 2017, Marc Almond released the song on his album of mainly cover songs called "Shadows & Reflections". Almond had previously sung the song at a Burt Bacharach evening at the London Palladium, which Bacharach performed in himself.
- Samples of a cover version of the song by Gals and Pals from 1966 were included in Röyksopp's song "So Easy".[4]
- "Blue on Blue" was also covered by Say Lou Lou in 2015 and used in commercials for the Swedish clothing company Gina Tricot.
References
- "Bobby Vinton's All-Time Greatest Hits," Varese (Vintage) Sarabande CD compilation, copyright 2003
- "Bobby Vinton's All-Time Greatest Hits," Varese (Vintage) Sarabande CD compilation, copyright 2003
- "Bobby Vinton's All-Time Greatest Hits," Varese (Vintage) Sarabande CD compilation, copyright 2003
- Dominic, Serene (2003). Burt Bacharach: Song by Song. New York: Schirmer. pp. 104–5. ISBN 0-8256-7280-5. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
- Lonergan, David (2005). Hit Records, 1950-1975. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 22. ISBN 0-8108-5129-6. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
- Bobby Vinton - Chart History - The Hot 100 Archived 2016-01-16 at the Wayback Machine, Billboard.com. Accessed October 23, 2015
- Bobby Vinton - Chart History - Adult Contemporary Archived 2016-01-16 at the Wayback Machine, Billboard.com. Accessed October 23, 2015
- "Middle-Road Singles", Billboard, July 6, 1963. p. 36. Accessed October 23, 2015
- "Top Records of 1963", Billboard, Section II, December 28, 1963. p. 30. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
- Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits (5th ed.). New York: Billboard Books. p. 146. ISBN 0-8230-7677-6. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
- "Hits of the World", Billboard, October 5, 1963. p. 22. Accessed October 23, 2015
- "CHUM Hit Parade", CHUM, Week of June 17, 1963
- "Lever Hit Parade" 18-Jul-1963, Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed October 23, 2015
- "Hits of the World", Billboard, August 17, 1963. p. 35. Accessed October 23, 2015
- "Hits of the World", Billboard, October 19, 1963. p. 34. Accessed October 23, 2015
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