Perfecte popsongs zijn zeker die r’n’r/R&B-nummers uit de VS die door witte Engelse groepen zijn gecoverd en godbetert zo zelfs in de VS op 1 terechtkwamen. De gesegregeerde hitlijsten, tot ver in de jaren zestig. Misschien heeft Motown er effectief mee afgerekend.
Begin van een serie binnen de zomerserie.
I’m into something good hebben we al gehad.
Bobby Day (eigenlijk: Robert Byrd), 1958. Het origineel.
Well, I went to a dance the other night
Everybody went stag
I said over and over and over again
This dance is gonna be a drag
I said over and over and over again
This dance is gonna be a drag
I said over and over and over again
This dance is gonna be a drag
Well all at once it happened
Well the prettiest in this world
Please, won’t you
Come over and talk to me
And be my girl
I said won’t you
Come over and talk to me
And be my girl
Please, won’t you
Come over and talk to me
And be my girl
She said that she was sorry
That I was a little bit late
She would wait and wait
And wait and wait
For her steady date
She would wait and wait
And wait and wait
For her steady date
She would wait and wait
And wait and wait
For her steady date
Now my poor heart was broken
All of my life where had she been
But I’ll try over and over and over
And over again
But I’ll try over and over
And over and over again
I will try over and over
And over and over again
Thurston Harris, 1958
Nou kende ik de uitdrukking “going stag” tot zojuist ook niet, maar ik heb geen cover van deze plaat opgenomen die ook nog op nr.1 terecht is gekomen.
“Everybody was there”. Ja, dat is vervelend. Going stag = als vriendjes bij elkaar klitten.
En de Dave Clark Five hebben de laatste strofe weggelaten.
1965
