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1966 song past Cher

1966 unmarried by Cher

"Bang Bang (My Babe Shot Me Down)"
Cher Bang Bang cover 7 inch.png
Single by Cher
from the album The Sonny Side of Chér
B-side
  • "Needles and Pins"
  • "Our 24-hour interval Will Come"
Released February 25, 1966
Recorded 1966
Genre Folk rock
Length 2:44
Label Imperial
Songwriter(south) Sonny Bono
Producer(due south) Sonny Bono
Cher singles chronology
"Where Do You lot Go"
(1965) 		"Blindside Bang (My Baby Shot Me Downwardly)"
(1966) 		"Alfie"
(1966)
Audio
Cher – "Bang Bang (My Infant Shot Me Down)" on YouTube

"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" is the second single past American singer-actress Cher from her 2d anthology, The Sonny Side of Chér. Written past her then-husband Sonny Bono and released in 1966, the song reached No. iii in the UK Singles Nautical chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a unmarried week (backside "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" by The Righteous Brothers), eventually condign one of Cher's biggest-selling singles of the 1960s.[1] [2]

History [edit]

The unmarried proved successful, charting high in several countries worldwide. It became Cher's first million-selling single and her first peak 3 hit in the United kingdom (and her concluding until "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" reached No. 1 in 1991). Critic Tim Sendra, in his anthology review of The Sonny Side of Cher, gave the vocal a mixed review: "The only track that has whatsoever real zest is the Bono-written novelty 'Bang Bang (My Infant Shot Me Downwardly)', the kind of dramatic song Cher could knock out in her sleep but likewise a song with no real eye."[3] On the other hand, the reviewer for Cashbox said the vocal was "inventive", and predicted information technology would get a "blockbuster" hit. The reviewer praised its "plaintive, blues-soaked" manner, as well equally the "interesting Gypsy-ish backing".[4]

In 1987, Cher recorded a stone version of the song for her 1987 Platinum-certified comeback album Cher. Produced by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Desmond Child, the song featured backing vocals past Jon Bon Jovi and Michael Bolton, among others, and was released as a promotional single in 1988. Cher performed this version on her Heart of Stone Tour and on Living Proof: The Good day Tour, and information technology was played instrumentally on the Dressed to Kill Tour in 2014, Classic Cher in 2017–2020, and the Here Nosotros Go Again Tour in 2018–2020.

Track listing [edit]

  • 1966 US and European 7" single
  1. "Blindside Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" – two:40
  2. "Our Day Will Come" – ii:28
  • 1987 French 7" single
  1. "Bang-Bang" – iii:51
  2. "I Constitute Someone" – 3:42
  • 1993 French CD single
  1. "Blindside-Bang" – 3:54
  2. "Whenever You're Near" – 4:05

Charts [edit]

Lady Gaga version [edit]

External sound
audio icon "Blindside Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (live from Jazz at Lincoln Eye) by Lady Gaga on YouTube

Lady Gaga performed "Bang Bang (My Infant Shot Me Down)" in July 2014 at Jazz at Lincoln Center, for the TV special Cheek to Cheek Live!.[28] She was wearing a red-leather jumpsuit and a curly black wig which was previously worn by Cher.[29] [thirty] [31] The recording of the performance became bachelor as a bonus track on the iTunes/Apple Music version of her first collaborative jazz album with Tony Bennett, Cheek to Cheek (2014).[32] Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian called Gaga's take on the song "Vegas-brassy".[33] Mikael Wood of the Chicago Tribune thought that the song "in Gaga's easily played like a master form in finding new feeling in a familiar oldie."[34] Writing for Vulture, Richard S. He wrote that "the ring plays a bossa-nova take on the song while Gaga sings solo", adding that the singer "by and large leans abroad from the song'due south natural melodrama — until she belts the final verse with total diva theatrics."[31] Rand Duren from The Dallas Morning News thought that Gaga "goes into 'Blindside Bang (My Baby Shot Me Downwards)' in full force with a masterful interpretation and solid vocals".[35] Erin Strecker from Billboard called Gaga's rendition "incredible" and said that her "version is all large notes and dramatic tension. Notation to Gaga: More of this, delight."[28]

Gaga's version of "Blindside Bang" debuted at No. one on Billboard's Jazz Digital Songs Nautical chart.[36] The singer'southward later performances of the song include concert tours ArtRave: The Artpop Brawl (2014)[37] and the Cheek to Cheek Tour (2014–2015),[38] and her Jazz & Pianoforte Vegas residency (2019–2021).[39]

Other notable versions [edit]

Nancy Sinatra recorded one of the all-time-known covers of the song, for her 1966 album How Does That Take hold of You lot? Her version features tremolo guitar, played past her arranger, Baton Strange,[40] and had a resurgence in popularity when it was used in the opening credits of the 2003 Quentin Tarantino film Kill Bill Book 1. In the sequence preceding the credits, Tarantino creates a literal, bloody estimation of the song'south chorus and the third verse, near a wedding twenty-four hours.[41] Her version likewise was the theme for BBC coverage of the 2005 Wimbledon tennis championships, and has been sampled on several hip-hop recordings, including the Audio Bullys (featuring Nancy Sinatra) top 3 UK hit "Shot Yous Downward" in 2005.

External sound
audio icon "Bang Bang" (Italian) by Dalida on YouTube

The song was besides very popular in Italy in 1966 when information technology was covered in Italian by Dalida. The vocal reached #1 and stayed for two months winning her a golden record. Following her recording, which appeared on her 1967 anthology "Piccolo Ragazzo", several Italian singers including Mina, and the psychedelic bands Equipe 84 and I Corvi[42] covered her version. Her version was likewise included as primary song of 2010 drama picture show Heartbeats.

References [edit]

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External links [edit]

  • "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" Sheet music for Billy Strange's tremolo guitar part
  • "Khi Xưa Ta Bé" — Thúy Nga – Paris By Nighttime (Vietnamese covers) on YouTube
  • "Blindside Bang (My Baby Shot Me Downwardly)" by Frank Sinatra on YouTube

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