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Use Your Head
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Wikipedia article
'"Use Your Head"' is a soulful pop song written by Barrett Strong, Wade Flemons and The Dells' Chuck Barksdale and released as a single by former Motown singer Mary Wells on the 20th Century Fox label.[http://www.discogs.com/artist/86091-Mary-Wells?page=2 Use Your Head] at Discogs
Overview
Song information
The single showcases the narrator telling her lover to think before he made some costly decisions based on advice given to him by one of his best friends warning her lover to "use his head" before he ends up "losing the best love he ever had".Release and reaction
The song was one of the few successful post-Motown singles Wells recorded. The song registered at number 34 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 and number 13 on the R&B singles chart.Whitburn, Joel (2004). 'The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications).[ Allmusic review]Personnel
*Lead vocal by Mary Wells
*Background vocals by assorted singers
*Instrumentation by assorted musicians
References
Category:1964 singles
Category:20th Century Fox Records singles
Category:Mary Wells songs
Category:Songs written by Barrett Strong
Category:1964 songs
Category:Songs written by Wade Flemons
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