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Johnny Get Angry
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Wikipedia article
"'Johnny Get Angry'" is a song written by Hal David and Sherman Edwards and performed by Joanie Sommers. It reached #7 on the U.S. pop chart in 1962. It was featured on her 1962 album 'Johnny Get Angry'.
The song was arranged and produced by Stan Applebaum. This version featured a bass guitar, rhythm guitar, drums, horns, jazz piano, strings, a wordless female chorus, plus an ensemble of kazoos, that are heard during the instrumental section of the song.
In the song, the girl challenges Johnny by saying that they were through, wanting to see how Johnny would react by wanting him to get angry, by having him give her a big lecture, and to act like a brave caveman, to show that he cared for her. She references that when a guy cut into her dancing with Johnny, that he took no action against this.
The song ranked #56 on 'Billboard' magazine's Top 100 singles of 1962."[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1962/BB-1962-12-29-Who's-Who.pdf Top 100 Singles of 1962]", 'Billboard', Section II, December 29, 1962. p. 82. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
Other charting versions
*Carol Deene released a version of the song in 1962 which reached #32 on the UK Singles Chart.
Other versions
*Shelley Fabares released a version of the song on her 1962 album 'The Things We Did Last Summer'.
*Motor Totemist Guild released a version of the song entitled "Get Angry" on their 1984 album 'Infra Dig'.
In popular culture
*Vinnie Monte released an answer song entitled "Joanie Don't Be Angry" in October 1962.
*Sommers' version was included in the 1991 film 'Flirting'.
*K.d. lang and The Reclines performed the song on 'Saturday Night Live' on December 2, 1989.
Anne Bobby's character Lori Winston performs the song in a deleted scene from 1990's Nightbreed.
See also
* List of 1960s one-hit wonders in the United States
References
Category:1962 songs
Category:1962 singles
Category:Songs with lyrics by Hal David
Category:Songs written by Sherman Edwards
Category:Shelley Fabares songs
Category:Warner Records singles
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