Johnny Get Angry
"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.[1] It was featured on her 1962 album Johnny Get Angry.[2]
| "Johnny Get Angry" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Joanie Sommers | ||||
| from the album Johnny Get Angry | ||||
| B-side | "Theme from A Summer Place" | |||
| Released | May 1962 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:31 | |||
| Label | Warner | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Hal David, Sherman Edwards | |||
| Producer(s) | Stan Applebaum | |||
| Joanie Sommers singles chronology | ||||
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The song was arranged and produced by Stan Applebaum.[3] 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.[4]
Other charting versions
- Carol Deene released a version of the song in 1962 which reached #32 on the UK Singles Chart.[5]
Other versions
- Shelley Fabares released a version of the song on her 1962 album The Things We Did Last Summer.[6]
- Motor Totemist Guild released a version of the song entitled "Get Angry" on their 1984 album Infra Dig.[7]
In popular culture
- Vinnie Monte released an answer song entitled "Joanie Don't Be Angry" in October 1962.[8]
- 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
References
- ^ "Joanie Sommers, "Johnny Get Angry" Chart Position". Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ "Joanie Sommers, Johnny Get Angry". Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ "Joanie Sommers, "Johnny Get Angry" Single Release". Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles of 1962", Billboard, Section II, December 29, 1962. p. 82. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ "Carol Deene, "Johnny Get Angry" Chart Position". Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ "Shelley Fabares, The Things We Did Last Summer". Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ "Motor Totemist Guild, Infra Dig". Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ "Vinnie Monte, "Joanie Don't Be Angry" Chart Position". Retrieved March 4, 2019.