"The Rubberband Man" is a song recorded by American vocal group the Spinners. The song, written by producer Thom Bell and singer-songwriter Linda Creed, is about Bell's son Mark, who was being teased by his classmates for being overweight. Intended to improve his son's self-image, the song eventually evolved from being about "The Fat Man" to "The Rubberband Man".[1]
Wynne alternates between singing the verse and interjecting verbal asides and improvises the eight bars linking the chorus with the bridge. The backing singers' retort of "do-do-do-do" recalls the distinctive chorus in Stephen Stills' song "Love the One You're With."[5]
Performed by Lynda Carter twice on TV in 1980: during her first (of five) Lynda Carter Special, and in an episode of The Muppet Show accompanied by a band of Rubberband Men Muppets.
From 2004–2007 in several back-to-school advertising campaigns for OfficeMax, the song Rubberband Man was used as the theme for The 'Rubberband Man', a character played by actor Eddie Steeples, who would happily distribute school / office supplies to surprised and somewhat disappointed children or thankful office employees. In one commercial, Steeple's character has lost his rubber ball, and the commercial documents his search for the missing ball. [6][7] At that time, Steeples was popular portraying the character of "Crab Man" on the television sitcomMy Name Is Earl.
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For the song by T I see Rubber Band Man The Rubberband Man is a song recorded by American vocal group the Spinners The song written by producer Thom Bell and singer songwriter Linda Creed is about Bell s son Mark who was being teased by his classmates for being overweight Intended to improve his son s self image the song eventually evolved from being about The Fat Man to The Rubberband Man 1 The Rubberband Man Single by the Spinnersfrom the album Happiness Is Being with the SpinnersB side Now That We re Together ReleasedAugust 1976StudioSigma Sound Philadelphia Pennsylvania GenreSoul funk Philly soulLength7 22 album version 3 33 single edit LabelAtlanticSongwriter s Thom Bell Linda CreedProducer s Thom BellThe Spinners singles chronology Wake Up Susan 1976 The Rubberband Man 1976 You re Throwing a Good Love Away 1977 The last major hit by the Spinners to feature Philippe Wynne on lead vocals The Rubberband Man spent three weeks at number two on the U S Billboard Hot 100 blocked from the top spot by Rod Stewart s massive hit single Tonight s the Night and topped the U S R amp B chart at the end of 1976 2 It was also a top 20 hit in the UK Singles Chart reaching number 16 in October 1976 3 The song was included in the Detroit Free Press s Detroit s 100 Greatest Songs list ranking 70th 4 Contents 1 Arrangement and structure 2 Later uses 3 Personnel 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 5 Certifications 6 References 7 External linksArrangement and structure EditWynne alternates between singing the verse and interjecting verbal asides and improvises the eight bars linking the chorus with the bridge The backing singers retort of do do do do recalls the distinctive chorus in Stephen Stills song Love the One You re With 5 Later uses EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed June 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Performed by Lynda Carter twice on TV in 1980 during her first of five Lynda Carter Special and in an episode of The Muppet Show accompanied by a band of Rubberband Men Muppets The song also appears in the 1981 movie Stripes The Rubberband Man was used on the TV show Suits in the 2012 episode Discovery The song enjoyed a surge in popularity in 2018 as a result of its use in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Avengers Infinity War From 2004 2007 in several back to school advertising campaigns for OfficeMax the song Rubberband Man was used as the theme for The Rubberband Man a character played by actor Eddie Steeples who would happily distribute school office supplies to surprised and somewhat disappointed children or thankful office employees In one commercial Steeple s character has lost his rubber ball and the commercial documents his search for the missing ball 6 7 At that time Steeples was popular portraying the character of Crab Man on the television sitcom My Name Is Earl Personnel EditLead vocals Philippe Wynne Background vocals Bobby Smith Pervis Jackson Henry Fambrough and Billy Henderson Additional background vocals the Sigma Sweethearts Barbara Ingram Carla L Benson and Yvette Benton Instrumentation MFSB Thom Bell keyboards Tony Bell Bobby Eli guitars Bob Babbitt bass guitar Andrew Smith drums Larry Washington percussionProduced arranged and conducted by Thom BellCharts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 1976 77 PeakPositionCanada Top Singles RPM 7Australia ARIA 8 20UK Singles Chart The Official Charts Company 16US Billboard Hot 100 2US Billboard Hot Soul Singles 1US Cash Box Top 100 3 Year end charts Edit Chart 1976 RankU S Cash Box 9 24Chart 1977 RankCanada 10 101U S Billboard Hot 100 11 81Certifications EditRegion Certification Certified units salesUnited Kingdom BPI 12 Silver 200 000 Sales streaming figures based on certification alone References Edit Feldman Christopher G 2000 The Billboard Book of No 2 Hits Billboard Books ISBN 0 8230 7695 4 Whitburn Joel 2004 Top R amp B Hip Hop Singles 1942 2004 Record Research p 545 The Detroit Spinners The Rubberband Man 45cat com Detroit s 100 Greatest Songs Retrieved May 10 2018 Planer Lindsay The Rubberband Man AllMusic Retrieved January 30 2013 Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine officemax rubberband man YouTube Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine Rubberband Man Back to School OfficeMax YouTube Steffen Hung Forum 1970 ARIA Charts Special Occasion Charts Australian charts com Archived from the original on June 2 2016 Retrieved October 11 2016 Top 100 Year End Charts 1976 Cashbox Magazine Retrieved June 5 2016 Image RPM Weekly Library and Archives Canada Bac lac gc ca July 17 2013 Retrieved October 11 2016 Top 100 Hits of 1977 Top 100 Songs of 1977 Musicoutfitters com Retrieved October 11 2016 British single certifications Spinners The Rubberband Man British Phonographic Industry Retrieved June 16 2023 External links EditThe Rubberband Man at SecondHandSongs The Spinners The Rubberband Man on YouTube Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Rubberband Man amp oldid 1172257285, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
