I Can Hear Music

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"I Can Hear Music"
Single by the Ronettes
B-side"When I Saw You"
ReleasedOctober 1966[1]
GenrePop
Length3:00
LabelPhilles
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jeff Barry
The Ronettes singles chronology
"Is This What I Get for Loving You?"
(1965) 		"I Can Hear Music"
(1966) 		"You Came, You Saw, You Conquered!"
(1969)
Official audio
"I Can Hear Music" on
YouTube

"I Can Hear Music" is a song written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector[2] for American girl group the Ronettes (credited as The Ronettes Featuring Veronica) in 1966. This version spent one week on the Billboard Pop chart at number 100.[3] In early 1969, the Beach Boys released a cover version as a single from their album 20/20 (1969), peaking at number 24 in the US.

Cash Box said that "Ronnie sings a strong lead throughout the teen-oriented, emotion filled tune which is effectively backed by throbbing sounds."[4] Record World described it as a "slow but torrid goodie."[5]

The Beach Boys version

"I Can Hear Music"
Single by the Beach Boys
from the album 20/20
B-side"All I Want to Do"
ReleasedMarch 3, 1969[6]
RecordedOctober 1, 1968
Length2:36
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Carl Wilson
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Bluebirds over the Mountain"
(1968) 		"I Can Hear Music"
(1969) 		"Break Away"
(1969)
Official audio
"I Can Hear Music" on
YouTube

"I Can Hear Music" was covered by the American rock band

Hot 100. The song did best in Europe, reaching number 10 in the United Kingdom.[7]

Within the US and Canada, it peaked on playlists in the top 5 in Boston, Houston and Dallas; No. 7 in New York and Chicago (

WCFL); No. 8 in Toronto and San Diego, No. 9 in Seattle; No. 10 in Vancouver and Indianapolis; No. 11 in Los Angeles, Louisville, Providence, and Chicago (WLS); No. 12 in Milwaukee and Columbus.[8][citation needed
]

Personnel

Credits from Craig Slowinski.[9][10][11]

The Beach Boys

Session musicians

Chart history

Chart (1969) Peak
position
Australia (Go-Set) 13
Canada RPM Top Singles[12] 34
Chile 12
Germany 13
Ireland (IRMA)[13] 15
Malaysia 6
Netherlands 6
New Zealand (Listener)[14] 11
Poland 7
Sweden 5
UK Singles (OCC)[7]
 10
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[15] 24
U.S.
Cash Box
Top 100 		20
U.S. Record World 20

Larry Lurex version

"I Can Hear Music"
YouTube

In 1973,

Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart.[17]

Kathy Troccoli version

In 1996, the Beach Boys rerecorded the song, with

contemporary Christian singer Kathy Troccoli on lead vocals, for their country album Stars and Stripes Vol. 1
.

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-61713-009-0
    .
  2. ^ "I Can Hear Music – The Ronettes". Allmusic. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ "The Ronettes". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  4. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. October 1, 1966. p. 30. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  5. ^ "Singles Reviews" (PDF). Record World. October 8, 1966. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  6. ISBN 0-87930-818-4
    p. 29
  7. ^ a b "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 1969-04-03. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  8. ^ Arsa Surveys, las-solanas.com
  9. ^ "I Can Hear Music". smileysmile.net.
  10. ^ "What Music is Being Made in This Video?".
  11. ^ Slowinski, Craig (Spring 2019). Beard, David (ed.). "20/20: 50 Year Anniversary Special Edition". Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine. Charlotte, North Carolina.
  12. ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1969-04-21. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  13. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Can Hear Music". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  14. ^ "Flavour of New Zealand, 19 May 1969".
  15. ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  16. ^ "Larry Lurex - I Can Hear Music". June 1, 1973 – via www.discogs.com.
  17. ^ Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959–2004

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