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"Make Your Own Kind of Music"
Single by Mama Cass Elliot
from the album Make Your Own Kind of Music/It’s Getting Better
B-side"Lady Love"
ReleasedSeptember 1969 (1969-09)
StudioWestern Recorders (Hollywood)
GenrePop
Length2:25
LabelDunhill
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Steve Barri
Mama Cass Elliot singles chronology
"It's Getting Better"
(1969) 		"Make Your Own Kind of Music"
(1969) 		"New World Coming"
(1970)

"Make Your Own Kind of Music" is a song by American singer Mama Cass Elliot from her second studio album Make Your Own Kind of Music/It’s Getting Better (1969). It was released as the third and final single from the album in September 1969, by Dunhill Records. The song was written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, while production was helmed by Steve Barri. In the United States, "Make Your Own Kind of Music" was a Top 40 hit, in which it peaked at number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Background

The Cass Elliot version of the song is in the key of E major. She recorded "Make Your Own Kind of Music" after she had a hit in the summer of 1969 with "

A&R Steve Barri, who said: "[Since Dunhill] didn't have much success with [the debut Cass Elliot solo album] Dream a Little Dream we wanted to get her back on the [upper] charts and we tried to find some commercial songs."[1] Barri would also attribute the bubblegum music focus of his output with Elliot to a desire "to capture who she was ... this real fun-loving positive ... person I couldn't imagine anybody ... not loving."[2] In a September 1969 Melody Maker interview a week prior to the US release of the "Make Your Own Kind of Music" single, Elliot stated: "Bubblegum music is very pleasant to listen to ... but it's like they say about Chinese food: half an hour after tasting it you are hungry again", although she did concede "maybe [bubblegum] is what I am supposed to be doing [since] my voice is very light ... I just can't sing heavy material".[3] Elliot would be less easygoing in her 1971 summation of her 1968–1970 tenure with Dunhill Records, saying she had been "forced to be so bubblegum that I'd stick to the floor when I walked."[4] Barri, while admitting—also in 1971—that "Cass was one artist I couldn't find the answer for,"[1] would maintain: "We never recorded anything that she didn't want to do."[2]

Elliot had also told Melody Maker that "It's Getting Better" was "musically ... not quite what I want to be doing ... It's a good recording for what it is, but you wouldn't exactly call it

Easy Listening chart).[8]

The follow-up single to "Make Your Own Kind of Music": "

RCA Victor.[11]

Critical reception

In an August 14 2019 "Staff Picks" ranking of The 100 Best Songs of 1969 in Billboard, Elliott's "Make Your Own Kind of Music" was ranked at #89, with the evaluation: "Though just a modest hit, Elliot's ode to striking out on your own was a crucial evolution in self-referential pop. [In 1968] her debut album [had] stiffed, and ... her three-week Vegas residency [infamously] closed after a single awful performance. In this light, the sunshine pop of 'Make Your Own Kind of Music' ... sparkled even more defiantly."[12]

In popular culture

The presiding rabbi at Elliot's funeral on 3 August 1974 included the lyrics of "Make Your Own Kind of Music" in the eulogy.

Elliot's recording of "Make Your Own Kind of Music" would be featured prominently in the television show Lost, first appearing in the episode "Man of Science, Man of Faith", and was rated as one of Spin magazine's "Best Musical Moments From TV's Latest Golden Age".[13]

The track's uses on television also include a 2015 episode ("The Graduate") of The Middle, set to a flashback montage of a character's high school experiences during her high school graduation ceremony; in season two, episode seven of Sex Education; and as the theme song for the Swedish documentary show I en annan del av Köping.[14] It also appears in the ninth episode of season 8 of the Showtime series Dexter, and the 93rd overall episode of the series.

The song also appears on the soundtrack to the films

Pam and Tommy, episode 3, and the main trailer for Barbie
.

Following a viral mashup featuring "Make Your Own Kind of Music" with a clip from the 2022 film The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent became a meme on TikTok, the song was used in 46,000 videos.[15] It continued to go viral in TikTok trends throughout 2023. These trends were satirized on Saturday Night Live's December 2, 2023, episode with Chloe Troast playing Cass.

The song was used as the closing music for the final Episode 6 of the 2023 TV series Funny Woman.

The song scores a YouTube ad for Adobe Acrobat.

Chart performance

Chart (1969) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[16] 20
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[17] 7
US Billboard Hot 100[18] 36
US Billboard
Adult Contemporary
 6
US
Cash Box Top 100[19]
 25

Remixes

In 1997 a remixed version by Carmen Cacciatore and Louie "Balo" Guzman titled the "Yum Club Mix" was released officially on the re-released single

Universal Records,[20][21] This version would reach #11 on the Dance Club Songs chart in Billboard.[22]

Paloma Faith version

"Make Your Own Kind of Music"
Sony
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Paloma Faith singles chronology
"Lullaby"
(2018) 		"Make Your Own Kind of Music"
(2018) 		"Warrior"
(2018)
Music video
"Make Your Own Kind of Music" on
YouTube

Overview

"Make Your Own Kind of Music" became a top 30 hit in the United Kingdom in 2018 via a cover version by Paloma Faith.

It was announced 1 February 2018 that Škoda Auto had commissioned Faith to record a version of "Make Your Own Kind of Music" to serve as jingle for an ad campaign to launch the Karoq, Škoda's new compact crossover SUV,[23] Faith being quoted as saying: "The reality of Škoda is it was the car people took the piss out of you for having...That's how they enticed me in really, it was like that thing or person who people tease for being who they are but is now celebrated for being who they are."[24] Faith has since introduced "Make Your Own Kind of Music" in concert with the statement that "she doesn't usually approve of celebrity endorsements for products, but felt that Škoda was a brand worth celebrating due to how it's gradually become more respected over the years."[25]

The track was made available for streaming as of 2 March 2018 with a promotional video made available 20 March 2018, with a year-long television ad campaign featuring a 60 second edit of the video inaugurated on 24 March 2018: "the [video] follows Paloma through a series of flashbacks as she fights to make it in the music industry. It depicts her struggling to fit in as a young child to performing to empty pubs, to an iconic moment early in her career where she rebukes a music executive for not listening to her sing. The flashbacks are juxtaposed with images of her now as she enjoys chart-topping success and a new period in her life as a mother."[26] (Faith had given birth to her first child in December 2016.)[27]

"Make Your Own Kind of Music" debuted on the

UK chart dated 19 April 2018 at No. 59 to enter the top 40 at No. 28 on the chart dated 10 May 2018. The track spent only that one week in the top 40, its typical chart ranking during its ten week chart tenure being between No. 43 and No. 49; however, the track was certified gold for sales and streams of 400,000 units.[28] Included in the tracklist of Faith's fourth studio album The Architect, on sites such as Spotify and Apple Music as of 20 April 2018,[29] "Make Your Own Kind of Music" was officially added to the album's tracklist on its 16 November 2018 re-release: labeled The Zeitgist Edition, this re-release also added "Lullaby" to the tracks on the original album.[30]

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Scotland (OCC)[31] 8
UK Singles (OCC)[32]
 28
UK Singles Downloads (OCC)[33] 4

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[28] Gold 400,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Other versions

The first recording of "Make Your Own Kind of Music" was on a 1968 single by the New York City-based trio

the Will-O-Bees
(Janet Blossom, Steven Porter, and Robert Merchanthouse), who regularly performed Mann/Weil compositions.

In 1972,

Barbra Streisand...And Other Musical Instruments, Streisand sings "Make Your Own Kind of Music" in a medley with "The World Is a Concerto".[35]

"Make Your Own Kind of Music" has also been recorded by Roslyn Kind (on This Is Roslyn Kind, 1969); Bobby Sherman (on Here Comes Bobby, 1970); Marilyn Maye (on Girl Singer, 1970); Paul Westerberg (on a flexidisc with The Bob magazine #53 and on the "Love Untold" single, 1996);[36] Telly Leung (on Songs for You, 2015); Cock Robin (on Chinese Driver, 2016);[37] and Alex Lahey (for Like a Version, 2024).[38]

References

  1. ^ a b c Record World vol 26 #1267 (2 October 1971) "Dialogue — the Viewpoint of the Industry: Steve Barri on producing singles" by Tony Lawrence pp.6, 26
  2. ^
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    .
  3. ^ a b Melody Maker 27 September 1969 "Mama Cass Elliott [sic] Makes It On Her Own" by Bob Dawbarn p.7
  4. ^ a b Los Angeles Times 5 December 1971 "Mamas & Papas: four rugged individuals getting back together" by Nat Freedland p.705
  5. ^ New Musical Express 15 November 1969 "Mama Cass Jogs Along" by Derek Johnson p.8
  6. ISBN 978-0898791495
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  7. ^ Billboard vol 81 #46 (15 November 1969) Album Reviews p.53/ Billboard Hot 100 p.96
  8. ^ "Mama Cass Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com.
  9. ^ Los Angeles Times 22 March 1970 "The Dunhill David vs Grammy Goliaths" by Wayne Warga p.438
  10. ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard. January 2, 2013.
  11. ^ Cash Box Vol 33 #3 (10 July 1971) "Mama Cass Signs With RCA Records" p.9
  12. ^ "The 100 Best Songs of 1969: Staff Picks". Billboard. August 14, 2019.
  13. ^ "SPIN's 30 Best Musical Moments From TV's Latest Golden Age: Mama Cass Elliot's "Make Your Own Kind of Music" on Lost". Spin. April 8, 2014. Archived from the original on January 29, 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  14. ^ Stefan Lindqvist (February 11, 2008). "En feelgoodserie som värmer alla hjärtan" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs dagblad. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  15. ^ Jones, CT (March 9, 2023). "How A TikTok Meme Is Inspiring A New Generation To Learn About Cass Elliot". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  16. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. July 17, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  17. ^ "Item". Bac-lac.gc.ca. July 17, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  18. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002
  19. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 11/29/69". Tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on September 6, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  20. ^ "Various - Dance Across The Universe Volume 1 (CD)". Discogs.com. October 21, 1997. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  21. ^ "Mama Cass - Make Your Own Kind Of Music (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. 1997. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  22. ^ "Make Your Own Kind of Music (Song by Mama Cass) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com.
  23. ^ "Paloma Faith features in Škoda TV commercial". Sounds-familiar.info. March 26, 2018.
  24. ^ "Paloma Faith enjoying being treated like 'one of the mums'". February 2018.
  25. ^ "Girl next door' Paloma Faith wows Newmarket". June 25, 2018.
  26. ^ "Paloma Faith stars in advert for ŠKODA Driven By Something Different". Mervynstewart.com. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  27. ^ "Paloma Faith finally reveals gender of her three-year-old child". July 2020.
  28. ^ a b "British single certifications – Paloma Faith – Make Your Own Kind Of Music". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  29. ^ "The Architect by Paloma Faith on iTunes". iTunes. April 20, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  30. ^ "Paloma Faith to release the Zeitgeist Edition of her Number 1 album the Architect". Official Charts.
  31. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  32. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  33. ^ "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  34. ^ "Barbra Streisand Songs • Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography • Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com.
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  36. ^ "Paul Westerberg – Make Your Own Kind of Music". Genius.com. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  37. ^ "Cover versions of Make Your Own Kind of Music by Roslyn Kind | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.com.
  38. ^ deejaysdestiny (August 24, 2023). "Alex Lahey covers Cass Elliot's 'Make Your Own Kind Of Music' for Like A Version". r/triplej. Retrieved January 17, 2024.

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