There! I've Said It Again

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"There! I've Said It Again"
Single by Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
B-side"Rum and Coca-Cola"
PublishedDecember 18, 1941 (1941-12-18) by Radio Tunes, Inc., New York[1]
ReleasedFebruary 1945 (1945-02)
RecordedDecember 21, 1944 (1944-12-21)[2]
GenrePopular music
Length3:05
LabelVictor 20-1637
Songwriter(s)Redd Evans, David Mann
"There! I've Said It Again"
Single by Bobby Vinton
from the album There! I've Said It Again
B-side"The Girl with the Bow in Her Hair"
ReleasedNovember 7, 1963 (1963-11-07)
RecordedSeptember 5, 1963 (1963-09-05)[3]
GenrePop[4]
Length2:23
LabelEpic
Producer(s)Bob Morgan
Bobby Vinton singles chronology
"
Blue Velvet
"
(1963) 		"There! I've Said It Again"
(1963) 		"My Heart Belongs to Only You"
(1964)

"There! I've Said It Again" is a

popular song written and published by Redd Evans and David Mann in 1941. In early 1945, Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra released Victor 20-1637, which reached the number one position on the Billboard's National Radio Airplay chart for five straight weeks, then no.2 for six more weeks, and a total run of 29 weeks.[5] It finished 1945 as the no. 4 record of the year.[6]

1945 versions

Vaughn Monroe's version of "There! I've Said It Again" reached No. 1 on Billboard's chart of "Records Most-Played on the Air",[7] while also reaching No. 1 on Billboard's charts of "Best-Selling Popular Retail Records" and no. 2 on "Most-Played Juke Box Records".[8][9]

Jimmy Dorsey released a version of "There! I've Said It Again" in 1945, which reached No. 8 on Billboard's chart of "Records Most-Played on the Air"[10] and No. 12 on Billboard's chart of "Most-Played Juke Box Records".[9] A version was also released by The Modernaires with Paula Kelly in 1945, which was a hit that year.[11]

Bobby Vinton version

Bobby Vinton, backed by arranger/conductor Stan Applebaum, recorded and released "There! I've Said It Again" as a single in the fall of 1963.[12] In 1964, Vinton released the song on the album There! I've Said It Again.[13]

Vinton's version topped the

Blue Velvet".[14][18] Vinton's version also reached No. 1 on the Cash Box Top 100,[19] No. 1 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade",[20] No. 5 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,[21] and spent 10 weeks on the United Kingdom's Record Retailer chart, reaching No. 34.[22]

Vinton's version was ranked No. 12 on Cash Box's "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1964".[23]

Other notable versions

Sam Cooke released a version of the song in 1959. Cooke's version spent five weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 81,[24] while reaching No. 25 on Billboard's Hot R&B Sides chart.[25][26]

Al Saxon released a version of the song in 1961, which reached No. 48 on the United Kingdom's Record Retailer chart.[27]

A cover by Mickey Gilley peaked at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1989.[28]

References

  1. ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1942). Catalog of Copyright Entries 1942 1 Music New Series Vol 37 Pt 3. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
  2. ^ "RCA Victor 78rpm numerical listing discography: 20-1500 - 20-2000". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  3. ^ "Bobby Vinton's All-Time Greatest Hits," Varese (Vintage) Sarabande CD compilation, copyright 2003
  4. ^ Breihan, Tom (June 8, 2018). "The Number Ones: Bobby Vinton's "There! I've Said It Again"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 10, 2023. The received-wisdom history of pop music is that things were shitty before the Beatles showed up...when you listen to the last #1 of the pre-Beatles era ["There! I've Said It Again"], it gets harder to argue with that whole narrative.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research.
  6. OCLC 31611854
    . Tape 1, side B.
  7. ^ "Records Most-Played on the Air", Billboard, May 26, 1945. p. 23. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  8. ^ "Best-Selling Popular Retail Records", Billboard, June 16, 1945. p. 24. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Most-Played Juke Box Records", Billboard, June 23, 1945. p. 25. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  10. ^ "Records Most-Played on the Air", Billboard, July 14, 1945. p. 21. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  11. ^ "Records Most-Played on the Air", Billboard, July 21, 1945. p. 21. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  12. ^ "Epic Making Small Chunk of Its History", Billboard, November 23, 1963. p. 4. Accessed October 13, 2015
  13. ^ "There! I've Said It Again – Bobby Vinton". AllMusic. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  14. ^ a b c Hot 100 - Bobby Vinton There! I've Said It Again Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  15. ^ Joel Whitburn, "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits", Billboard Publications, Inc., 1987. p. 316
  16. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 250.
  17. ^ "Middle-Road Singles", Billboard, January 25, 1964. p. 60. Accessed October 13, 2015
  18. ^ Bobby Vinton - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed October 13, 2015
  19. ^ "Cash Box Top 100", Cash Box, January 4, 1964. p. 4. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  20. ^ "Lever Hit Parade" 06-Feb-1964, Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed October 13, 2015
  21. ^ "CHUM Chart Archives - Bobby Vinton". CHUM. Archived from the original on July 16, 2006. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  22. ^ Bobby Vinton - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed October 13, 2015
  23. ^ "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1964", Cash Box, December 26, 1964. p. 12. Accessed July 28, 2016.
  24. ^ Hot 100 - Sam Cooke There, I've Said It Again Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  25. ^ Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs - Sam Cooke There, I've Said It Again Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  26. ^ "Hot R&B Sides", Billboard, November 23, 1959. p. 48. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  27. ^ Al Saxon - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed October 13, 2015
  28. ISBN 978-0-89820-203-8
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