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1966 song by Cher

1966 unmarried past Cher

"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Downward)"
Cher Bang Bang cover 7 inch.png
Unmarried by Cher
from the album The Sonny Side of Chér
B-side
  • "Needles and Pins"
  • "Our Day Volition Come"
Released February 25, 1966
Recorded 1966
Genre Folk rock
Length ii:44
Label Majestic
Songwriter(s) Sonny Bono
Producer(due south) Sonny Bono
Cher singles chronology
"Where Do You Go"
(1965) 		"Blindside Bang (My Infant Shot Me Downwardly)"
(1966) 		"Alfie"
(1966)
Audio
Cher – "Bang Blindside (My Baby Shot Me Down)" on YouTube

"Blindside Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" is the second single by American singer-extra Cher from her 2nd album, The Sonny Side of Chér. Written by her then-husband Sonny Bono and released in 1966, the song reached No. three in the Britain Singles Chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a single week (behind "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" by The Righteous Brothers), somewhen becoming i of Cher's biggest-selling singles of the 1960s.[1] [2]

History [edit]

The single proved successful, charting high in several countries worldwide. It became Cher's first million-selling single and her first top 3 striking in the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland (and her concluding until "The Shoop Shoop Song (It'southward in His Kiss)" reached No. 1 in 1991). Critic Tim Sendra, in his album review of The Sonny Side of Cher, gave the song a mixed review: "The only runway that has any existent zest is the Bono-written novelty 'Bang Blindside (My Infant Shot Me Down)', the kind of dramatic song Cher could knock out in her sleep but likewise a song with no real heart."[3] On the other hand, the reviewer for Cashbox said the vocal was "inventive", and predicted information technology would become a "blockbuster" hit. The reviewer praised its "plaintive, dejection-soaked" style, likewise as the "interesting Gypsy-ish backing".[4]

In 1987, Cher recorded a rock version of the song for her 1987 Platinum-certified comeback album Cher. Produced by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Desmond Child, the song featured backing vocals by Jon Bon Jovi and Michael Bolton, amid others, and was released as a promotional unmarried in 1988. Cher performed this version on her Heart of Stone Tour and on Living Proof: The Farewell Bout, and it was played instrumentally on the Dressed to Impale Tour in 2014, Classic Cher in 2017–2020, and the Here We Go Once more Tour in 2018–2020.

Rails listing [edit]

  • 1966 US and European 7" single
  1. "Blindside Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" – 2:40
  2. "Our Mean solar day Will Come" – 2:28
  • 1987 French seven" single
  1. "Blindside-Bang" – three:51
  2. "I Plant Someone" – three:42
  • 1993 French CD single
  1. "Bang-Blindside" – 3:54
  2. "Whenever You lot're Near" – 4:05

Charts [edit]

Lady Gaga version [edit]

External sound
audio icon "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Downwardly)" (live from Jazz at Lincoln Center) past Lady Gaga on YouTube

Lady Gaga performed "Bang Bang (My Infant Shot Me Down)" in July 2014 at Jazz at Lincoln Middle, for the TV special Cheek to Cheek Live!.[28] She was wearing a red-leather jumpsuit and a curly blackness wig which was previously worn by Cher.[29] [30] [31] The recording of the performance became available as a bonus track on the iTunes/Apple Music version of her beginning collaborative jazz album with Tony Bennett, Cheek to Cheek (2014).[32] Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian called Gaga's have on the song "Vegas-brassy".[33] Mikael Wood of the Chicago Tribune idea that the song "in Gaga's hands played similar a principal form in finding new feeling in a familiar oldie."[34] Writing for Vulture, Richard Due south. He wrote that "the band plays a bossa-nova take on the song while Gaga sings solo", adding that the singer "generally leans away from the song'south natural melodrama — until she belts the concluding verse with full diva theatrics."[31] Rand Duren from The Dallas Morning News idea that Gaga "goes into 'Blindside Bang (My Infant Shot Me Downwardly)' in full force with a masterful interpretation and solid vocals".[35] Erin Strecker from Billboard chosen Gaga's rendition "incredible" and said that her "version is all big notes and dramatic tension. Note to Gaga: More of this, please."[28]

Gaga's version of "Bang Bang" debuted at No. ane on Billboard'southward Jazz Digital Songs Chart.[36] The singer's later on performances of the vocal include concert tours ArtRave: The Artpop Ball (2014)[37] and the Cheek to Cheek Tour (2014–2015),[38] and her Jazz & Piano Vegas residency (2019–2021).[39]

Other notable versions [edit]

Nancy Sinatra recorded one of the all-time-known covers of the song, for her 1966 album How Does That Grab You? Her version features tremolo guitar, played by her arranger, Billy Foreign,[40] and had a resurgence in popularity when it was used in the opening credits of the 2003 Quentin Tarantino film Kill Neb Book 1. In the sequence preceding the credits, Tarantino creates a literal, bloody interpretation of the vocal's chorus and the third verse, about a wedding day.[41] Her version besides was the theme for BBC coverage of the 2005 Wimbledon tennis championships, and has been sampled on several hip-hop recordings, including the Audio Bullys (featuring Nancy Sinatra) top 3 U.k. hit "Shot Yous Down" in 2005.

External sound
audio icon "Blindside Bang" (Italian) by Dalida on YouTube

The song was too popular in Italy in 1966, when it was covered in Italian by Dalida. The song reached number ane and stayed for two months winning her a gilt record. Following her recording, which appeared on her 1967 album, Piccolo Ragazzo, several Italian singers including Mina, and the psychedelic bands Equipe 84 and I Corvi,[42] covered the runway. Her version was as well included as principal song of 2010 drama picture show, Heartbeats.

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External links [edit]

  • "Bang Bang (My Babe Shot Me Down)" Canvas music for Baton Foreign's tremolo guitar part
  • "Khi Xưa Ta Bé" — Thúy Nga – Paris By Nighttime (Vietnamese covers) on YouTube
  • "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" by Frank Sinatra on YouTube

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang_Bang_(My_Baby_Shot_Me_Down)

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