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Bang Bang She Shot Me Again

1966 vocal by Cher

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

"Bang Bang (My Infant Shot Me Downwardly)" is the 2d single past American singer-extra Cher from her 2nd anthology, The Sonny Side of Chér. Written by her and so-husband Sonny Bono and released in 1966, the song reached No. 3 in the U.k. Singles Nautical chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a single calendar week (backside "(Yous're My) Soul and Inspiration" by The Righteous Brothers), eventually 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'due south first million-selling single and her get-go top 3 hit in the United kingdom (and her last until "The Shoop Shoop Vocal (It'south 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 but track that has whatsoever real zest is the Bono-written novelty 'Bang Blindside (My Baby Shot Me Down)', the kind of dramatic song Cher could knock out in her slumber but also a song with no existent heart."[3] On the other mitt, the reviewer for Cashbox said the song was "inventive", and predicted it would become a "blockbuster" striking. The reviewer praised its "plaintive, blues-soaked" way, equally well as the "interesting Gypsy-ish bankroll".[iv]

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, among others, and was released as a promotional single in 1988. Cher performed this version on her Middle of Stone Tour and on Living Proof: The Cheerio Tour, and it was played instrumentally on the Dressed to Kill Bout in 2014, Classic Cher in 2017–2020, and the Hither Nosotros Become Again Tour in 2018–2020.

Track listing [edit]

  • 1966 Us and European 7" single
  1. "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Downwardly)" – 2:40
  2. "Our 24-hour interval Will Come" – two:28
  • 1987 French 7" single
  1. "Bang-Bang" – 3:51
  2. "I Found Someone" – three:42
  • 1993 French CD single
  1. "Bang-Bang" – 3:54
  2. "Whenever Y'all're Well-nigh" – iv:05

Charts [edit]

Other versions [edit]

Nancy Sinatra recorded ane of the best-known covers of the song, for her 1966 anthology How Does That Grab Yous? Her version features tremolo guitar, played past her arranger, Billy Strange,[28] and had a resurgence in popularity when it was used in the opening credits of the 2003 Quentin Tarantino moving-picture show Impale Nib Volume 1. In the sequence preceding the credits, Tarantino creates a literal, bloody interpretation of the song's chorus and the third verse, most a wedding ceremony twenty-four hours.[29] Her version also was the theme for BBC coverage of the 2005 Wimbledon tennis championships, and has been sampled on several hip-hop recordings, including the Sound Bullys (featuring Nancy Sinatra) top 3 United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland track "Shot You Downwards" in 2005.[ citation needed ]

External audio
audio icon "Blindside Blindside" (Italian) past Dalida on YouTube

The song was also pop in Italy in 1966, when it was covered in Italian by Dalida. The song reached number one and stayed for two months winning her a gold 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,[30] covered the track. Her version was also included as chief song of 2010 drama film, Heartbeats.[ citation needed ]

External audio
audio icon "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (live from Jazz at Lincoln Middle) by Lady Gaga on YouTube

Lady Gaga performed "Blindside Bang (My Babe Shot Me Down)" in July 2014 at Jazz at Lincoln Middle, for the Boob tube special Cheek to Cheek Alive!.[31] The recording of the performance became available as a bonus rails on the iTunes/Apple Music version of her first collaborative jazz album with Tony Bennett, Cheek to Cheek.[32] Gaga'south rendition of "Blindside Blindside" debuted at No. one on Billboard'due south Jazz Digital Songs Chart[33] and was well-received by critics.[34] [35] [36] [37] [31] The singer would subsequently include the song in her tours.[ citation needed ]

References [edit]

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  4. ^ "Tape Reviews", Cashbox, March 5, 1966, p. 16.
  5. ^ David Kent Australian Nautical chart Book 1940-1969
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External links [edit]

  • "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" Sheet music for Billy 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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