Better Use Your Head Explained

Better Use Your Head
Cover:	Better Use Your Head.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Little Anthony & The Imperials
B-Side:	Gonna Fix You Good
Released:	1976
Genre:	Modern soul, funk
Length:	2:49
Label:	Silver Spotlight Series UP 36141
Producer:	Teddy Randazzo

"Better Use Your Head" is a song and single by American R&B group, Little Anthony & The Imperials written by Teddy Randazzo, who also produced it, and his wife Victoria Pike.^{[1] [2]}

Credits: The Imperials

• "Little Anthony" Gourdine (lead)
• Clarence "Wah-Hoo" Collins (baritone/bass)
• Ernest Wright (2nd tenor)
• Sammy Strain (1st tenor)

Other credits

• Producer: Teddy Randazzo
• Orchestra: Don Costa

Chart performance

"Better Use Your Head", was originally released in the US on the Veep label in 1966 with "The Wonder of It All" as the B-side,^[3] it reached # 54 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[4] It was later re-released in 1976 following its gain in popularity after having been played in clubs on the Northern soul scene in the UK. It made number 42 in the UK charts in July 1976 and was Little Anthony & The Imperials only UK chart success.^[5]

External links

• The Imperials (Little Anthony, Sammy, Ernest, & Clarence)- "Better Use Your Head" (YouTube Video - 1966)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Better Use Your Head. 16 July 1976 . www.discogs.com. 26 October 2013.
2. Web site: Artist Profile - Teddy Randazzo - Bio . Jango.com . 2016-09-29.
3. Web site: Better Use Your Head - 1966 . 1966 . www.discogs.com . 26 October 2013.
4. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 505.

5. Web site: Little Anthony & The Imperials . www.officialcharts.com . 26 October 2013.