I'll Never Fall in Love Again (Lonnie Donegan song) explained

I'll Never Fall in Love Again
Type:single
Artist:Lonnie Donegan
B-Side:Keep on the Sunny Side
Label:Pye

"I'll Never Fall in Love Again" is a song written by Lonnie Donegan and Jimmy Currie, and first released by Donegan as a single in 1962.[1]

Composition

The verses are melodically based on the traditional folk song "Wanderin", even recycling the "It looks like" phrase. The Italian-styled chorus, however, sounds very different.

Tom Jones version

I'll Never Fall in Love Again
Type:single
Artist:Tom Jones
Album:13 Smash Hits
B-Side:Things I Wanna Do
Genre:Deep soul[2]
Length:4:14 (7" full)
2:55 (7" edit)
Label:Decca
Composer:Traditional
Lyricist:Jimmy Currie, Lonnie Donegan
Producer:Peter Sullivan
Prev Title:Sixteen Tons
Prev Year:1967
Next Title:I'm Coming Home
Next Year:1967

The most commercially successful recording of the song was by Tom Jones in 1967. Upon its first release, Jones' recording reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart but was less successful in the United States where it peaked at number 49 on the Hot 100, and number 28 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[3]

As the follow-up to Jones' "Love Me Tonight", "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" was reissued in 1969 in the US, reaching number six on the Hot 100 and number one on the Adult Contemporary chart.[3]

Other versions

In 1968, "Plus jamais", a French version of the song was recorded by the Belgian singer Liliane Saint-Pierre. The song reached No. 44 on the Ultratop chart in Belgium.[4]

It was also recorded by Timi Yuro on her 1968 album Something Bad on My Mind, Lena Martell, Charlie Hodges,[5] Richard Marx (B-side to "The Way She Loves Me"), and Marco T.

Jones' version was covered in 1978 by Filipino Tom Jones impersonator Sam Sorono on his Sings Tom Jones' Greatest Hits album on EMI Records.[6]

The song was also covered by Elvis Presley on the album From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee in 1976.

In 2019, Donegan's son, Peter auditioned for The Voice UK in which Tom Jones turned his chair for him. Jones, when finding out and taken aback by who he was, performed an impromptu duet of the song with Peter.[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.discogs.com/Lonnie-Donegan-Ill-Never-Fall-In-Love-Again-Keep-On-The-Sunny-Side/release/2964844 "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" at Discogs.com
  2. Book: Stanley, Bob . Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Crying in the Streets: Deep Soul. https://books.google.com/books?id=9emZAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT7. 13 September 2013. Faber & Faber. 978-0-571-28198-5. 255.
  3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 131.

  4. https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/942fb/Liliane-Saint-Pierre-Plus-jamais
  5. Discogs - Charlie Hodges – I'll Never Fall In Love Again
  6. Discogs - Sam Sorono – Sing Tom Jones' Greatest Hits
  7. Web site: The Voice UK judge fights back tears as friend's son performs. Dan. Seddon. 5 January 2019. Digital Spy.