I'm Gonna Make You Mine (Lou Christie song) explained

I'm Gonna Make You Mine
Cover:I'm_Gonna_Make_You_Mine_-_Lou_Christie.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Lou Christie
Album:I'm Gonna Make You Mine
B-Side:I'm Gonna Get Married
Released:June 1969[1]
Genre:Bubblegum pop[2]
Label:Buddah Records
Producer:Stan Vincent, Mike Duckman
Prev Title:Canterbury Road
Prev Year:1968
Next Title:Are You Getting Any Sunshine?
Next Year:1969

"I'm Gonna Make You Mine" is a song released in 1969 by Lou Christie. It was featured on his 1969 album I'm Gonna Make You Mine,[3] arranged by Stan Vincent and produced by Vincent and Mike Duckman.[4]

Background

The song was arranged in the style of Phil Spector's Wall of Sound.[5] Backing vocals were provided by Ellie Greenwich and Linda Scott, in one of her last recordings before leaving show business.[6]

Chart performance

The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 10,[7] while reaching No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart and on WLS[8] and No. 5 on Canada's RPM 100.[9]

"I'm Gonna Make You Mine" was ranked No. 60 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1969.[10]

Weekly charts

Chart (1969)Peak
position
Australia (Go-Set)[11] 28
Belgium (Flanders)[12] 17
Canada RPM 1005
Canada (CHUM 30)[13] 5
Germany29
Netherlands (Hilversum 3 Top 30)[14] 14
Netherlands (Veronica Top 40)[15] 19
New Zealand (Listener)[16] 13
South Africa (Springbok)[17] 7
UK Singles Chart[18] 2
US Billboard Hot 10010
US Cash Box Top 100[19] 7
US Record World 100 Top Pops[20] 5
Belgium (Wallonia)[21] 35

Year-end charts

Chart (1969)Rank
Canada - RPMs 100 Hits of 1969[22] 66
UK Singles Chart[23] 28
US Billboard Top Hot 100 Singles[24] 60
US Cash Box Top 100 Chart Hits[25] 65

Notes and References

  1. Web site: I'm Gonna Make You Mine / I'm Gonna Get Married - Lou Christie. 45cat. 2020-01-03.
  2. Book: Stanley, Bob . Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. 1966: The London Look. https://books.google.com/books?id=9emZAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT7. 13 September 2013. Faber & Faber. 978-0-571-28198-5. 201.
  3. Web site: I'm Gonna Make You Mine – Lou Christie. AllMusic. April 1, 2018.
  4. http://www.45cat.com/record/bda116 Lou Christie, "I'm Gonna Make You Mine" Single Release
  5. Web site: Pasadena Weekly Staff . Lightnin' Strikes . Pasadena Weekly . 13 January 2022 . 3 June 2015 . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220113085813/https://pasadenaweekly.com/lightnin-strikes/ . dead .
  6. Book: Bronson . Fred . Fred Bronson . The Billboard Book of Number One Hits . 2003 . . 193 . 9780823076772 . April 6, 2022.
  7. https://www.billboard.com/artist/lou-christie/chart-history/hsi/ Hot 100 - Lou Christie I'm Gonna Make You Mine Chart History
  8. Web site: WLSRadio 890 Hit Parade. WLS. 1969-09-29. 2020-01-03.
  9. "The RPM 100", RPM Weekly, Volume 12, No. 8, October 18, 1969. p. 5. Retrieved July 28, 2015
  10. Web site: Billboard Top 100 - 1969 . May 7, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150503182602/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1969.php . May 3, 2015 .
  11. "Go-Set National Top 40 With Ed Nimmervoll ", Go-Set, 6 December 1969. poparchives.com. Accessed July 28, 2015
  12. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/586cc/Lou-Christie-I'm-Gonna-Make-You-Mine Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine
  13. Web site: CHUM 30 – October 25, '69 . 2015-12-17 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20061107200341/http://www.1050chum.com/charts/chartview.aspx?img=19691025 . November 7, 2006 . Collector's Issue No. 64. CHUM.
  14. "Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine", Dutch Charts. Accessed July 28, 2015
  15. http://www.top40.nl/lou-christie/lou-christie-i-m-gonna-make-you-mine_8592 Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine
  16. http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=372#n_view_location NZ Listener chart summary
  17. "Hits of the World", Billboard, December 27, 1969. p. 41. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  18. http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/12329/lou-christie/ Lou Christie - Full Official Chart History
  19. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/60s/1969/CB-1969-10-25.pdf Cash Box Top 100
  20. "100 Top Pops", Record World, October 25, 1969. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  21. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/586cc/Lou-Christie-I'm-Gonna-Make-You-Mine Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine
  22. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6104&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 RPM's 100 Hits of 1969
  23. http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1969.shtml Top 100 1969
  24. "Top Records on 1969 (Based on Billboard Charts)", Billboard, December 27, 1969. p. 16. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  25. "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1969", Cash Box, December 27, 1969. p. 22. Retrieved April 1, 2018.

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