Open Up (Mungo Jerry song) explained

Open Up
Cover:Mungo-Jerry-Open-Up.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Mungo Jerry
Album:Boots Up
B-Side:"Going Back Home", "I Don't Wanna Go Back to School", "No Girl Reaction"
Released:1972
Length:3:24
Label:Dawn Records (UK) DNX 2514
Producer:Barry Murray
Prev Title:You Don't Have to Be in the Army to Fight in the War
Prev Year:1971
Next Title:My Girl and Me
Next Year:1972

"Open Up" is a song and hit single by the British group Mungo Jerry, first released in 1972.[1]

Chart performance

Written by the group's lead vocalist Ray Dorset and produced by Barry Murray,[2] it was the band's fifth single. The song made 21 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1972 staying in the charts for eight weeks.[3]

Like the group's debut single, "In the Summertime," and following singles, it was a maxi-single playing at 33 rpm. Other tracks on the extended play single were "Going Back Home", "I Don't Wanna Go Back to School" and "No Girl Reaction."

Notes and References

  1. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 383.
  2. Web site: Open Up. March 1972 . www.discogs.com. 10 July 2013.
  3. Web site: UK Charts - Mungo Jerry. www.officialcharts.com. 10 July 2013.