| Out in the Streets | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | the Shangri-Las |
| Album: | Shangri-Las '65 |
| B-Side: | The Boy |
| Released: | April 1965 |
| Length: | 2:39 |
| Label: | Red Bird |
| Producer: | Shadow Morton |
| Prev Title: | Maybe |
| Prev Year: | 1964 |
| Next Title: | Give Us Your Blessings |
| Next Year: | 1965 |
Out in the Streets is a song written by Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry.It was first recorded by the American girl group the Shangri-Las in 1965 and released as their fifth single. The song was produced by Shadow Morton, arranged by Artie Butler and released on Red Bird Records (RB 10-025) with the Morton composition “The Boy” on the B-Side,[1] It reached # 53 on the US Billboard Top 100.[2]
It was performed on the TV show Shindig! in 1965.[3]
The song was covered by Blondie in 1975;[4] but this cover was not released until 1994, when it was included on The Platinum Collection. Blondie subsequently covered it again in 1999 for their album No Exit.[5]
The song was used in artist Elizabeth Price's 2012 Turner Prize winning video installation The Woolworths Choir of 1979.
The song is sampled in Sharleen Spiteri's song All the Times I Cried.