See the Funny Little Clown explained

See the Funny Little Clown
Type:single
Artist:Bobby Goldsboro
Album:The Bobby Goldsboro Album
B-Side:Hello Loser
Released:November 18, 1963
Recorded:October 17, 1963
Studio:Bell Sound (New York City)
Genre:Traditional pop
Label:United Artists Records
Producer:Jack Gold
Prev Title:That's What Love Will Do
Prev Year:1963
Next Title:Whenever He Holds You
Next Year:1964

"See the Funny Little Clown" is a song written and sung by Bobby Goldsboro, which he recorded on October 17, 1963 and released on November 18, 1963.[1] In 1964, the song spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 9,[2] while reaching No. 3 on Billboard's Middle-Road Singles chart,[3] No. 10 on the Cash Box Top 100,[4] and No. 30 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.[5]

The song was ranked No. 90 on the Cash Box "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1964."[6]

Background

This song deals about himself, who is hopelessly in love with a woman, even when he tried to be funny with himself, in order to attract the woman's attention. It is in the last line, that the narrator states that it is he, who is that sad and funny little clown.

Chart performance

Chart (1964)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 1009
US Billboard Middle-Road Singles3
US Cash Box Top 10010
Canada - CHUM Hit Parade30

Cover versions

Notes and References

  1. "You've come a long way Bobby.", Billboard, October 5, 1974. p. BG-20. Accessed December 2, 2015.
  2. http://www.billboard.com/artist/294646/bobby-goldsboro/chart?f=379 Bobby Goldsboro - Chart History - The Hot 100
  3. http://www.billboard.com/artist/294646/bobby-goldsboro/chart?page=2&f=341 Bobby Goldsboro - Chart History - Adult Contemporary
  4. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/60s/1964/CB-1964-03-14.pdf Cash Box Top 100
  5. "CHUM Hit Parade", CHUM, Week of March 16, 1964
  6. "Cash Box Top 100", Cash Box, December 26, 1964. p. 14. Accessed August 3, 2016.
  7. http://musicvf.com/song.php?id=121657 See the Funny Little Clown - By: Billie Jo Spears