She'd Rather Be with Me explained

She'd Rather Be with Me
Cover:	File:The Turtles – She'd Rather Be with Me.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	the Turtles
Album:	Happy Together
B-Side:	The Walking Song
Released:	April 1967
Genre:	Rock^[1] pop bubblegum^[2]
Label:	White Whale
Producer:	Joe Wissert
Prev Title:	Happy Together
Prev Year:	1967
Next Title:	Guide for the Married Man
Next Year:	1967

"She'd Rather Be with Me" is a song written by Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon and released by the Turtles in 1967. The song was the follow-up to "Happy Together".

Lyrics and music

Allmusic critic Stewart Mason described "She'd Rather Be with Me" as a "big, brassy pop song" that was "probably the least ironically cheerful single the Turtles ever did."^[3] Mason describes Howard Kaylan's lead vocal as evoking "unfeigned giddiness" and comments on the "huge production" including a full orchestra and prominent cowbell.^[3]

Chart performance

The song was a major international hit, and spent 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 3,^[4] while reaching No. 1 on Record Worlds "100 Top Pops",^[5] No. 1 on Canada's "RPM 100",^[6] No. 1 in South Africa,^[7] No. 2 on the Cash Box Top 100,^[8] No. 3 in Denmark,^[9] and No. 3 on the Irish Singles Chart.^[10] The song also spent 15 weeks on the UK's Record Retailer chart, peaking at No. 4, making it The Turtles' biggest hit in the United Kingdom.^[11] The song was a major hit in many other nations as well.

Weekly chart

Chart (1967)	Peak position
Australia (Go-Set)^[12]	21
Australia (Modern Melbourne)^[13]	4
Denmark (Danmarks Radio)	3
Israel Forces Broadcasting Network^[14]	≥3

Netherlands (Parool Top 20)^[15]	15
Netherlands (Veronica Top 40)^[16]	21
New Zealand Listener^[17]	8
South Africa (Springbok Radio)	1
Switzerland (Pop Redaktion)	10
UK (Record Retailer)	4
US Cash Box Top 100	2
US Record World 100 Top Pops	1
West Germany (Musikmarkt)^[18]	23

Year-end charts

Chart (1967)	Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[19]	28
US Billboard Hot 100^[20]	78
US Cash Box^[21]	24

Notes and References

Book: Evans, Paul. The Turtles. . 2004 . . 4th . Brackett . Nathan . Hoard . Christian . 0-7432-0169-8 . 828.
Book: Segretto, Mike. 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. 2022. 1967. 158. Backbeat. 9781493064601.
Web site: She'd Rather Be with Me. Mason, Stewart. Allmusic. 2021-03-01.
https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-turtles/chart-history/hsi/ Hot 100 - She'd Rather Be With Me The Turtles Chart History
"100 Top Pops", Record World, June 24, 1967. p. 23. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
"R.P.M. 100", RPM Weekly, Volume 7, No. 17, June 24, 1967. Accessed May 19, 2016
"Billboard Hits of the World", Billboard, October 7, 1967. p. 68. Accessed May 20, 2016.
"Cash Box Top 100", Cash Box, July 1, 1967. p. 4. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
"Billboard Hits of the World", Billboard, September 9, 1967. p. 62. Accessed May 20, 2016.
Web site: Song Title search results for 'She'd Rather Be with Me'. Irishcharts.ie. May 21, 2016.
http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/12932/turtles/ Turtles - Full Official Chart History
[Ed Nimmervoll]
"Billboard Hits of the World", Billboard, August 19, 1967. p. 59. Accessed May 20, 2016.
"Hits of the World", Billboard, October 21, 1967. p. 54. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Turtles&titel=She%27d+Rather+Be+With+Me&cat=s The Turtles – She'd Rather Be with Me
https://www.top40.nl/the-turtles/the-turtles-she-d-rather-be-with-me-7371 The Turtles – She'd Rather Be with Me
"NZ Listener charts", Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed May 20, 2016
http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Turtles&titel=She%27d+Rather+Be+With+Me&cat=s The Turtles – She'd Rather Be with Me
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=10126& The RPM 100 Top Singles of 1967
Top Records of 1967 (Based on Billboard Charts). 42 . Billboard. December 30, 1967. March 3, 2018 .
Web site: Top 100 Chart Hits of 1967 . 16. Cash Box. December 23, 1967 . March 30, 2018.