| Some Kind-a Earthquake | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Duane Eddy |
| Album: | $1,000,000 Worth of Twang |
| B-Side: | First Love, First Tears |
| Released: | October 1959 |
| Genre: | Rockabilly |
| Label: | Jamie Records 1130 |
| Producer: | Lee Hazlewood, Lester Sill |
| Prev Title: | Forty Miles of Bad Road |
| Prev Year: | 1959 |
| Next Title: | Bonnie Came Back |
| Next Year: | 1959 |
"Some Kind-a Earthquake" is a song written by Duane Eddy and Lee Hazlewood and performed by Eddy. The song reached #12 on the UK Singles Chart and #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959.[1] The song appeared on his 1960 album, $1,000,000 Worth of Twang.[2]
The single's B-side, "First Love, First Tears", reached #59 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3]
In Canada the A and B sides were co-charted and reached #21.[4]
The song was produced by Lee Hazlewood and Lester Sill.[5]
At 1:17, it is the shortest song to have ever hit the Billboard Top 40, or indeed the Top 75.[6] In the UK, the song was also believed, as of 1991, to be the shortest ever to chart.[7]
