Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um Explained
| Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um |
| Cover: | Major Lance Um.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Major Lance |
| Album: | Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um |
| B-Side: | Sweet Music |
| Released: | December 1963 |
| Recorded: | 1963 |
| Label: | Okeh |
| Producer: | Carl Davis |
| Prev Title: | Hey Little Girl |
| Prev Year: | 1963 |
| Next Title: | The Matador |
| Next Year: | 1964 |
"Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um" is a song, written by Curtis Mayfield.[1]
Overview
The first recording to be released was by Major Lance, as a single in December 1963, produced by Okeh label president Carl Davis.[2]
Chart performance
The song was Major Lance's third release to make the Billboard Hot 100 and his most successful hit with a #5 peak on the Billboard Hot 100 on 8 February 1964 with a #1 peak on the Cash Box R&B chart (Billboard did not run an R&B chart November 1963-January 1965).[3] In Canada it reached #6.[4] In the UK it reached #40, Lance's only UK chart appearance.[5]
Other versions
- The song became a major hit in the UK during the autumn of 1964 with a rendition by Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders reaching No. 5.[6]
- Johnny Rivers covered the song for his 1977 album Outside Help from which it was issued as the follow-up single to the top ten hit "Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancing)". Rivers' version was renamed "Curious Mind" after a lyric in the second verse; the full title of the Rivers' version being "Curious Mind (Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um)". "Curious Mind..." was heavily supported by easy-listening radio, peaking at No. 4 on the Easy Listening chart in Billboard in February 1978; it reached No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 where it was Rivers' final charting song.[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: discogs.com. discogs.com. December 1963 . March 17, 2021.
- http://www.legacyrecordings.com/Major-Lance/Biography.aspx Legacy Recordings - Major Lance Biography
- Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 339.
- Web site: CHUM Hit Parade - February 24, 1964.
- Web site: MAJOR LANCE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company. .
- Web site: Mindbenders. Official Charts Company. 2020-03-07.
- Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn
. Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 205.
