"Call Me" is a song composed by Tony Hatch for an original recording for Petula Clark. It was later an easy listening standard via a hit version by Chris Montez.
| Call Me | |
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| EP by | |
| Released | November 1965 |
| Recorded | 1965, London, UK |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 9:06 |
| Language | English |
| Label | Pye Records NEP 24237 (UK) Vogue CPV 8343 (France) |
| Producer | Tony Hatch |
"Call Me" first appeared as the title cut on a Petula Clark EP released in 1965 by Pye in the UK. "Call Me" and the three other tracks on the EP: "Heart", "Everything in the Garden" and "Strangers and Lovers" were also released on Clark's album I Know a Place (a.k.a. The New Petula Clark Album).[1]
Track listing
editSide One
- "Call Me" (Tony Hatch) - 2:43
- "Heart"
(Tony Hatch-Petula Clark-George Aber) - 2:37
Side Two
- "Everything in the Garden"
(Roger Greenaway) - 2:55 - "Strangers and Lovers (Tony Hatch) - 2:51
Charts and certifications
editWeekly charts
edit| Chart (1966) | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| Argentina[2] | 7 |
Chris Montez version
edit| "Call Me" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Chris Montez | ||||
| from the album The More I See You/Call Me | ||||
| B-side | "Go Head On" | |||
| Released | 1965 | |||
| Recorded | 1965 | |||
| Genre | Easy listening | |||
| Length | 2:33 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tony Hatch | |||
| Producer(s) | Herb Alpert | |||
| Chris Montez singles chronology | ||||
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Also in 1965 Chris Montez, who had scored the hit "Let's Dance" in 1962 and subsequently dropped out of the music business, was invited to resume recording by A&M Records' founder Herb Alpert. Alpert was unhappy when Montez began recording for A&M in his previous Chicano rock style and personally suggested Montez shift to easy listening choosing "Call Me" as the song to be Montez's debut single on A&M.[3] Released in November 1965, "Call Me" entered the Easy Listening Top 40 in Billboard that December entering the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1966; that March "Call Me" peaked on the Easy Listening chart at #2 and on the Hot 100 at #22.[4]
Montez's version of "Call Me" was released as a single in the UK on the Pye label in January 1966 but failed to chart.
Chart performance
edit| Chart (1965-66) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada[5] | 8 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 22 |
| US Billboard Easy Listening | 2 |
Other versions
edit- A version of "Call Me" was recorded by soul band, The Foundations. It appeared on their 1967 album From the Foundations.[6]
- A version of the song by the easy listening group The Mike Flowers Pops is on the soundtrack of the 1997 film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.[7]
- Eliane Elias included the song in her 2004 studio album Dreamer.[8]
- Another version of the song was recorded and released by Frankie Valli on his 2007 studio album, Romancing the '60s.
References
edit- ^ "Petula Clark On Vinyl - Pye/Vogue/Warner Bros. Years 1965-1966". Petulaclark.net. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
- ^ "Hits of the World" (PDF). worldradiohistory.com. Billboard. 15 October 1966. p. 58.
- ^ "The Chris Montez Interview". Classicbands.com. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
- ^ "Classic AOTW - Chris Montez THE MORE I SEE YOU SP-4115 | A&M Corner Forums". Amcorner.com. 17 January 2009. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
- ^ "RPM Playlist - March 7, 1966" (PDF).
- ^ New Musical Express, No. 1089 Week ending' November 21, 1967 - Page 14 FILLED WITH SWEET SOUL - NICK LOGAN
- ^ Austin Powers - International Man Of Mystery (Original Soundtrack) at Discogs (list of releases)
- ^ Bush, John. "Eliane Elias -- Dreamer". AllMusic.com. Retrieved April 19, 2016.