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1966 song by Cher

1966 single by Cher

"Blindside Blindside (My Baby Shot Me Down)"
Cher Bang Bang cover 7 inch.png
Single by Cher
from the album The Sonny Side of Chér
B-side
  • "Needles and Pins"
  • "Our Day Will Come"
Released February 25, 1966
Recorded 1966
Genre Folk rock
Length two:44
Label Regal
Songwriter(due south) Sonny Bono
Producer(southward) Sonny Bono
Cher singles chronology
"Where Practice You Get"
(1965) 		"Bang Blindside (My Baby Shot Me Down)"
(1966) 		"Alfie"
(1966)
Audio
Cher – "Blindside Bang (My Infant Shot Me Down)" on YouTube

"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" is the 2nd unmarried by American singer-extra Cher from her second album, The Sonny Side of Chér. Written past her and then-husband Sonny Bono and released in 1966, the song reached No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a single calendar week (behind "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" by The Righteous Brothers), eventually becoming ane of Cher's biggest-selling singles of the 1960s.[1] [2]

History [edit]

The single proved successful, charting high in several countries worldwide. It became Cher'due south first million-selling single and her first top 3 hit in the Great britain (and her last until "The Shoop Shoop Vocal (It's in His Kiss)" reached No. 1 in 1991). Critic Tim Sendra, in his anthology review of The Sonny Side of Cher, gave the song a mixed review: "The only track that has any real zest is the Bono-written novelty 'Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)', the kind of dramatic song Cher could knock out in her sleep merely also a song with no real heart."[3] On the other mitt, the reviewer for Cashbox said the song was "inventive", and predicted it would become a "blockbuster" hitting. The reviewer praised its "plaintive, blues-soaked" fashion, besides equally the "interesting Gypsy-ish backing".[4]

In 1987, Cher recorded a rock version of the song for her 1987 Platinum-certified improvement anthology Cher. Produced past Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Desmond Kid, the song featured bankroll vocals by Jon Bon Jovi and Michael Bolton, among others, and was released as a promotional single in 1988. Cher performed this version on her Heart of Stone Bout and on Living Proof: The Farewell Tour, and it was played instrumentally on the Dressed to Impale Tour in 2014, Archetype Cher in 2017–2020, and the Here Nosotros Go Again Tour in 2018–2020.

Track listing [edit]

  • 1966 US and European seven" single
  1. "Bang Bang (My Infant Shot Me Downward)" – 2:40
  2. "Our Day Will Come" – ii:28
  • 1987 French vii" single
  1. "Bang-Blindside" – three:51
  2. "I Found Someone" – 3:42
  • 1993 French CD unmarried
  1. "Bang-Bang" – three:54
  2. "Whenever You're Almost" – four:05

Charts [edit]

Lady Gaga version [edit]

External sound
audio icon "Bang Blindside (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (live from Jazz at Lincoln Eye) by Lady Gaga on YouTube

Lady Gaga performed "Blindside Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" in July 2014 at Jazz at Lincoln Center, for the Television receiver special Cheek to Cheek Live!.[28] She was wearing a ruby-red-leather jumpsuit and a curly black wig which was previously worn by Cher.[29] [30] [31] The recording of the performance became available as a bonus track on the iTunes/Apple Music version of her beginning collaborative jazz album with Tony Bennett, Cheek to Cheek (2014).[32] Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian called Gaga's take on the song "Vegas-brassy".[33] Mikael Wood of the Chicago Tribune idea that the vocal "in Gaga'south hands played like a master class in finding new feeling in a familiar oldie."[34] Writing for Vulture, Richard S. He wrote that "the band plays a bossa-nova take on the song while Gaga sings solo", adding that the singer "by and large leans away from the song'southward natural melodrama — until she belts the final verse with full diva theatrics."[31] Rand Duren from The Dallas Morning time News thought that Gaga "goes into 'Bang Bang (My Babe Shot Me Downwards)' in full strength with a masterful estimation and solid vocals".[35] Erin Strecker from Billboard called Gaga'southward rendition "incredible" and said that her "version is all large notes and dramatic tension. Notation to Gaga: More of this, please."[28]

Gaga's version of "Bang Bang" debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Jazz Digital Songs Chart.[36] The singer'southward later performances of the song include concert tours ArtRave: The Artpop Ball (2014)[37] and the Cheek to Cheek Tour (2014–2015),[38] and her Jazz & Piano Vegas residency (2019–2021).[39]

Other notable versions [edit]

Nancy Sinatra recorded one of the all-time-known covers of the song, for her 1966 anthology How Does That Grab Yous? Her version features tremolo guitar, played by her arranger, Billy Strange,[40] and had a resurgence in popularity when it was used in the opening credits of the 2003 Quentin Tarantino film Kill Bill Volume one. In the sequence preceding the credits, Tarantino creates a literal, encarmine interpretation of the vocal'south chorus and the third verse, nearly a hymeneals day.[41] Her version besides was the theme for BBC coverage of the 2005 Wimbledon tennis championships, and has been sampled on several hip-hop recordings, including the Audio Bullys (featuring Nancy Sinatra) top 3 UK hit "Shot Y'all Down" in 2005.

External audio
audio icon "Bang Bang" (Italian) by Dalida on YouTube

The vocal was as well very pop in Italy in 1966 when it was covered in Italian by Dalida. The song reached #1 and stayed for 2 months winning her a golden record. Following her recording, which appeared on her 1967 anthology "Piccolo Ragazzo", several Italian singers including Mina, and the psychedelic bands Equipe 84 and I Corvi[42] covered her version. Her version was also included as primary song of 2010 drama flick Heartbeats.

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External links [edit]

  • "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Downwardly)" Sheet music for Billy Strange's tremolo guitar office
  • "Khi Xưa Ta Bé" — Thúy Nga – Paris By Night (Vietnamese covers) on YouTube
  • "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Downward)" by Frank Sinatra on YouTube

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