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1966 vocal by Cher

1966 single past Cher

"Bang Bang (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 ii:44
Label Royal
Songwriter(s) Sonny Bono
Producer(due south) Sonny Bono
Cher singles chronology
"Where Practice You Go"
(1965) 		"Blindside Blindside (My Baby Shot Me Downwardly)"
(1966) 		"Alfie"
(1966)
Audio
Cher – "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" on YouTube

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

History [edit]

The single proved successful, charting high in several countries worldwide. It became Cher's first meg-selling single and her first top 3 hitting in the Great britain (and her final until "The Shoop Shoop Song (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 Infant Shot Me Down)', the kind of dramatic vocal Cher could knock out in her slumber simply also a vocal with no real heart."[3] On the other hand, the reviewer for Cashbox said the song was "inventive", and predicted it would become a "blockbuster" hit. The reviewer praised its "plaintive, blues-soaked" way, besides as the "interesting Gypsy-ish backing".[4]

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

Track listing [edit]

  • 1966 Us and European 7" single
  1. "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" – 2:forty
  2. "Our Day Volition Come" – 2:28
  • 1987 French 7" single
  1. "Bang-Bang" – 3:51
  2. "I Found Someone" – three:42
  • 1993 French CD unmarried
  1. "Bang-Bang" – 3:54
  2. "Whenever You're Near" – 4:05

Charts [edit]

Lady Gaga version [edit]

External audio
audio icon "Bang Bang (My Infant Shot Me Down)" (live from Jazz at Lincoln Center) by Lady Gaga on YouTube

Lady Gaga performed "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" in July 2014 at Jazz at Lincoln Center, for the Telly special Cheek to Cheek Alive!.[28] She was wearing a carmine-leather jumpsuit and a curly black wig which was previously worn past Cher.[29] [30] [31] The recording of the performance became bachelor as a bonus runway on the iTunes/Apple Music version of her offset collaborative jazz album with Tony Bennett, Cheek to Cheek (2014).[32] Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian called Gaga'due south take on the song "Vegas-brassy".[33] Mikael Wood of the Chicago Tribune thought that the song "in Gaga's easily played like a master form in finding new feeling in a familiar oldie."[34] Writing for Vulture, Richard Southward. He wrote that "the band plays a bossa-nova take on the vocal while Gaga sings solo", adding that the vocalizer "mostly leans away from the song'south natural melodrama — until she belts the final poetry with full diva theatrics."[31] Rand Duren from The Dallas Morning News thought that Gaga "goes into 'Blindside Bang (My Baby Shot Me Downward)' in total strength with a masterful interpretation and solid vocals".[35] Erin Strecker from Billboard called Gaga's rendition "incredible" and said that her "version is all big notes and dramatic tension. Note to Gaga: More of this, please."[28]

Gaga's version of "Bang Bang" debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Jazz Digital Songs Nautical chart.[36] The singer'due south later performances of the vocal 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 i of the all-time-known covers of the song, for her 1966 album How Does That Grab You lot? Her version features tremolo guitar, played by her arranger, Billy Strange,[twoscore] and had a resurgence in popularity when it was used in the opening credits of the 2003 Quentin Tarantino moving-picture show Kill Bill Book 1. In the sequence preceding the credits, Tarantino creates a literal, encarmine interpretation of the song's chorus and the third poetry, well-nigh a wedding twenty-four hours.[41] Her version also was the theme for BBC coverage of the 2005 Wimbledon tennis championships, and has been sampled on several hip-hop recordings, including the Sound Bullys (featuring Nancy Sinatra) tiptop 3 Great britain hit "Shot You Downward" in 2005.

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

The song was besides very popular in Italy in 1966 when information technology was covered in Italian past Dalida. The song reached #1 and stayed for 2 months winning her a gold record. Post-obit 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 every bit primary song of 2010 drama film Heartbeats.

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External links [edit]

  • "Blindside Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" Sheet music for Baton Foreign'southward tremolo guitar part
  • "Khi Xưa Ta Bé" — Thúy Nga – Paris By Night (Vietnamese covers) on YouTube
  • "Bang Blindside (My Baby Shot Me Down)" by Frank Sinatra on YouTube

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