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1966 song by Cher

1966 single by Cher

"Bang Bang (My Infant 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 2:44
Label Imperial
Songwriter(s) Sonny Bono
Producer(south) Sonny Bono
Cher singles chronology
"Where Exercise You Get"
(1965) 		"Blindside Bang (My Infant Shot Me Down)"
(1966) 		"Alfie"
(1966)
Audio
Cher – "Bang Bang (My Babe Shot Me Down)" on YouTube

"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" is the second single past American singer-actress Cher from her 2d album, The Sonny Side of Chér. Written past her then-husband Sonny Bono and released in 1966, the vocal reached No. three in the UK Singles Chart and No. ii on the Billboard Hot 100 for a single week (behind "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" by The Righteous Brothers), somewhen becoming one of Cher'southward biggest-selling singles of the 1960s.[i] [2]

History [edit]

The single proved successful, charting high in several countries worldwide. It became Cher's first million-selling single and her first acme iii hit in the UK (and her last until "The Shoop Shoop Song (Information technology'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 merely track that has any existent zest is the Bono-written novelty 'Bang Bang (My Babe Shot Me Down)', the kind of dramatic vocal Cher could knock out in her sleep only as well a vocal with no existent heart."[3] On the other manus, the reviewer for Cashbox said the song was "inventive", and predicted it would become a "blockbuster" hit. The reviewer praised its "plaintive, blues-soaked" style, equally well as the "interesting Gypsy-ish backing".[4]

In 1987, Cher recorded a stone version of the song for her 1987 Platinum-certified comeback anthology Cher. Produced by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Desmond Child, the song featured backing vocals past Jon Bon Jovi and Michael Bolton, among others, and was released every bit a promotional single in 1988. Cher performed this version on her Heart of Rock Bout and on Living Proof: The Goodbye Tour, and it was played instrumentally on the Dressed to Impale Bout in 2014, Classic Cher in 2017–2020, and the Hither We Get Once again Tour in 2018–2020.

Rail listing [edit]

  • 1966 US and European 7" single
  1. "Blindside Blindside (My Babe Shot Me Downward)" – 2:40
  2. "Our Day Will Come up" – two:28
  • 1987 French 7" unmarried
  1. "Bang-Bang" – 3:51
  2. "I Institute Someone" – 3:42
  • 1993 French CD single
  1. "Bang-Bang" – 3:54
  2. "Whenever You lot're About" – 4:05

Charts [edit]

Lady Gaga version [edit]

External audio
audio icon "Blindside Bang (My Baby Shot Me Downward)" (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 Middle, for the Tv special Cheek to Cheek Live!.[28] She was wearing a scarlet-leather jumpsuit and a curly blackness wig which was previously worn by Cher.[29] [30] [31] The recording of the performance became available as a bonus runway on the iTunes/Apple tree Music version of her starting time collaborative jazz album with Tony Bennett, Cheek to Cheek (2014).[32] Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian called Gaga's accept on the vocal "Vegas-brassy".[33] Mikael Wood of the Chicago Tribune thought that the song "in Gaga'southward 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 vocaliser "more often than not leans away from the song's natural melodrama — until she belts the final verse with full diva theatrics."[31] Rand Duren from The Dallas Morning News idea that Gaga "goes into 'Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Downward)' in total forcefulness with a masterful interpretation and solid vocals".[35] Erin Strecker from Billboard chosen Gaga'south 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. ane on Billboard's Jazz Digital Songs Nautical chart.[36] The singer's later performances of the vocal include concert tours ArtRave: The Artpop Ball (2014)[37] and the Cheek to Cheek Bout (2014–2015),[38] and her Jazz & Piano Vegas residency (2019–2021).[39]

Other notable versions [edit]

Nancy Sinatra recorded 1 of the best-known covers of the song, for her 1966 album How Does That Grab Y'all? Her version features tremolo guitar, played by her arranger, Billy Foreign,[40] and had a resurgence in popularity when information technology was used in the opening credits of the 2003 Quentin Tarantino pic Kill Bill Volume ane. In the sequence preceding the credits, Tarantino creates a literal, bloody interpretation of the song's chorus and the third poesy, virtually a wedding day.[41] Her version likewise 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) tiptop 3 U.k. hit "Shot You Downwards" in 2005.

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

The vocal was besides very popular in Italy in 1966 when it was covered in Italian by Dalida. The song reached #one and stayed for 2 months winning her a gilt record. Post-obit her recording, which appeared on her 1967 album "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 equally principal vocal of 2010 drama film Heartbeats.

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External links [edit]

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

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