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"Haven't Met You Yet"
Single by Michael Bublé
from the album Crazy Love
B-side
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Released
August 31, 2009
Format
CD single
digital download
Recorded
2009
Genre
Smooth jazz
Length
4:05
Label
143
Reprise
Songwriter(s)
Michael Bublé
Alan Chang
Amy Foster-Gilles
Producer(s)
Bob Rock
Martin Asp
Michael Bublé singles chronology
"Comin' Home Baby"
(2008) "Haven't Met You Yet"
(2009) "Hold On"
(2010)
"Comin' Home Baby"
(2008) "Haven't Met You Yet"
(2009) "Hold On"
(2010)
Promotional Music Video
"Haven't Met You Yet" (promo) at ContactMusic.com
Official Music Video
"Haven't Met You Yet" (official) at ContactMusic.com
"Haven't Met You Yet" is the first single from Canadian singer Michael Bublé's fourth album, Crazy Love, released on August 31, 2009.[1] According to Bublé, the single and its official music video are "about everyone's dream of finding a relationship and love."[2] Bublé co-wrote "Haven't Met You Yet" with Alan Chang and Amy Foster-Gilles, and dedicated it to his then fiancée and now wife, Luisana Lopilato (who appears as his love interest in the music video).[3][citation needed]
The song has proven successful on the adult contemporary charts, reaching number one in the U.S. on the chart week of January 30, 2010[4] and becoming the first song in history to debut at number one on Billboard Canada's AC chart.[5][6] It is Bublé's third #1 single on the adult contemporary charts after "Home" and "Everything".[6] It was also a big success on the Billboard Hot 100, where the song reached #24, so far, being his highest single on the Billboard charts.[4] The song entered the United Kingdom Singles Chart on the October 18, 2009 at number 9, making it his first top 10 hit in the UK, eventually climbing up to number 5 in its third week. The song won Single of the Year at the 2010 Juno Awards and was nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 53rd Grammy Awards.
Contents
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1 Background
2 Critical reception
3 Music video
4 Track listing
5 In popular culture
6 Chart performance
7 Charts and certifications
7.1 Weekly charts
7.2 Year-end charts
7.3 Certifications
8 Nick Jonas version
8.1 Background and composition
8.2 Track listing
8.3 Release history
9 See also
10 References
11 External links
Background[edit]
A clip of the song was released via The Daily Bublé, an online newspaper found on his official website. Another clip was also available for those downloading the mp3 at Amazon.com.[7] The full song was available for streaming only on his official fan club Bungalow-B[8] on August 28, 2009.[9] It was later available on iTunes on August 30[10] and then on Bublé’s official page on August 31.[9][11][12] In 2010, the song replaced 'Follow Through' by Gavin DeGraw on adverts for Carte D'or ice cream in the UK.
Critical reception[edit]
The song received favourable reviews. Patrick McKiernan from the website Allgigs.co.uk gave the song 4 out of 5 stars, saying: "The lyrical structure is not too far from his comfort zone but is still engaging enough to pay attention to but it’s actually the music I think is great. The piano is jaunty and upbeat and has some very beautiful, understated string arrangement that matches his vocal charm perfectly and the song even has a great bit of bugle at the bridge".[13] The song was one of the album's track pick from the AllMusic review. Nick Levine from Digital Spy gave the song 3 out of 5 stars, saying: "'Haven't Met You Yet' is a toe-tapping pop tune with lavish production - the strings swell in all the right places, the brass parps perkily - and lyrics so shamelessly romantic Barry Manilow could sing them. It's cheesy as a quesadilla and too chirpy by half, but if this sort of thing pushes your guilty pleasure button, it's probably best to enjoy it while you can”.[14]
Music video[edit]
A promotional video was released a few days after the release of the song in digital format at his official site on September 5, 2009.[15] It showed Bublé in a photo shoot set wearing a dark brown jacket against a white background. The video solely revolves around him in the photo shoot session.[16][17] The official music video was directed by Rich Lee and was released on October 1, 2009. The video is about Bublé in a supermarket (Killarney Market on 49th Avenue in Vancouver, BC, Canada in the Killarney neighbourhood[18] ) and after meeting a blonde woman (Luisana Lopilato) in an aisle, all the customers, staff, and a cameo appearance of the West Vancouver Youth Band,[19] start dancing around the store in celebration, eventually moving outside to the parking lot as confetti descends. The video then cuts to Bublé at the till with the cashier handing him his receipt while he is still seemingly lost in daydreams. An embarrassed Bublé then takes the receipt and walks out with everyone staring at him. As he is about to exit the supermarket, he sees the blonde woman from his daydream walking into the supermarket. He takes a glance at her and walks out of the supermarket perplexed. The music video is a tribute to a scene in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off when Ferris Bueller leads a parade through the Chicago streets lip-syncing to The Beatles' version of "Twist and Shout". After filming the video Bublé and Lopilato later became engaged and were married on March 31, 2011 in Argentina.[20][21]
Track listing[edit]
Digital download[22]
"Haven't Met You Yet" - 4:05
"Everything" (Live from Madison Square Garden) - 3:37
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Live from Madison Square Garden) - 4:33
Digital download EP[23]
"Haven't Met You Yet" (Donni Hotwheel Radio Edit) - 3:08
"Haven't Met You Yet" (Donni Hotwheel Extended Mix) - 4:35
"Haven't Met You Yet" (Jason Nevins Radio Edit) - 3:36
"Haven't Met You Yet" (Jason Nevins Club Mix) - 6:23
"Haven't Met You Yet" (Cutmore Club Mix) - 6:38
German CD single[24]
"Haven't Met You Yet" - 4:05
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Live from Madison Square Garden) - 4:33
In popular culture[edit]
External video
Video of Jon Hamm and Michael Bublé in the Saturday Night Live restaurant sketch, "Hamm & Bublé".
at Hulu.com[25]
"Russian Unicorn" — the video from Bad Lip Reading, which Michael claimed was "one of the coolest things he's ever seen"[26] at YouTube.com
During the January 30, 2010 episode of Saturday Night Live, in which Bublé is the musical guest, a commercial sketch shows that host Jon Hamm has opened a restaurant that features "Ham and Bubbly". While Bublé sings alternate lyrics to the melody of "Haven't Met You Yet" that reflects the restaurant's theme, it becomes obvious that Hamm is holding Bublé against his will, forcing him to sing and perform non-musical shows. This song was also performed as a group by the cast of American Idol during the March 12 results show of the ninth season.[27]
In September 2010 nearly a 1000 students from the University of Victoria, Canada shot a lip dub featuring "Haven't Met You Yet". The lip dub was mentioned on CBC News: The National and covered extensively from local news outlets. On October 27, Michael Bublé posted a link of the "impressive" video to his Facebook page. The video reached over 100,000 views on YouTube in less than a week after being released online on October 22. The lip dub was made in response to the viral 'UVic' (Universitat de Vic from Spain) "Hey, Soul Sister" lip dub that many, including celebrity blogger Perez Hilton,[28] mistakenly believed came from the Canadian 'UVic'. Michael Bublé expressed interest in being a part of the lip dub, but due to scheduling conflicts was unable to be in Victoria, British Columbia at the time of shooting.
On July 11, 2011 a YouTube channel called Bad Lip Reading did another type of lip dub-recording over the music video using an entirely new song, called "Russian Unicorn", unrelated musically to the original, with lyrics that matched Bublé's lip movements. For example, the new song changed the original line "We can work to work it out" to "We could shoot a Russian unicorn."[29] Bublé mentioned it in an interview, saying it was his new favourite song.[30] He said it was "one of the coolest things I've ever seen" and called the makers "an evil genius."[26]
In October 24, 2016, Riley Elmore covered this song the knockout on The Voice Season 11.
Chart performance[edit]
In its first week, "Haven't Met You Yet" debuted at number 65 with only digital downloads to promote it. Simultaneously, it debuted at number 33 on the Hot Digital Songs chart, number 22 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks, and the top five in Canada. The week of January 30, 2010, the song reached number 40 (becoming his first Top 40 hit) after several months on the chart. It has become his highest charting song yet ("Everything" reached number 46), reaching number 24 in its 34th week on the chart. It is also his best charting song in the Mainstream Top 40, where it peaked at number 21. It also became his third number-one on the Adult Contemporary charts. Meanwhile, on the UK Singles Chart, he scored his first top ten single after debuting at number nine. In its third week, it climbed to number five, making it his first top five hit and highest ever entry in the United Kingdom.[31]
Charts and certifications[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (2009–10)
Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[32] 9
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[33] 42
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[33] 23
Brazilian Singles Chart (ABPD)[34] 29
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[4] 5
Canadian Adult Contemporary[6] 1
Danish Singles Chart[33] 32
Dutch Top 40[35] 4
European Hot 100[4] 12
French Digital Singles Chart[36] 14
Irish Singles Chart[37] 5
Italian Singles Chart[33] 7
Japan Hot 100 6
Swedish Singles Chart[33] 39
Swiss Singles Chart[33] 37
UK Singles Chart[38] 5
US Billboard Hot 100[39] 24
US Billboard Pop Songs[4] 21
US Billboard Adult Pop Songs[4] 8
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[40] 1
US Billboard Jazz Songs[4] 12
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (2009)
Position
Italian Singles Chart[41] 45
UK Singles Chart[42] 62
Chart (2010)
Position
Australian Singles Chart[43] 64
Japanese Top 100[44] 30
Canadian Hot 100[45] 31
UK Singles Chart[46] 134
US Billboard Hot 100[47] 39
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[48]
Platinum 80,000^
Italy (FIMI)[49]
Gold 15,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[50]
Platinum 600,000
United States (RIAA)[51]
Platinum 1,000,000^
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone
Nick Jonas version[edit]
"Haven't Met You Yet"
Single by Nick Jonas
from the album The Music of Smash
Released
February 27, 2012
Format
Digital download
Recorded
2012
Genre
Jazz
pop
Length
2:21 (album version)
Label
Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Michael Bublé
Alan Chang
Amy Foster-Gilles
Producer(s)
Marc Shaiman
Scott Wittman
Ryan Tedder
Nick Jonas singles chronology
"Joy to the World (A Christmas Prayer)"
(2004) "Haven't Met You Yet"
(2012) "Chains"
(2014)
"Joy to the World (A Christmas Prayer)"
(2004) "Haven't Met You Yet"
(2012) "Chains"
(2014)
On February 27, 2012, Nick Jonas covered the song in the TV series Smash in the episode "The Cost of Art". He performed the song behind a piano at a party that was given to him. The cover was released as a single on March 6, 2012[52][53] and appeared on the series soundtrack, which was released May 1, 2012.[54]
Background and composition[edit]
"Haven't Met You Yet"
A 14 second sample of "Haven't Met You Yet" by Nick Jonas, where a portion of the chorus is heard.
Problems playing this file? See media help.
Nick Jonas was announced to guest-star on the show on October 11, 2011.[55] His character of Lyle West is described as "a hot sitcom star who started his career as a child actor in a Broadway show written by Tom (Christian Borle) and directed by Derek (Jack Davenport)."[55] The release also mentioned that Jonas will sing in the episode.[56]
Track listing[edit]
Digital single[57]
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1. "Haven't Met You Yet" (Nick Jonas version)
Michael Bublé
Alan Chang
Amy Foster-Gilles
2:21
Release history[edit]
Region
Date
Format
Label
Canada February 27, 2012[58] Digital download – digital single Columbia Records
United States February 27, 2012[59]
March 6, 2012[57]
May 1, 2012[54] Digital download – digital album
See also[edit]
List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 2010 (U.S.)
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External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
Preceded by
"Dangerous" by Kardinal Offishall Juno Award for Single of the Year
2010 Succeeded by
"Wavin' Flag" by Young Artists for Haiti
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Discography
Studio albums
BaBalu (2001)
Dream (2002)
Michael Bublé (2003)
It's Time (2005)
Call Me Irresponsible (2007)
Crazy Love (2009)
Christmas (2011)
To Be Loved (2013)
Nobody but Me (2016)
Live albums
Come Fly with Me (2004)
Caught in the Act (2005)
Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden (2009)
Extended plays
First Dance (1995)
Totally Bublé (2003)
Let It Snow (2003)
More (2005)
With Love (2006)
A Taste of Bublé (2008)
Special Delivery (2010)
A Holiday Gift for You (2010)
Singles
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"
"Kissing a Fool"
"Sway"
"Spider-Man Theme"
"Feeling Good"
"Home"
"Save the Last Dance for Me"
"Everything"
"Me and Mrs. Jones"
"Lost"
"It Had Better Be Tonight"
"Comin' Home Baby"
"Haven't Met You Yet"
"Hold On"
"Baby (You've Got What It Takes)"
"Cry Me a River"
"Crazy Love"
"Hollywood"
"Georgia on My Mind"
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
"All I Want for Christmas Is You"
"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" / "Jingle Bells"
"White Christmas"
"Nobody but Me"
Concert tours
Crazy Love Tour (2010–12)
To Be Loved Tour (2013–14)
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Nicholas Jonas
"When You Look Me in the Eyes"
"Higher Love"
Nick Jonas (Nick Jonas X2)
"Chains"
"Jealous"
"Levels"
Last Year Was Complicated
"Close"
"Bacon"
TBA
"Remember I Told You"
"Find You"
Featured singles
"We Rock"
"We Are the World 25 for Haiti"
"I Never Met a Wolf Who Didn't Love to Howl"
"Haven't Met You Yet"
"Good Thing"
Promotional singles
"Send It On"
"Teacher"
"Wilderness"
"Champagne Problems"
"Chainsaw"
"Home"
Other songs
"We Got the Party"
"Introducing Me"
"King"
"Lush Life"
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The House of the Rising Sun
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For other uses, see The House of the Rising Sun (disambiguation).
"The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues". It tells of a life gone wrong in New Orleans; many versions also urge a sibling to avoid the same fate. The most successful commercial version, recorded in 1964 by British rock group the Animals, was a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart and also in the United States and France.[1] As a traditional folk song recorded by an electric rock band, it has been described as the "first folk rock hit".[2][3]
Contents
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1 Origin and early versions
1.1 Origin
1.2 Early folk and blues releases
1.3 Van Ronk arrangement
2 The Animals' version
2.1 Recording and releases
2.2 Reception
2.3 Charts
3 Frijid Pink version
3.1 Sales and certifications
4 Billboard Country Chart
4.1 Jody Miller version
4.2 Geordie version
4.3 Thin Lizzy instrumental version
4.4 Dolly Parton version
5 Five Finger Death Punch version
6 Johnny Hallyday version (in French)
6.1 Charts
7 Possible real locations
8 References
9 External links
Origin and early versions[edit]
Origin[edit]
Like many classic folk ballads, "The House of the Rising Sun" is of uncertain authorship. Musicologists say that it is based on the tradition of broadside ballads, and thematically it has some resemblance to the 16th-century ballad The Unfortunate Rake.[4] According to Alan Lomax, "Rising Sun" was used as the name of a bawdy house in two traditional English songs, and it was also a name for English pubs.[5] He further suggested that the melody might be related to a 17th-century folk song, "Lord Barnard and Little Musgrave", also known as "Matty Groves",[6][7] but a survey by Bertrand Bronson showed no clear relationship between the two songs.[8] Lomax proposed that the location of the house was then relocated from England to New Orleans by white southern performers.[5] However, Vance Randolph proposed an alternative French origin, the "rising sun" referring to the decorative use of the sunburst insignia dating to the time of Louis XIV, which was brought to North America by French immigrants.[8]
"House of Rising Sun" was said to have been known by miners in 1905.[6] The oldest published version of the lyrics is that printed by Robert Winslow Gordon in 1925, in a column "Old Songs That Men Have Sung" in Adventure Magazine.[9] The lyrics of that version begin:[9][10]
There is a house in New Orleans, it's called the Rising Sun
It's been the ruin of many a poor girl
Great God, and I for one
The oldest known recording of the song, under the title "Rising Sun Blues", is by Appalachian artists Clarence "Tom" Ashley and Gwen Foster, who recorded it for Vocalion Records on September 6, 1933.[6][11] Ashley said he had learned it from his grandfather, Enoch Ashley. Roy Acuff, an "early-day friend and apprentice" of Ashley's, learned it from him and recorded it as "Rising Sun" on November 3, 1938.[6][11] Several older blues recordings of songs with similar titles are unrelated, for example, "Rising Sun Blues" by Ivy Smith (1927) and "The Risin' Sun" by Texas Alexander (1928).[5]
The song was among those collected by folklorist Alan Lomax, who, along with his father, was a curator of the Archive of American Folk Song for the Library of Congress. On an expedition with his wife to eastern Kentucky, Lomax set up his recording equipment in Middlesboro, Kentucky, in the house of singer and activist Tilman Cadle. In 1937 he recorded a performance by Georgia Turner, the 16-year-old daughter of a local miner. He called it The Rising Sun Blues.[11] Lomax later recorded a different version sung by Bert Martin and a third sung by Daw Henson, both eastern Kentucky singers. In his 1941 songbook Our Singing Country, Lomax credits the lyrics to Turner,[11] with reference to Martin's version.
Early folk and blues releases[edit]
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In 1941, Woody Guthrie recorded a version. A recording made in 1947 by Libby Holman and Josh White (who is also credited with having written new words and music that have subsequently been popularized in the versions made by many other later artists) was released by Mercury Records in 1950. White learned the song from a "white hillbilly singer", who might have been Ashley, in North Carolina in 1923–1924.[6] Lead Belly recorded two versions of the song, in February 1944 and in October 1948, called "In New Orleans" and "The House of the Rising Sun", respectively; the latter was recorded in sessions that were later used on the album Lead Belly's Last Sessions (1994, Smithsonian Folkways).
In 1957 Glenn Yarbrough recorded the song for Elektra Records. The song is also credited to Ronnie Gilbert on an album by The Weavers released in the late 1940s or early 1950s. Pete Seeger released a version on Folkways Records in 1958, which was re-released by Smithsonian Folkways in 2009.[11] Andy Griffith recorded the song on his 1959 album Andy Griffith Shouts the Blues and Old Timey Songs. In 1960 Miriam Makeba recorded the song on her eponymous RCA album.
Joan Baez recorded it in 1960 on her self-titled debut album; she frequently performed the song in concert throughout her career. Nina Simone recorded her first version for the album Nina at the Village Gate in 1962. Tim Hardin sang it on This is Tim Hardin, recorded in 1964 but not released until 1967.[12] The Chambers Brothers recorded a version on Feelin' the Blues, released on Vault records (1970).
Van Ronk arrangement[edit]
In late 1961, Bob Dylan recorded the song for his debut album, released in March 1962. That release had no songwriting credit, but the liner notes indicate that Dylan learned this version of the song from Dave Van Ronk. In an interview for the documentary No Direction Home, Van Ronk said that he was intending to record the song and that Dylan copied his version. Van Ronk recorded it soon thereafter for the album Just Dave Van Ronk.
I had learned it sometime in the 1950s, from a recording by Hally Wood, the Texas singer and collector, who had got it from an Alan Lomax field recording by a Kentucky woman named Georgia Turner. I put a different spin on it by altering the chords and using a bass line that descended in half steps—a common enough progression in jazz, but unusual among folksingers. By the early 1960s, the song had become one of my signature pieces, and I could hardly get off the stage without doing it.[13]
The Animals' version[edit]
"The House of the Rising Sun"
Artwork for US release
Single by The Animals
from the album The Animals
B-side
"Talkin' 'bout You"
Released
June 19, 1964 (1964-06-19) (UK)
August 1964 (USA)
Format
7-inch single
Recorded
May 18, 1964
Genre
Folk rock
Length
2:59, 4:29
Label
Columbia Graphophone
Songwriter(s)
Traditional, arranged by Alan Price
Producer(s)
Mickie Most
The Animals singles chronology
"Baby Let Me Take You Home"
(1964) "The House of the Rising Sun"
(1964) "I'm Crying"
(1964)
"Baby Let Me Take You Home"
(1964) "House of the Rising Sun"
(1964) "I'm Crying"
(1964)
An interview with Eric Burdon revealed that he first heard the song in a club in Newcastle, England, where it was sung by the Northumbrian folk singer Johnny Handle. The Animals were on tour with Chuck Berry and chose it because they wanted something distinctive to sing.[14]
The Animals' version transposes the narrative of the song from the point of view of a woman led into a life of degradation to that of a man whose father was now a gambler and drunkard, rather than the sweetheart in earlier versions.
The Animals had begun featuring their arrangement of "House of the Rising Sun" during a joint concert tour with Chuck Berry, using it as their closing number to differentiate themselves from acts that always closed with straight rockers.[15] It got a tremendous reaction from the audience, convincing initially reluctant producer Mickie Most that it had hit potential,[15] and between tour stops the group went to a small recording studio on Kingsway in London[15] to capture it.
Recording and releases[edit]
The song was recorded in just one take on May 18, 1964,[16] and it starts with a now-famous electric guitar A minor chord arpeggio by Hilton Valentine.[1][3] According to Valentine, he simply took Dylan's chord sequence and played it as an arpeggio.[17] The performance takes off with Burdon's lead vocal, which has been variously described as "howling,"[2] "soulful,"[18] and as "...deep and gravelly as the north-east English coal town of Newcastle that spawned him."[1] Finally, Alan Price's pulsating organ part (played on a Vox Continental) completes the sound. Burdon later said, "We were looking for a song that would grab people's attention."[19]
As recorded, "House of the Rising Sun" ran four and a half minutes, regarded as far too long for a pop single at the time.[16] Producer Most, who initially did not really want to record the song at all,[17] said that on this occasion: "Everything was in the right place ... It only took 15 minutes to make so I can't take much credit for the production"[20]. He was nonetheless now a believer and declared it a single at its full length, saying "We're in a microgroove world now, we will release it."[20]
In the United States however, the original single (MGM 13264) was a 2:58 version. The MGM Golden Circle reissue (KGC 179) featured the unedited 4:29 version, although the record label gives the edited playing time of 2:58. The edited version was included on the group's 1964 U.S. debut album The Animals, while the full version was later included on their best-selling 1966 U.S. greatest hits album, The Best of the Animals. However, the very first American release of the full-length version was on a 1965 album of various groups entitled Mickie Most Presents British Go-Go (MGM SE-4306), the cover of which, under the listing of "House of the Rising Sun", described it as the "Original uncut version". Americans could also hear the complete version in the movie Go Go Mania in the spring of 1965.
"House of the Rising Sun" was not included on any of the group's British albums, but it was reissued as a single twice in subsequent decades, charting both times, reaching number 25 in 1972 and number 11 in 1982, using the famous Wittlesbach organ.
The Animals version was played in 6/8 meter, unlike the 4/4 of most earlier versions. Arranging credit went only to Alan Price. According to Burdon, this was simply because there was insufficient room to name all five band members on the record label, and Alan Price's first name was first alphabetically. However, this meant that only Price received songwriter's royalties for the hit, a fact that has caused bitterness ever since, especially with Valentine.[3][21]
Reception[edit]
"House of the Rising Sun" was a trans-Atlantic hit: after reaching the top of the UK pop singles chart in July 1964, it topped the U.S. pop singles chart two months later, on September 5, 1964, where it stayed for three weeks,[22] and became the first British Invasion number one unconnected with the Beatles.[23] It was the group's breakthrough hit in both countries and became their signature song.[24] The song was also a hit in a number of other countries, including Ireland, where it reached No. 10 and dropped off the charts one week later.
According to John Steel, Bob Dylan told him that when he first heard The Animals' version on his car radio, he stopped to listen, "jumped out of his car" and "banged on the bonnet", inspiring him to go electric.[25] But he stopped playing the song after the Animals' recording became a hit because fans accused him of plagiarism.[citation needed] Dave Van Ronk said that The Animals' version—like Dylan's version before it—was based on his arrangement of the song.[26]
Dave Marsh described the Animals' take on "The House of the Rising Sun" as "...the first folk-rock hit," sounding "...as if they'd connected the ancient tune to a live wire."[2] Writer Ralph McLean of the BBC agreed that "It was arguably the first folk rock tune," calling it "a revolutionary single", after which "the face of modern music was changed forever."[3]
The Animals' rendition of the song is recognized as one of the classics of British pop music. Writer Lester Bangs labeled it "a brilliant rearrangement" and "a new standard rendition of an old standard composition."[27] It ranked number 122 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". It is also one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll". The RIAA ranked it number 240 on their list of "Songs of the Century". In 1999 it received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. It has long since become a staple of oldies and classic rock radio formats. A 2005 Channel Five poll ranked it as Britain's fourth-favourite number one song.[16]
Charts[edit]
Chart (1964)
Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[28] 5
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[29] 1
Germany (Official German Charts)[30] 9
Ireland (IRMA)[31] 10
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[32] 5
New Zealand (Listener)[33] 2
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[34] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[35] 1
Chart (1972)
Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA)[31] 5
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[34] 25
Chart (1982)
Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[34] 11
Preceded by
"Where Did Our Love Go" by The Supremes Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
September 5, 1964 – September 19, 1964 Succeeded by
"Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison
Preceded by
"It's Over" by Roy Orbison UK Singles Chart number-one single
July 9, 1964 – July 15, 1964 Succeeded by
"It's All Over Now" by The Rolling Stones
Frijid Pink version[edit]
"House of the Rising Sun"
Artwork for Danish, French and German releases (French pressing pictured)
Single by Frijid Pink
from the album Frijid Pink
B-side
"Drivin' Blues"
Released
March 1970 (1970-03)
Format
7-inch single
Genre
Psychedelic rock
Length
4:44 (album)
3:23 (single)
Label
Parrot Records
Songwriter(s)
Traditional, arranged by Alan Price
Producer(s)
Michael Valvano
Frijid Pink singles chronology
"House of the Rising Sun"
(1970) "Sing a Song for Freedom"
(1970)
"House of the Rising Sun"
(1970) "Sing a Song for Freedom"
(1970)
In 1969, the Detroit band Frijid Pink recorded a psychedelic version of "House of the Rising Sun", which became an international hit in 1970. Their version is in 4/4 time (like Van Ronk's and most earlier versions, rather than the 6/8 used by the Animals) and was driven by Gary Ray Thompson's distorted guitar with fuzz and wah-wah effects, set against the frenetic drumming of Richard Stevers.[36]
According to Stevers, the Frijid Pink recording of "House of the Rising Sun" was done impromptu when there was time left over at a recording session booked for the group at the Tera Shirma Recording Studios. Stevers later played snippets from that session's tracks for Paul Cannon, the music director of Detroit's premier rock radio station, WKNR; the two knew each other, as Cannon was the father of Stevers's girlfriend. Stevers recalled, "we went through the whole thing and [and Cannon] didn't say much. Then 'House [of the Rising Sun]' started up and I immediately turned it off because it wasn't anything I really wanted him to hear." However, Cannon was intrigued and had Stevers play the complete track for him, then advising Stevers, "Tell Parrot [Frijid Pink's label] to drop God Gave Me You [the group's current single] and go with this one."[37]
Frijid Pink's "House of the Rising Sun" debuted at #29 on the WKNR hit parade dated January 6, 1970 and broke nationally after some seven weeks—during which the track was re-serviced to radio three times—with a number 73 debut on the Hot 100 in Billboard dated February 27, 1970 (number 97 Canada 1970/01/31) with a subsequent three-week ascent to the Top 30 en route to a Hot 100 peak of number 7 on April 4, 1970. The certification of the Frijid Pink single "House of the Rising Sun" as a gold record for domestic sales of one million units was reported in the issue of Billboard dated May 30, 1970.
The Frijid Pink single of "House of the Rising Sun" would give the song its most widespread international success, with Top Ten status reached in Austria (number 3), Belgium (Flemish region, number 6), Canada (number 3), Denmark (number 3), Germany (two weeks at number 1), Greece, Ireland (number 7), Israel (number 4), the Netherlands (number 3), Norway (seven weeks at number 1), Poland (number 2), Sweden (number 6), Switzerland (number 2), and the UK (number 4). The single also charted in Australia (number 14), France (number 36), and Italy (number 54).
Sales and certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)[38]
Gold 1,000,000^
Billboard Country Chart[edit]
The song has twice been a hit record on Billboard's country chart.
Jody Miller version[edit]
In 1973, Jody Miller's version reached number 29 on the country charts and number 41 on the adult contemporary chart.
Geordie version[edit]
Recorded by Brian Johnson's band 'Geordie' for their 1974 album "Don't Be Fooled By The Name", Johnson went on to become vocalist for AC/DC.
Thin Lizzy instrumental version[edit]
The song was recorded as an electric but fairly mellow instrumental on the Deep Purple tribute album recorded by Thin Lizzy circa 1972, Funky Junction Play a Tribute to Deep Purple. Here it was simply called Rising Sun, and credited to Leo Muller (producer), the German businessman and label-owner.
Dolly Parton version[edit]
"The House of the Rising Sun"
Artwork for German release
Single by Dolly Parton
from the album 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs
B-side
"Workin' Girl"
Released
September 1981 (1981-09)
Format
7-inch single
Recorded
November 1980
Genre
Country pop
Length
4:02
Label
RCA
Songwriter(s)
Traditional
Producer(s)
Mike Post
Dolly Parton singles chronology
"But You Know I Love You"
(1981) "The House of the Rising Sun"
(1981) "Single Women"
(1982)
"But You Know I Love You"
(1981) "House of the Rising Sun"
(1981) "Single Women"
(1982)
In September 1981, Dolly Parton released a cover of the song as the third single from her album 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs. Like Miller's earlier country hit, Parton's remake returns the song to its original lyric of being about a fallen woman. The Parton version makes it quite blunt, with a few new lyric lines that were written by Parton. Parton's remake reached number 14 on the U.S. country singles chart and crossed over to the pop charts, where it reached number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100; it also reached number 30 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart. Parton has occasionally performed the song live, including on her 1987–88 television show, in an episode taped in New Orleans.
Five Finger Death Punch version[edit]
"House of the Rising Sun"
Single by Five Finger Death Punch
from the album The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2
Released
February 3, 2014 (2014-02-03)
Recorded
November 2013
Genre
Folk metal
Length
4:07
Label
Prospect Park
Songwriter(s)
Traditional
Five Finger Death Punch singles chronology
"Battle Born"
(2013) "House of the Rising Sun"
(2014) "Mama Said Knock You Out"
(2014)
"Battle Born"
(2013) "House of the Rising Sun"
(2014) "Mama Said Knock You Out"
(2014)
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The American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch released a cover of "House of the Rising Sun" on their fifth studio album, The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2, which was later released as the album's second single and the band's third single of the Wrong Side era. The references to New Orleans have been changed to Sin City, a reference to the negative effects of gambling in Las Vegas. The song was a top ten hit on mainstream rock radio in the United States. It also in the video game Guitar Hero Live.
Johnny Hallyday version (in French)[edit]
"Le Pénitencier"
Single by Johnny Hallyday
from the album 'Le Pénitencier'
Released
October 1964 (1964-10) (France)
Format
7-inch single, 25-cm LP
Recorded
September 1964
Label
Philips
Songwriter(s)
Hugues Aufray / Vline Buggy, Alan Price
Producer(s)
Lee Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday singles chronology
"Les Mauvais garçons"
(1964) "Le Pénitencier"
(1964) "Un ami ça n'a pas de prix"
(1965)
"Les Mauvais garçons"
(1964) "Le Pénitencier"
(1964) "Un ami ça n'a pas de prix"
(1965)
Music video
"Le Pénitencier" (Live on French TV, 1966)
"Le Pénitencier" (Live at the Théâtre de Paris, 2013)
on YouTube
The song was covered in French by Johnny Hallyday. His version (titled "Le Pénitencier") was released in October 1964 and spent one week at no. 1 on the singles sales chart in France (from October 17 to 23).[39] In Wallonia (French Belgium) his single spent 28 weeks on the chart, also peaking at number 1.[40]
He performed the song during his 2014 USA tour.[41]
Charts[edit]
Chart (1964)
Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[42] 1
France (singles sales)[39] 1
Possible real locations[edit]
Various places in New Orleans have been proposed as the inspiration for the song, with varying plausibility. The phrase "House of the Rising Sun" is often understood as a euphemism for a brothel, but it is not known whether or not the house described in the lyrics was an actual or a fictitious place. One theory is that the song is about a woman who killed her father, an alcoholic gambler who had beaten his wife. Therefore, the House of the Rising Sun may be a jailhouse, from which one would be the first person to see the sun rise (an idea supported by the lyric mentioning "a ball and chain," though that phrase has been slang for marital relationships for at least as long as the song has been in print). Because women often sang the song, another theory is that the House of the Rising Sun was where prostitutes were detained while treated for syphilis. Since cures with mercury were ineffective, going back was very unlikely.[7][14]
1867 ad noting the "Rising Sun Coffee House" building for rent or lease
Only three candidates that use the name Rising Sun have historical evidence—from old city directories and newspapers. The first was a small, short-lived hotel on Conti Street in the French Quarter in the 1820s. It burned down in 1822. An excavation and document search in early 2005 found evidence that supported this claim, including an advertisement with language that may have euphemistically indicated prostitution. Archaeologists found an unusually large number of pots of rouge and cosmetics at the site.[43][44]
The second possibility was a "Rising Sun Hall" listed in late 19th-century city directories on what is now Cherokee Street, at the riverfront in the uptown Carrollton neighborhood, which seems to have been a building owned and used for meetings of a Social Aid and Pleasure Club, commonly rented out for dances and functions. It also is no longer extant. Definite links to gambling or prostitution (if any) are undocumented for either of these buildings.
A third was "The Rising Sun", which advertised in several local newspapers in the 1860s, located on what is now the lake side of the 100 block of Decatur Street.[45] In various advertisements it is described as a "Restaurant," a "Lager Beer Salon," and a "Coffee House." At the time, New Orleans businesses listed as coffee houses often also sold alcoholic beverages.
Dave Van Ronk claimed in his biography "The Mayor of MacDougal Street" that at one time when he was in New Orleans someone approached him with a number of old photos of the city from the turn of the century. Among them "was a picture of a forbidding stone doorway with a carving on the lintel of a stylized rising sun... It was the Orleans Parish women's prison."[46]
Bizarre New Orleans, a guidebook on New Orleans, asserts that the real house was at 1614 Esplanade Avenue between 1862 and 1874 and was said to have been named after its madam, Marianne LeSoleil Levant, whose surname means "the rising sun" in French.[14]
Another guidebook, Offbeat New Orleans, asserts that the real House of the Rising Sun was at 826–830 St. Louis St. between 1862 and 1874, also purportedly named for Marianne LeSoleil Levant. The building still stands, and Eric Burdon, after visiting at the behest of the owner, said, "The house was talking to me." [47]
There is a contemporary B&B called the House of the Rising Sun, decorated in brothel style. The owners are fans of the song, but there is no connection with the original place.[47][48]
Not everyone believes that the house actually existed. Pamela D. Arceneaux, a research librarian at the Williams Research Center in New Orleans, is quoted as saying:
I have made a study of the history of prostitution in New Orleans and have often confronted the perennial question, "Where is the House of the Rising Sun?" without finding a satisfactory answer. Although it is generally assumed that the singer is referring to a brothel, there is actually nothing in the lyrics that indicate that the "house" is a brothel. Many knowledgeable persons have conjectured that a better case can be made for either a gambling hall or a prison; however, to paraphrase Freud: sometimes lyrics are just lyrics.[7]
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^ Jump up to: a b c Dave Marsh, The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made, NAL, 1989. Entry #91.
^ Jump up to: a b c d McLean, Ralph. "Stories Behind the Song: 'House of the Rising Sun'". BBC. BBC. Archived from the original on September 8, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2007.
Jump up ^ Anthony, Ted (2007). Chasing the Rising Sun: The Journey of an American Song. Simon & Schuster. p. 21. ISBN 9781416539308. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b c Sullivan, Steve (2013). Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volume 2. Scarecrow Press. pp. 97–98. ISBN 9780810882966. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e Matteson, Jr., Richard L., Richard Matteson. Bluegrass Picker's Tune Book. Mel Bay Music. p. 111. ISBN 9781609745523. Retrieved February 23, 2016. CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)
^ Jump up to: a b c "House of the Rising Sun - the History and the Song". BBC h2g2. July 28, 2006. Retrieved December 26, 2009.
^ Jump up to: a b Harvey, Todd (2001). The Formative Dylan: Transmission and Stylistic Influences 1961-1963. Scarecrow Press. pp. 48–50. ISBN 978-0810841154.
^ Jump up to: a b Steve Sullivan, Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volume 1, Scarecrow Press (2013) ISBN 0810882965, 9780810882966, p. 98.
Jump up ^ The same opening lyrics are in the first recorded version in 1933: Robert B. Waltz and David G. Engle, "House of the Rising Sun, The," The Traditional Ballad Index, 4.0, Fresno State University, (2016) (accessed October 19, 2016)
^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Pete Seeger - American Favorite Ballads" (PDF). Volume 2 (pages 11–12). Smithsonian Folkways. 2009. pp. 27–28. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
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^ Jump up to: a b c BBC Radio 4 program January 18, 2008
^ Jump up to: a b c Eric Burdon, I Used to Be an Animal, but I'm All Right Now, Faber and Faber, 1986, pp. 60-62.
^ Jump up to: a b c Ray Marshall, "The rise of supergroup", Newcastle Evening Chronicle, August 17, 2005. Accessed May 5, 2007.
^ Jump up to: a b Anthony, Ted (2007). Chasing the Rising Sun: The Journey of an American Song. Simon & Schuster. p. 146. ISBN 9781416539308. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
Jump up ^ Gina Vivinetto, "More animal magnetism", St. Petersburg Times, January 15, 2004. Accessed May 4, 2007.
Jump up ^ ""House of the Rising Sun"". Archived from the original on 27 April 2007. Retrieved 3 May 2007. CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link) , Rolling Stone, posted December 9, 2004. Accessed May 4, 2007.
^ Jump up to: a b Jon Kutner, Spencer Leigh, 1000 UK Number One Hits, Omnibus Press, 2005.
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Jump up ^ Dave Van Ronk: The Mayor of MacDougal Street. Then, sometime in 1968, Eric Burdon and the Animals made a number-one chart hit out of the damn thing. Same arrangement. I would have loved to sue for royalties, but I found that it is impossible to defend the copyright on an arrangement.
Jump up ^ Lester Bangs, The British Invasion, in The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll, 1980, p. 176.
Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – The Animals – The House of the Rising Sun" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
Jump up ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 4715." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
Jump up ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Animals – The House of the Rising Sun". GfK Entertainment Charts.
^ Jump up to: a b "The Irish Charts – Search Results – The House of the Rising Sun". Irish Singles Chart.
Jump up ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Animals – The House of the Rising Sun" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
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Jump up ^ "American single certifications – Frijid Pink – House of the Rising Sun". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
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Jump up ^ "LEJ's Blog".
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Jump up ^ B&B site, more theories
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