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"Do You Want to Dance"
Single by Bobby Freeman
B-side
"Big Fat Woman"
Released
1958 (1958)
Format
7-inch single
Genre
Rock and roll
Length
2:30
Label
Josie
Songwriter(s)
Bobby Freeman
Bobby Freeman singles chronology
"Do You Want to Dance"
(1958) "Betty Lou Got a New Pair of Shoes"
(1958)
"Do You Want to Dance"
(1958) "Betty Lou Got a New Pair of Shoes"
(1958)
"Do You Want to Dance" is a song written by American singer Bobby Freeman and recorded by him in 1958. It reached number No. 5 on the United States Billboard Top 100 Sides pop chart and No. 2 on the Billboard R&B chart.[1][2][3] Cliff Richard and the Shadows' version of the song reached No. 2 in the United Kingdom in 1962, despite being a B-side. The Beach Boys' version reached No. 12 as "Do You Wanna Dance?" in the United States in 1965, and a 1972 cover by Bette Midler ("Do You Want to Dance?") reached No. 17.
A different song called "Do You Wanna Dance?" was a UK hit for Barry Blue in 1973.
Contents
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1 Bobby Freeman version
2 Cliff Richard and the Shadows version
2.1 Recording
2.2 Charts
3 The Beach Boys version
3.1 Recording
3.1.1 Personnel
3.2 Live version
3.3 Charts
4 Bette Midler version
5 Other versions
6 In popular culture
7 References
8 External links
Bobby Freeman version[edit]
San Francisco-born teenager Bobby Freeman had been a member of doo-wop groups the Romancers and the Vocaleers. When asked by a local DJ if he had written any songs, he wrote several and recorded them as solo demos. These included "Do You Want to Dance", which was heard by a visiting record label executive, Mortimer Palitz of Jubilee Records. He signed Freeman to the label, and had the original recording overdubbed in New York by session musicians including guitarist Billy Mure. Released on the Jubilee subsidiary label Josie, "Do You Want to Dance" quickly rose to number 5 on the pop chart and number 2 on the R&B chart in early 1958, when Freeman was still only 17.[4][5] Contrary to some reports, Jerry Garcia did not play on the record.[5]
Cliff Richard and the Shadows version[edit]
"Do You Want to Dance"
Single by Cliff Richard and the Shadows
A-side
"I'm Lookin' Out the Window"
Released
May 1962 (1962-05)[6]
Format
7-inch single
Recorded
December 19, 1961
Studio
EMI, London
Genre
Rock
Label
Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Bobby Freeman
Producer(s)
Norrie Paramor
Cliff Richard and the Shadows singles chronology
"The Young Ones"
(1962) "Do You Want to Dance"
(1962) "It'll Be Me"
(1962)
"The Young Ones"
(1962) "Do You Want to Dance"
(1962) "It'll Be Me"
(1962)
The Cliff Richard and the Shadows version[7] also known as "Do You Wanna Dance" was released in the United Kingdom as the B-side of "I'm Lookin' Out the Window" in May 1962. However, like seven other Cliff Richard singles released between 1959 and 1963, the B-side received a good amount of airplay and made the New Musical Express UK singles chart in its own right. On this occasion, it became Richard's second highest charting B-side (after "Bachelor Boy"), making it to number 10 (while "I'm Lookin' Out the Window" reached number 2). The single reached number 2 in the other UK singles charts, listing both tracks.[8]
"Do You Want to Dance" went on to become the more successful charting track from the single in some countries, reaching number 1 in the Netherlands, Australia (based on the Sydney chart of the time, because an Australian nationwide chart had not yet started) and Flemish Belgium.[9][10][11] The single went on to sell over 1 million copies worldwide.[12]
"Do You Want to Dance" was included on the EP Cliff’s Hits, released November 1962, and first appeared on LP with Richard's first compilation album Cliff's Hit Album, released July 1963. A live version appeared on Richard's double album Japan Tour 74 issued in 1975.
Recording[edit]
"Do You Want to Dance" was recorded on December 19, 1961 at EMI's Abbey Road studios. The session, engineered by Malcolm Addy and produced by EMI's A&R man Norrie Paramor, featured new drummer Brian Bennett and Jet Harris on bass, soon to leave the Shadows in 1962.[13]
Charts[edit]
Chart entries as "Do You Want to Dance" or "Do You Want to Dance"/"I'm Looking Out the Window":
Chart (1962)
Peak
position
UK (New Musical Express Chart)[8] 10
Australia (Kent Music Report)[14]
(retrospectively calculated chart position) 3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[15] 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[16] 1
Spain (Promusicae)[17] 15
Chart entries as "I'm Looking Out the Window"/"Do You Want to Dance":
Chart (1962)
Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[18] 2
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[19] 18
Ireland (IRMA)[20] 2
Norway (VG-lista)[21] 2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[22] 3
The Beach Boys version[edit]
"Do You Wanna Dance?"
Single by The Beach Boys
from the album Today!
B-side
"Please Let Me Wonder"
Released
February 15, 1965
Format
7-inch single
Recorded
January 11, 1965
Studio
Gold Star, Hollywood, California
Genre
Rock and roll
Length
2:21
Label
Capitol
Songwriter(s)
Bobby Freeman
Producer(s)
Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"The Man with All the Toys"
(1964) "Do You Wanna Dance?"
(1965) "Help Me, Rhonda"
(1965)
"The Man with All the Toys"
(1964) "Do You Wanna Dance?"
(1965) "Help Me, Rhonda"
(1965)
Audio sample
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The Beach Boys' version of "Do You Wanna Dance?" was a single released through Capitol Records on February 15, 1965. It peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the highest charting Beach Boys song to feature Dennis Wilson on lead vocals. According to the contemporary United Press International (UPI) chart published by newspapers across the United States it was number eight in April 1965. It did best in regional playlists in the Twin Cities, Baltimore and San Jose, where it was number two; Dallas, Seattle and San Diego to number three; Portland to number four; and Chicago, Washington DC, Phoenix, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Hartford, Tulsa and Lincoln, number five. The B-side was "Please Let Me Wonder". The song was also released on the 1965 album The Beach Boys Today!.
Recording[edit]
"Do You Wanna Dance?" was recorded on January 11, 1965 at Gold Star Studios and was produced, arranged and conducted by Brian Wilson. Take 3 of the song was used as the master. The song was first released in 1965 in mono on the band's album Today! with a stereo remix of the song being released in 2012 on the stereo remaster of that same album.[23]
Personnel[edit]
Sourced from Musician's Union AFM contract sheets and surviving session audio, documented by Craig Slowinski.[24]
The Beach Boys
Al Jardine – harmony and backing vocals
Mike Love – harmony and backing vocals
Brian Wilson – harmony and backing vocals; acoustic grand piano
Carl Wilson – harmony and backing vocals; lead and rhythm electric guitar
Dennis Wilson – lead vocals
Additional musicians and production staff
Hal Blaine – drums, woodblocks
Chuck Britz – sound engineer
Steve Douglas – tenor saxophone
Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone
Larry Knechtel – bass guitar
Larry Levine – sound engineer
Jay Migliori – baritone saxophone
Bill Pitman – rhythm guitar
Leon Russell – hammond organ
Billy Strange – electric mandolin
Tommy Tedesco – mandolin
Julius Wechter – tambourine, tympani
Marilyn Wilson – harmony and backing vocals
Live version[edit]
A live version from March 1965 was released in 2015 for the archival Live in Chicago 1965.[citation needed]
Charts[edit]
Chart (1965)
Peak
position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart[25] 17
Swedish Singles Chart[26] 9
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[27] 12
Bette Midler version[edit]
Bette Midler included the song—with the original title restored, "Do You Want to Dance"—on her 1972 debut album The Divine Miss M. In contrast to the Bobby Freeman, Cliff Richard, and Beach Boys versions, which are uptempo rock and roll songs, Midler slowed the tempo of the song down to a sultry-sounding ballad. Midler's version was her first single release, reaching #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1973 and the top 10 of the Go-Set National Charts in Australia during April 1973.
In 1985, Ula Hedwig, a Bette Midler-soundalike and former backup singer, sang the song emulating Bette Midler's version for a Mercury Sable television commercial. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that using this sound-alike version in a TV commercial violated Midler's right of publicity. Midler v. Ford Motor Co., 849 F.2d 460 (9th Cir. 1988). Midler had sued Ula and the Mercury Sable people for infringing on her trademark, and won her case by issuing a permanent injunction that prohibited all TV stations from further airing the commercial.
Other versions[edit]
1960s
1961 - Bobby Vee on album
1963 - Ann Christine recorded a Finnish-language version, entitled Mennään Tanssimaan.
1964 – The Four Seasons recorded a version of "Do You Want to Dance" appearing on their album Dawn (Go Away).
1964 – Del Shannon, "Do You Want to Dance" (Amy single release)
1965 – Sonny & Cher recorded a version as "Caesar & Cleo" on their album Baby Don't Go.
1966 – The Mamas & the Papas – debut album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears. Part of the instrumental melody in this version is sampled in the Jens Lekman song "Maple Leaves".
1966 – Johnny Rivers album Changes.
1970s
1972 - Bette Midler
1974 – Hurriganes
1975 – John Lennon album Rock 'n' Roll.
1975 – T. Rex – bonus track on the album Bolan's Zip Gun.
1976 – Sleepy Sleepers, with Finnish lyrics titled Mennään Karjalaan (Let's Go to Karelia)
1977 – The Ramones album Rocket to Russia.
1977 - Ol' 55 on the album, Fiveslivejive
1978 – Ray Stevens album There is Something on Your Mind.
1980s
1982 - Bruce Springsteen played his version live on August 7, 1982, with the Beaver Brown Band
1982 – Jan & Dean recorded and released the song on their album One Summer Night/Live.
1983 – Neil Young covered the song live with his rockabilly band The Shocking Pinks, with one of the performances appearing on Solo Trans film.
1985 – Dave Edmunds on the soundtrack Porky's Revenge!
1987 – Barbie and the Rockers in the "Rockin' Back to Earth" special (where they are erroneously referred to as "Barbie and the Sensations" in the special's title), a sequel to their previous special, "Out of this World".
1988 – David Lindley and El Rayo-X on their album Very Greasy
1990s
1990 – Belinda Montgomery on Doogie Howser, M.D. season 1 episode 16 – "It Ain't Over Till Mrs. Howser Sings" (January/17/1990)
1993 – Peter Andre on his debut album Peter Andre.
1993 – The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy album Waiting For The Love Bus.
1994 – The Queers on their version of Rocket to Russia.
1996 – Petty Booka on their album Blue Lagoon of Petty Booka.
1996 – Wax on the soundtrack Bio-Dome
1996 – Bobby Fuller on Shakedown! The Texas Tapes Revisited (originally recorded 1962-64).
1998 – Darlington on the She's Gone Records EP release Texas Punk Rock Sweethearts, released on limited-run translucent butterscotch vinyl. Out of print.
1998 – Jazz saxophonist Walter Beasley on his release For Your Pleasure.
1998 – Attaque 77 in their CD of covers Otras Canciones; the version was in Spanish.
1999 – Darlington (band) on the limited-run CD release Live Dallas 1999, released by Mutant Pop Records. Out of print.
2000s (decade)
2001 – Raimundos album Éramos 4
2006 – Laurent Voulzy album La Septième Vague
2007 – Darlington (band) on the self-released, limited to 1000 hand-numbered CD copies release Live Dallas 2007. Out of print.
2007 – Lucy Lawless performed the song in concert at the Roxy Theater in Hollywood.
2008 – Energy album Race the Sun.
2008 – Andreas Johnson album Rediscovered.
2009 – Cliff Richard and the Shadows re-recorded the song for the album Reunited.
2010s
2012 – Ash EP Little Infinity.
2012 – Juliana Hatfield album Covers.
2012 – Rachael MacFarlane album Hayley Sings.
In popular culture[edit]
The original Bobby Freeman recording features in the comedy-drama film American Graffiti (1973).
Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia is rumored to have recorded the guitar on the original Bobby Freeman version. However, there is no definitive documentation of this.[28]
The Ramones' version of "Do You Wanna Dance?" was used in an American television advertisement for the release of Wall-E on DVD and in the film Rock 'n' Roll High School.
References[edit]
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Jump up ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (9 June 1958). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 29. ISSN 0006-2510.
Jump up ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (30 June 1958). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 45. ISSN 0006-2510.
Jump up ^ Dik de Heer, "Bobby Freeman biography", Black Cat Rockabilly, 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2017
^ Jump up to: a b Jeff Tamarkin, "‘Do You Wanna Dance’ Singer Bobby Freeman Dies", BestClassicBands.com. Retrieved 1 February 2017
Jump up ^ "The OFFICIAL Cliff Richard website: Discography - Singles". Cliffrichard.org. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
Jump up ^ Cliff Richard and the Shadows: Do You Want to Dance at Discogs
^ Jump up to: a b Read, Mike; Goodall, Nigel; Lewry, Peter (1993). The Complete Chronicle Cliff Richard (doc)|format= requires |url= (help). Hamlyn, London. p. 303. ISBN 0-600-57897-6.
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Jump up ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (11 August 1962). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 34. ISSN 0006-2510.
Jump up ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (18 August 1962). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 22. ISSN 0006-2510.
Jump up ^ Lewry, Peter; Goodall, Nigel (1996). The Ultimate Cliff (doc)|format= requires |url= (help) (1996 Updated ed.). Simon and Schuster Ltd, London. p. 206. ISBN 0-684-81696-2.
Jump up ^ Lewry, Peter; Goodall, Nigel (1991). Cliff Richard The Complete Recording Sessions 1958-1990. London: Blandford. p. 40. ISBN 0-7137-2242-8.
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Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – Cliff Richard – Do You Wanna Dance" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
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External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Sing (2016 American film)
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This article is about the 2016 animated American film. For 2016 Oscar-winning Hungarian short film, see Sing (2016 Hungarian film).
Sing
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Garth Jennings
Produced by
Chris Meledandri
Janet Healy
Written by
Garth Jennings
Starring
Matthew McConaughey
Reese Witherspoon
Seth MacFarlane
Scarlett Johansson
John C. Reilly
Taron Egerton
Tori Kelly
Music by
Joby Talbot
Edited by
Gregory Perler[1]
Production
company
Illumination Entertainment
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release date
September 11, 2016 (2016-09-11) (TIFF)
December 21, 2016 (2016-12-21) (United States)
Running time
108 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$75 million[2]
Box office
$634.3 million[2]
Sing is a 2016 American 3D computer-animated musical film produced by Illumination Entertainment.[3] It was directed and written by Garth Jennings, co-directed by Christophe Lourdelet[1] and starring the voices of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, John C. Reilly, Taron Egerton, and Tori Kelly. The film is about a group of anthropomorphic animals that enter a singing competition, hosted by a koala hoping to save his theater.
The film includes more than 60 songs from famous artists and also has an original song by Stevie Wonder and Ariana Grande called "Faith," which was nominated for a Golden Globe.[4] It screened on the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2016, premiered at Microsoft Theater on December 3, 2016 and was released in the United States on December 21, 2016, by Universal Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews and grossed $634 million worldwide. Along with The Secret Life of Pets, it marked the first time that Illumination Entertainment released two feature films in the same year.
A sequel, entitled Sing 2, has been announced for a release on December 25, 2020.
Contents
[hide]
1 Plot
2 Voice cast
3 Production
4 Soundtrack
5 Release
5.1 Home media
6 Reception
6.1 Box office
6.2 Critical response
6.3 Accolades
7 Sequel
8 References
9 External links
Plot[edit]
In a world of anthropomorphic animals, koala Buster Moon owns a theater, having been interested in show business since his father took him to his first music show as a child. Following financial problems brought up by the bank representative Judith, he tells his wealthy friend Eddie that he will host a singing competition with a prize of $1,000. But Buster's assistant, Miss Crawly, accidentally appends two extra zeroes, and the promotional fliers showing $100,000 are blown out of Buster's office into the city streets.
Animals from all around the city gather for auditions. Those selected include: housewife and mother of 25 piglets Rosita; street musician mouse Mike; mobster's son gorilla Johnny; punk-rock porcupine Ash; a trio of frogs; and a camel named Pete. Shy teenage elephant Meena fails her audition out of stage fright, while Ash's boyfriend Lance is dismissed from the contest. Rosita is paired with another contestant, an exuberant pig named Gunter, for a dance routine. Although Buster discovers the flyers show a prize of $100,000 (money he does not have), he remains optimistic. Buster convinces Eddie to arrange a visit with Eddie's grandmother, former opera singer and theater actress Nana Noodleman, to persuade her to sponsor the prize money. She is hesitant to contribute, but agrees to see a private screening of the show.
Encouraged by her grandfather, Meena tries to ask Buster for another chance, but becomes his stage hand instead. When the frogs quit, and Pete is injured, Meena is added as an act. The performers' individual problems begin to hinder rehearsals: Rosita flounders in her dance routine with Gunter, after having been distracted by her parenting duties that have fallen into disarray. After discovering Lance with a new girlfriend and evicting them from her apartment, Ash is devastated and can no longer sing her assigned song, Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe." Johnny is torn between having to help his father as the driver of a getaway car in a heist and making the practices. When he tries to do both, he does not show up for the planned pickup in time, and his father and his gang are arrested. Meena does not get any help in overcoming her stage fright, and Mike, certain that the prize money is as good as his, buys a fancy car to impress a female mouse, and then swindles a group of bears in a card game at a nightclub.
The day of the screening, the bears interrupt the show, demanding the money from Mike, who in turn, points to Buster. The bears open the chest containing the prize money, but it is nowhere near $100,000. The glass tank full of luminescent squids that Buster got to light up the theater breaks under all their weight, flooding the theater, which then comes crashing down. With the lot repossessed by Judith, Buster, who had been living in his theater's office desk, takes up residence at Eddie's place (his parents' pool house). Although the contestants (besides Mike, who saw Buster as a fraud) visit him and try to cheer him up, Buster is too despondent to listen to them. He tries to start over by opening a car wash, using the same bucket that his father had used to earn money for Buster's theater.
When Meena goes to the theater's rubble lot and sings Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," Buster hears her and is inspired to reinstate the show without the prize money. They perform on a makeshift stage on the lot in front of Rosita and Meena's family members. As Rosita and Gunter perform Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off," more animals are attracted to the scene as the show is broadcast on the news. Johnny's rendition of Elton John's "I'm Still Standing" impresses his father, who then escapes from prison to reconcile with him. Despite an interruption by Judith, Ash sings her original rock song "Set It All Free." Mike returns to the show and sings Frank Sinatra's "My Way." Meena finally overcomes her fears and sings Stevie Wonder's "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing," which literally brings down the house. The show becomes a success and impresses Nana, who was in the audience. Nana buys the lot and the theater is rebuilt and reopened.
Voice cast[edit]
Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Tori Kelly, Taron Egerton, and Nick Kroll at the film's premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Matthew McConaughey as Buster Moon, an optimistic koala who plans to save his theater from closure by holding a singing competition.[3][5]
Reese Witherspoon as Rosita, a pig who gave up her teenage music dreams to become a devoted wife to Norman, and mother to their 25 piglets.[5]
Seth MacFarlane as Mike, a white mouse with a big Frank Sinatra-esque voice and an arrogant attitude.[5]
Scarlett Johansson as Ash, a teenage porcupine punk rocker who takes part in an alternative-rock music duo with her boyfriend Lance.[1][5]
John C. Reilly as Eddie Noodleman, a sheep and Buster's friend who doubts the future of the theater.[5][6]
Tori Kelly as Meena, a teenage elephant with an exquisite voice and severe stage fright.[5]
Taron Egerton as Johnny, a teenage gorilla who wants to sing, though his father would rather have him follow his criminal footsteps.[5]
Jennifer Saunders as Nana Noodleman, a sheep and Eddie's grandmother who was a singer in her glory days.[7][8]
Jennifer Hudson[1] as Young Nana
Garth Jennings as Miss Crawly, an elderly iguana with a glass eye who is Buster's administrative assistant.[1]
Peter Serafinowicz as Big Daddy, a gorilla gang leader who wants his son Johnny to follow in his crime business.[1]
Nick Kroll as Gunter, a passionate dancing pig who is partnered with Rosita for the show.[9][7]
Beck Bennett as Lance, a porcupine and Ash's boyfriend.[1]
Jay Pharoah[7] as Meena's grandfather who pressures her to overcome her stage fright.
Nick Offerman[7] as Norman, a pig and Rosita's husband.
Leslie Jones as Meena's mother
Rhea Perlman as Judith,[1][10] a brown llama from the bank who warns Buster that his theater will be repossessed if he does not pay.
Laraine Newman as Meena's grandmother
Adam Buxton as Stan, a gorilla who is a member of Big Daddy's gang.
Brad Morris as a Baboon, whom Mike attacks for not donating more money to his street performances.
Bill Farmer as News Reporter Dog, who documents Buster's singing competition.
Oscar, Leo, Caspar, and Asa Jennings as Piglets.
Production[edit]
In January 2014, it was announced that Garth Jennings would write and direct an animated comedy film for Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, about "courage, competition and carrying a tune,"[11] which was originally titled Lunch,[12] and then retitled as Sing.[5]
On January 14, 2015, Matthew McConaughey was cast in the film's lead voice role.[3] Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy produced the film.[3] On June 17, 2015, it was confirmed that McConaughey's character is named Buster and that John C. Reilly would voice Eddie, a sheep and Buster's best friend.[6] In November 2015, it was announced that Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, Tori Kelly and Taron Egerton had joined the cast of the film.[5]
The film features 65 pop songs, the rights to which cost 15 percent of the film's $75 million budget.[13] The animation was created entirely in France by Illumination MacGuff.[14]
Soundtrack[edit]
Main article: Sing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
A soundtrack album for the film was released on December 21, 2016.
Release[edit]
The almost complete[15] film was screened as a work in progress beginning September 11, 2016 at the Toronto International Film Festival.[16] Universal Studios released the film on December 21, 2016.[17]
Home media[edit]
Sing was released on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Ultra HD Blu-ray and DVD on March 21, 2017. It includes three short films: Gunter Babysits, Love at First Sight, and Eddie's Life Coach.[18]
In Gunter Babysits, Gunter offers to watch over Rosita and Norman's piglets while they are away as he works to prove himself to be a good babysitter.
In Love at First Sight, Johnny sets Miss Crawly up with an online dating website where she manages to score a date with a lizard named Herman.
In Eddie's Life Coach, Eddie's mother sets Eddie up for a digital training seminar where he will be assigned to a dachshund named Garry "The Winner" Wishman.
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
Sing grossed $270.3 million in the U.S. and Canada and $364 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $634.3 million, against a production budget of $75 million.[2] Deadline.com calculated the net profit of the film to be $194.2 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenue for the film, making it the 7th most profitable release of 2016.[19]
In North America, the film opened alongside Passengers and Assassin's Creed, and was expected to gross around $70 million from 4,022 theaters over its first six days of release.[20] The film made $1.7 million during its Tuesday night previews.[21] It went on to gross $35.3 million in its opening weekend (a six-day total of $75.5 million), finishing second at the box office behind Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which was in its second week.[22] Sing holds the record for being the highest-grossing film to never finish first at the North American box office, besting My Big Fat Greek Wedding ($241.4 million in 2002).[23]
Critical response[edit]
Sing received positive reviews from critics. On the aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 73% based on 157 reviews; the average rating is 6.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Sing delivers colorfully animated, cheerfully undemanding entertainment with a solid voice cast and a warm-hearted – albeit familiar – storyline that lives up to its title."[24] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 59 out of 100 based on 37 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews."[25] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[26]
Brian Truitt of USA Today gave the film three-and-a-half out of four stars and wrote, "In a year full of talking-animal hits, Sing isn't quite as strong a number. It's a tale that might not be particularly thought-provoking but sure is toe-tapping."[27] In her review for the Los Angeles Times, Katie Walsh called Sing, "a cute movie with genuinely funny moments (keep an eye out for the koala car wash), and some great tunes to boot."[28] The Arizona Republic's Bill Goodykoontz was rather mixed about the movie in his review and overall said, "Sing is like an album with a good song here and there, but too much filler and not enough hits."[29] Reviewing the version of the film screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, Stefan Pape of the British website HeyUGuys gave the film a mixed review of 2/5, stating that "Garth Jennings's Sing effectively acknowledges early on that it's following a completely unoriginal formula, and yet carries on regardless."[30] While Peter Debruge of Variety, who also saw the film during the same festival, did not find the subplots to have any "profound life lessons," he overall praised Jennings' direction, the cast's voice performances and the film's silliness.[31]
Accolades[edit]
List of awards and nominations
Award
Date of ceremony
Category
Recipient(s)
Result
Ref(s)
AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards February 6, 2017 Best Movie for Grownups who Refuse to Grow Up Sing Nominated [32]
Annie Awards February 4, 2017 Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production Joby Talbot [33]
Golden Globe Awards January 8, 2017 Best Animated Feature Film Sing [34]
Best Original Song "Faith" – Ryan Tedder, Stevie Wonder and Francis Farewell Starlite
Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 17, 2016 Best Song – Animated Film [35][36]
Best Soundtrack Album Sing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Outstanding Music Supervision – Film Jojo Villanueva Won
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards March 11, 2017 Favorite Animated Movie Sing Nominated [37]
Favorite Voice From an Animated Movie Reese Witherspoon
Most Wanted Pet
Favorite Soundtrack Sing
Saturn Awards June 28, 2017 Best Animated Film Nominated [38]
Sequel[edit]
Universal and Illumination have announced plans for a sequel, tentatively titled Sing 2, slated for December 25, 2020.[39]
References[edit]
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^ Jump up to: a b c "Sing (2016)". Box Office Mojo. May 29, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
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Jump up ^ Amidi, Amid (September 9, 2016). "A Complete List of Every Song in Illumination's 'Sing'". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
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^ Jump up to: a b Hopewell, John (June 17, 2015). "Annecy: Chris Meledandri on Matthew McConaughey as a Koala Legit Theater Owner, 'The Grinch'". Variety. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
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Jump up ^ Buxton, Adam (April 14, 2016). "EP.16 - Pub Walk With Garth Jennings". soundcloud.com. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
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