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| Single by Four Tops | ||||
| from the album Reach Out | ||||
| B-side | "Something About You" or "I Got a Feeling" | |||
| Released | February 16, 1967 | |||
| Recorded | Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A); January 25, 1967 | |||
| Genre | Soul, pop | |||
| Length | 3:00 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Holland–Dozier–Holland | |||
| Producer(s) | Brian Holland Lamont Dozier | |||
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Bernadette
The Four Tops
Discográfica: Motown · · Productor: Brian Holland , Lamont Dozier
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1967 single by Four Tops
"Bernadette" is a 1967 hit song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. The song was written and composed by Holland–Dozier–Holland, Motown`s main songwriting team, and produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier.
Billboard described the song as a "hard-driving rocker" with an "outstanding performance by the group."[1] Cash Box called the single a "pulsating Detroit lid underscored by that steady, danceable rhythm."[2] The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, #8 on the Cash Box Top 100. [3] On the R&B chart, "Bernadette" went to #3..[4] It also reached #8 in the UK and was a hit again in 1972, reaching #23.[5]
The song is notable for its false ending, where the instruments drop out and the background singers hold a chord. Lead singer Levi Stubbs then shouts "Bernadette!" and the song resumes, ending in a fade-out. Critic Maury Dean described the effectiveness of Stubb`s shout of "Bernadette!" as being the key ingredient in getting listeners to buy the record, even if Bernadette herself may not have heard him.[6]
AllMusic critic John Bush calls it "dramatic" and "impassioned."[7]
Personnel
- Lead vocals by Levi Stubbs
- Background vocals by Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Lawrence Payton, and The Andantes: Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps
- Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
- Written and composed by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland, Jr.
- Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier
Notes and references
- ^ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. March 4, 1967. p. 14. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. March 4, 1967. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits: 1952-1996. Record Research. p. 148.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 212.
- ^ "Four Tops charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
- ^ Dean, M. (2003). Rock `n` Roll Gold Rush. Algora. p. 164. ISBN 0875862071.
- ^ Bush, J. "Reach Out". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
External links
- List of cover versions of "Bernadette" at SecondHandSongs.com
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| 1960s | 1964 "Baby I Need Your Loving" "Without the One You Love (Life`s Not Worth While)" 1965 "Ask the Lonely" "I Can`t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" "It`s the Same Old Song" "Something About You" 1966 "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It`s Over)" "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" "Reach Out I`ll Be There" "Standing in the Shadows of Love" 1967 "Bernadette" "7-Rooms of Gloom" / "I`ll Turn to Stone" "You Keep Running Away" 1968 "Walk Away Renée" "If I Were a Carpenter" "Yesterday`s Dreams" "I`m in a Different World" 1969 "What Is a Man" "Do What You Gotta Do" "Don`t Let Him Take Your Love from Me" |
| 1970s | 1970 "I Can`t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" (re-issue) "It`s All in the Game" "Still Water (Love)" "River Deep – Mountain High" (with The Supremes) 1971 "Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)" "You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart" (with The Supremes) "In These Changing Times" "MacArthur Park (Part II)" 1972 "A Simple Game" "Bernadette" (re-issue) "Walk with Me, Talk with Me, Darling" "(It`s the Way) Nature Planned It" "Keeper of the Castle" 1973 "Ain`t No Woman (Like the One I`ve Got)" "Are You Man Enough" "Sweet Understanding Love" 1974 "I Just Can`t Get You Out of My Mind" "One Chain Don`t Make No Prison" "Midnight Flower" 1975 "Seven Lonely Nights" "We All Gotta Stick Together" 1976 "Catfish" "I`m Glad You Walked into My Life" |
| 1980s | 1981 "When She Was My Girl" "Don`t Walk Away" 1982 "Let Me Set You Free" "Back to School Again" "Sad Hearts" "Tonight I`m Gonna Love You All Over" 1983 "I Believe in You and Me" "I Just Can`t Walk Away" 1985 "Sexy Ways" 1988 "Reach Out I`ll Be There" (re-issue) "If Ever a Love There Was" (with Aretha Franklin) "Indestructible" "Loco in Acapulco" 1989 "The Sun Ain`t Gonna Shine" |
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| Songs | 1962 "Dearest One" "Old Love (Let`s Try It Again)" "Darling, I Hum Our Song" 1963 "Leaving Here" "Locking Up My Heart" "What Goes Up Must Come Down" / "Come on Home" "Tie a String Around Your Finger" "Come and Get These Memories" / "Jealous Lover" "You Lost the Sweetest Boy" "Heat Wave" / "A Love Like Yours (Don`t Come Knocking Everyday)" "(He Won`t Be True) Little Girl Blue" "Mickey`s Monkey" "Too Hurt to Cry, Too Much in Love to Say Goodbye" / "Come on Home" "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" / "Standing at the Crossroads of Love" "I Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying" "Quicksand" / "Darling I Hum Our Song" "Live Wire" / "Old Love (Let`s Try It Again)" "Run, Run, Run" / "I`m Giving You Your Freedom" "Can I Get a Witness" 1964 "A Tear from a Woman`s Eyes" "My Lady Bug Stay Away from That Beatle" "Like a Nightmare" / "If You Were Mine" "In My Lonely Room" "Just Ain`t Enough Love" "Where Did Our Love Go" "Baby Don`t You Do It" "Guarantee for a Lifetime" "Baby I Need Your Loving" / "Call on Me" "Candy to Me" / "If You Don`t Want My Love" "Whisper You Love Me Boy" "Baby Love" / "Ask Any Girl" "Come See About Me" / (You`re Gone But) Always in My Heart" "Without the One You Love (Life`s Not Worth While)" / "Love has Gone" "You`re a Wonderful One" "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" 1965 "Where Did You Go" "Stop! In the Name of Love" / "I`m in Love Again" "You`ve Been a Long Time Coming" "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" "Nowhere to Run" "Back in My Arms Again" / "Whisper You Love Me Boy" "I Can`t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" "The Only Time I`m Happy" "Mother Dear" / "He Holds His Own" "Nothing but Heartaches" / "He Holds His Own" "Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)" "It`s the Same Old Song" / "Your Love Is Amazing" "Mother Dear" / "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" "I Hear a Symphony" / "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" "Something About You" "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)" "Darling Baby" "There`s a Ghost in My House" 1966 "(I`m a) Roadrunner" "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" "Ask any Man" "My World Is Empty Without You" "Put Yourself in My Place" "There`s No Love Left" "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It`s Over)" / "Just as Long as You Need Me" "Helpless" / "A Love Like Yours (Don`t Come Knocking Everyday)" "Call on Me" "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" / "He`s All I Got" "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" "I Like Everything About You" "I Guess I`ll Always Love You" "Nothing but Soul" "Love`s Gone Bad" / "Put Yourself in My Place" "You Can`t Hurry Love" / "Put Yourself in My Place" "Little Darling (I Need You)" "Reach Out I`ll Be There" / "Until You Love Someone" "Stay in My Lonely Arms" "You Keep Me Hangin` On" / "I Wanna Mother You, Smother You With Love" "You Keep Me Hangin` On" / "Remove This Doubt" "Standing in the Shadows of Love" / Since You`ve Been Gone" "I`m Ready for Love" "(Come `Round Here) I`m the One You Need" "Heaven Must Have Sent You" 1967 "Just One Last Look" "Love Is Here and Now You`re Gone" / There`s No Stopping Us Now" "Your Love Is Amazing" "Jimmy Mack" / "Third Finger, Left Hand" "Bernadette" / "I Got a Feeling" "My World Is Empty Without You" "The Happening" / "All I Know About You" "Just Ain`t Enough Love" "7 Rooms of Gloom" / "I`ll Turn to Stone" "I Understand My Man" "Your Unchanging Love" / "I`ll Take Care of You" "Reflections" / "Going Down for the Third Time" "One Way Out" "You Keep Me Running Away" / "If You Don`t Want My Love" "I Got a Feeling" "In and Out of Love" / "I Guess I`ll Always Love You" 1968 "Whisper You Love Me Boy" "Forever Came Today" "I`m in a Different World" 1969 "We`ve Got a Way Out Love" "Crumbs off the Table" 1970 "Give Me Just a Little More Time" "(You`ve Got Me) Dangling on a String" "Everything`s Tuesday" "Band of Gold" "Westbound #9" 1972 "The Day I Found Myself" "Don`t Leave Me Starvin` for Your Love" "Why Can`t We Be Lovers" 1973 "You`re Gonna Need Me" 1975 "We`re Almost There" "Just a Little Bit of You" "Early Morning Love" "Where Do I Go from Here" 1976 "I`m Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking" "High Energy" "Let Yourself Go" 1982 "We Can Never Light That Old Flame Again" |
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- 1967 singles
- Four Tops songs
- Songs written by Holland–Dozier–Holland
- Motown singles
- 1967 songs
- 1966 songs
- Song recordings produced by Brian Holland
- Song recordings produced by Lamont Dozier
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1967 single by Four Tops
"Bernadette" is a 1967 hit song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. The song was written and composed by Holland–Dozier–Holland, Motown`s main songwriting team, and produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier.
Billboard described the song as a "hard-driving rocker" with an "outstanding performance by the group."[1] Cash Box called the single a "pulsating Detroit lid underscored by that steady, danceable rhythm."[2] The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, #8 on the Cash Box Top 100. [3] On the R&B chart, "Bernadette" went to #3..[4] It also reached #8 in the UK and was a hit again in 1972, reaching #23.[5]
The song is notable for its false ending, where the instruments drop out and the background singers hold a chord. Lead singer Levi Stubbs then shouts "Bernadette!" and the song resumes, ending in a fade-out. Critic Maury Dean described the effectiveness of Stubb`s shout of "Bernadette!" as being the key ingredient in getting listeners to buy the record, even if Bernadette herself may not have heard him.[6]
AllMusic critic John Bush calls it "dramatic" and "impassioned."[7]
Personnel
- Lead vocals by Levi Stubbs
- Background vocals by Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Lawrence Payton, and The Andantes: Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps
- Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
- Written and composed by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland, Jr.
- Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier
Notes and references
- ^ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. March 4, 1967. p. 14. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. March 4, 1967. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits: 1952-1996. Record Research. p. 148.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 212.
- ^ "Four Tops charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
- ^ Dean, M. (2003). Rock `n` Roll Gold Rush. Algora. p. 164. ISBN 0875862071.
- ^ Bush, J. "Reach Out". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
External links
- List of cover versions of "Bernadette" at SecondHandSongs.com
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| Studio albums |
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| Albums with The Supremes |
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| Compilations and live albums |
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| Singles |
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| Related topics |
|
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|---|---|
| 1960s | 1964 "Baby I Need Your Loving" "Without the One You Love (Life`s Not Worth While)" 1965 "Ask the Lonely" "I Can`t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" "It`s the Same Old Song" "Something About You" 1966 "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It`s Over)" "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" "Reach Out I`ll Be There" "Standing in the Shadows of Love" 1967 "Bernadette" "7-Rooms of Gloom" / "I`ll Turn to Stone" "You Keep Running Away" 1968 "Walk Away Renée" "If I Were a Carpenter" "Yesterday`s Dreams" "I`m in a Different World" 1969 "What Is a Man" "Do What You Gotta Do" "Don`t Let Him Take Your Love from Me" |
| 1970s | 1970 "I Can`t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" (re-issue) "It`s All in the Game" "Still Water (Love)" "River Deep – Mountain High" (with The Supremes) 1971 "Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)" "You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart" (with The Supremes) "In These Changing Times" "MacArthur Park (Part II)" 1972 "A Simple Game" "Bernadette" (re-issue) "Walk with Me, Talk with Me, Darling" "(It`s the Way) Nature Planned It" "Keeper of the Castle" 1973 "Ain`t No Woman (Like the One I`ve Got)" "Are You Man Enough" "Sweet Understanding Love" 1974 "I Just Can`t Get You Out of My Mind" "One Chain Don`t Make No Prison" "Midnight Flower" 1975 "Seven Lonely Nights" "We All Gotta Stick Together" 1976 "Catfish" "I`m Glad You Walked into My Life" |
| 1980s | 1981 "When She Was My Girl" "Don`t Walk Away" 1982 "Let Me Set You Free" "Back to School Again" "Sad Hearts" "Tonight I`m Gonna Love You All Over" 1983 "I Believe in You and Me" "I Just Can`t Walk Away" 1985 "Sexy Ways" 1988 "Reach Out I`ll Be There" (re-issue) "If Ever a Love There Was" (with Aretha Franklin) "Indestructible" "Loco in Acapulco" 1989 "The Sun Ain`t Gonna Shine" |
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| Songs | 1962 "Dearest One" "Old Love (Let`s Try It Again)" "Darling, I Hum Our Song" 1963 "Leaving Here" "Locking Up My Heart" "What Goes Up Must Come Down" / "Come on Home" "Tie a String Around Your Finger" "Come and Get These Memories" / "Jealous Lover" "You Lost the Sweetest Boy" "Heat Wave" / "A Love Like Yours (Don`t Come Knocking Everyday)" "(He Won`t Be True) Little Girl Blue" "Mickey`s Monkey" "Too Hurt to Cry, Too Much in Love to Say Goodbye" / "Come on Home" "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" / "Standing at the Crossroads of Love" "I Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying" "Quicksand" / "Darling I Hum Our Song" "Live Wire" / "Old Love (Let`s Try It Again)" "Run, Run, Run" / "I`m Giving You Your Freedom" "Can I Get a Witness" 1964 "A Tear from a Woman`s Eyes" "My Lady Bug Stay Away from That Beatle" "Like a Nightmare" / "If You Were Mine" "In My Lonely Room" "Just Ain`t Enough Love" "Where Did Our Love Go" "Baby Don`t You Do It" "Guarantee for a Lifetime" "Baby I Need Your Loving" / "Call on Me" "Candy to Me" / "If You Don`t Want My Love" "Whisper You Love Me Boy" "Baby Love" / "Ask Any Girl" "Come See About Me" / (You`re Gone But) Always in My Heart" "Without the One You Love (Life`s Not Worth While)" / "Love has Gone" "You`re a Wonderful One" "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" 1965 "Where Did You Go" "Stop! In the Name of Love" / "I`m in Love Again" "You`ve Been a Long Time Coming" "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" "Nowhere to Run" "Back in My Arms Again" / "Whisper You Love Me Boy" "I Can`t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" "The Only Time I`m Happy" "Mother Dear" / "He Holds His Own" "Nothing but Heartaches" / "He Holds His Own" "Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)" "It`s the Same Old Song" / "Your Love Is Amazing" "Mother Dear" / "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" "I Hear a Symphony" / "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" "Something About You" "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)" "Darling Baby" "There`s a Ghost in My House" 1966 "(I`m a) Roadrunner" "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" "Ask any Man" "My World Is Empty Without You" "Put Yourself in My Place" "There`s No Love Left" "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It`s Over)" / "Just as Long as You Need Me" "Helpless" / "A Love Like Yours (Don`t Come Knocking Everyday)" "Call on Me" "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" / "He`s All I Got" "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" "I Like Everything About You" "I Guess I`ll Always Love You" "Nothing but Soul" "Love`s Gone Bad" / "Put Yourself in My Place" "You Can`t Hurry Love" / "Put Yourself in My Place" "Little Darling (I Need You)" "Reach Out I`ll Be There" / "Until You Love Someone" "Stay in My Lonely Arms" "You Keep Me Hangin` On" / "I Wanna Mother You, Smother You With Love" "You Keep Me Hangin` On" / "Remove This Doubt" "Standing in the Shadows of Love" / Since You`ve Been Gone" "I`m Ready for Love" "(Come `Round Here) I`m the One You Need" "Heaven Must Have Sent You" 1967 "Just One Last Look" "Love Is Here and Now You`re Gone" / There`s No Stopping Us Now" "Your Love Is Amazing" "Jimmy Mack" / "Third Finger, Left Hand" "Bernadette" / "I Got a Feeling" "My World Is Empty Without You" "The Happening" / "All I Know About You" "Just Ain`t Enough Love" "7 Rooms of Gloom" / "I`ll Turn to Stone" "I Understand My Man" "Your Unchanging Love" / "I`ll Take Care of You" "Reflections" / "Going Down for the Third Time" "One Way Out" "You Keep Me Running Away" / "If You Don`t Want My Love" "I Got a Feeling" "In and Out of Love" / "I Guess I`ll Always Love You" 1968 "Whisper You Love Me Boy" "Forever Came Today" "I`m in a Different World" 1969 "We`ve Got a Way Out Love" "Crumbs off the Table" 1970 "Give Me Just a Little More Time" "(You`ve Got Me) Dangling on a String" "Everything`s Tuesday" "Band of Gold" "Westbound #9" 1972 "The Day I Found Myself" "Don`t Leave Me Starvin` for Your Love" "Why Can`t We Be Lovers" 1973 "You`re Gonna Need Me" 1975 "We`re Almost There" "Just a Little Bit of You" "Early Morning Love" "Where Do I Go from Here" 1976 "I`m Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking" "High Energy" "Let Yourself Go" 1982 "We Can Never Light That Old Flame Again" |
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Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bernadette_(Four_Tops_song)&oldid=1235228015"
Categories:
- 1967 singles
- Four Tops songs
- Songs written by Holland–Dozier–Holland
- Motown singles
- 1967 songs
- 1966 songs
- Song recordings produced by Brian Holland
- Song recordings produced by Lamont Dozier
- Songs about jealousy
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Articles with hAudio microformats
