C'mon Everybody

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"C'mon Everybody"
Eddie Cochran Cmon Everybody Liberty F-55166.jpg
Single by Eddie Cochran
B-side "Don't Ever Let Me Go"
ReleasedOctober 1958
RecordedOctober 10, 1958
Genre Rock and roll [1]
Length1:53
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Eddie Cochran

"C'mon Everybody" is a 1958 song by Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart, originally released as a B-side. [2] [3]

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Background

When Cochran recorded his lead vocal for the song, he also created an alternate version of the song called "Let's Get Together". The only change to the lyrics was exactly that: the phrase "Let's get together" in place of "C'mon everybody". This alternate version was eventually released on a compilation album in the 1960s.

Personnel

Chart performance

In 1959 it peaked in the UK (where Cochran had major success and where he died in 1960) at number six in the singles chart, and, thirty years later, in 1988, the track was re-issued there and became a number 14 hit. [4] In the United States the song got to number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Chart (1958/59)Peak
position
Canadian Singles Chart39
Flanders Singles Chart [5] 20
UK Singles Chart6
US Billboard Hot 100 [6] 35
Chart (1988)Peak
position
Irish Singles Chart7
UK Singles Chart14

Legacy

Sex Pistols ( with Sid Vicious, not John Lydon on vocals) covered the song for their soundtrack The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle in 1979. This was also released as a single, peaking at number three in the UK Singles Chart. [7] The song is one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500. "C'mon Everybody" is ranked number 403 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It was also used by Levi Strauss & Co. to promote their 501 jeans line in 1988. The song was re-released as a promotional single that year. The Hershey Company used Cochran's version in a 2021 promotional advertisement for Hershey's chocolate. [8]

English rock band Humble Pie covered the song for their 1972 album Smokin' , which had a heavier distorted tone and featured original guitar licks and a guitar solo incorporated by the band. Led Zeppelin regularly played the song live, though did not record it on any album. [9] [10]

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