I'll Never Dance Again

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"I'll Never Dance Again"
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Single by Bobby Rydell
B-side "Gee, It's Wonderful"
Released 1962
Genre Pop
Length2:31
Label Cameo Records
Songwriter(s) Barry Mann & Mike Anthony [1]
Bobby Rydell singles chronology
"I've Got Bonnie"
(1962)
"I'll Never Dance Again"
(1962)
"The Cha-Cha-Cha"
(1962)

"I'll Never Dance Again" is a song released in 1962 by Bobby Rydell. The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 14, [2] while reaching No. 4 in India, [3] No. 6 in Australia, [4] and No. 29 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade. [5]

The song was recorded two years later by Freddie and the Dreamers on their 1964 album You Were Mad for Me , [6] and by Herman's Hermits on the UK version of their eponymous debut album, released in 1965. [7]

Chart performance

Chart (1962)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 10014
India - The Voice [3] 4
Australia - Music Maker [4] 6
Canada - CHUM Hit Parade29

References

  1. I'll Never Dance Again - By: Bobby Rydell, MusicVF.com. Accessed July 23, 2015
  2. "Bobby Rydell - Chart History - The Hot 100", Billboard.com. Accessed July 24, 2015
  3. 1 2 "Hits of the World", Billboard , September 22, 1962. p. 16. Accessed October 14, 2015
  4. 1 2 "Billboard Music Week Hits of the World", Billboard , July 21, 1962. p. 14. Accessed July 14, 2016.
  5. "1050 CHUM - CHUM Charts". Archived from the original on July 21, 2006. Retrieved 2016-07-15. Chart No. 274, June 25, 1962. CHUM.
  6. Freddie & the Dreamers - I'll Never Dance Again, norwegiancharts.com. Accessed July 14, 2016.
  7. "Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits". AllMusic . Retrieved July 14, 2016.