"Out in the Streets" | ||||
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Single by the Shangri-Las | ||||
from the album Shangri-Las '65 | ||||
B-side | "The Boy" | |||
Released | April 1965 | |||
Length | 2:39 | |||
Label | Red Bird | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry | |||
Producer(s) | Shadow Morton | |||
The Shangri-Las singles chronology | ||||
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Out in the Streets is a song written by Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry.
It was first recorded by the American girl group the Shangri-Las in 1965 and released as their fifth single. The song was produced by Shadow Morton, arranged by Artie Butler and released on Red Bird Records (RB 10-025) with the Morton composition “The Boy” on the B-Side, [1] It reached # 53 on the US Billboard Top 100. [2]
It was performed on the TV show Shindig! in 1965. [3]
The song was covered by Blondie in 1975; [4] but this cover was not released until 1994, when it was included on The Platinum Collection . Blondie subsequently covered it again in 1999 for their album No Exit . [5]
The song was used in artist Elizabeth Price's 2012 Turner Prize winning video installation The Woolworths Choir of 1979.
The song is sampled in Sharleen Spiteri's song All the Times I Cried .
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The Shangri-Las were an American girl group of the 1960s, consisting of Mary Weiss, her sister Elizabeth "Betty" Weiss and twin sisters Marguerite "Marge" Ganser and Mary Ann Ganser. Between 1964 and 1966 several hit pop songs of theirs documented teen tragedies and melodramas. They continue to be known for their hits "Remember ", "Give Him a Great Big Kiss", and in particular, "Leader of the Pack" which went to number 1 in the United States in late 1964. Following the death of Mary Weiss in 2024, her sister Betty is the only living member of the group.
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