With a Girl Like You

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"With a Girl Like You"
The Troggs - With a Girl Like You.jpg
Dutch picture sleeve
Single by the Troggs
B-side "I Want You"
Released8 July 1966 (1966-07-08) [1]
Studio Olympic, London
Genre
Length2:08
Label Fontana
Songwriter(s) Reg Presley [4]
Producer(s) Larry Page [4]
The Troggs singles chronology
"Wild Thing"
(1966)		"With a Girl Like You"
(1966)		"I Can't Control Myself"
(1966)

"With a Girl Like You" is a song by English rock band the Troggs, released as a single in July 1966. On the back of the success of "Wild Thing", "With a Girl Like You" topped the charts in the UK, and was similarly a success across Europe, but did not fare as well in the US, only peaking at number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100. [5] [6]

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Background and release

"With a Girl Like You" was written by the Troggs' lead vocalist Reg Presley whilst he was a bricklayer. He took inspiration from the vocals in "Barbara Ann", which became a hit for the Beach Boys in early 1966. [7] "With a Girl Like You" was recorded at Olympic Studios at the same time as their previous single "Wild Thing". Both songs were recorded in two takes because they only had a short amount of recording time; manager Larry Page got them into the studio at the end of a session for his orchestra. [8] [9] The hook, with Presley shouting "Ba ba ba ba ba", was initially planned to be performed on trumpets, though the band opted for vocals instead. [7]

"Wild Thing" had been simultaneously released in the US in May 1966 on two record labels, Atco and Fontana. Atco had released "With a Girl Like You" as the B-side, whereas Fontana released "Wild Thing" with the Presley-penned "From Home". Therefore, in July, Fontana released "With a Girl Like You" as a A-side single with "I Want You", written by Page and Colin Frechter, as the B-side, which is the same as the release in the UK. [10] [11]

Reception

Reviewing for New Musical Express , Derek Johnson wrote that "With a Girl Like You" "doesn't have the novelty spoken passages and tempo breaks of "Wild Thing" but it does have another gimmick – at the end of each line. The soloist repeats the melody in a sort of scat vocal that everyone can join in. It's a catchy mid-tempo tune, fairly simple in construction, and therefore quickly assimilated". [12] Record Mirror wrote that it "should be every bit as big as "Wild Thing"" and similarly that "the boys plunge into a steady mid-tempo, with rasping lead voice, and sturdy beat and several vocal gimmicks on a teen song if ever there was one". [13] Cash Box described it as "a low-down, funky, blues-soaked romancer". [14]

Charts

Chart (1966–67)Peak
position
Australia ( Go-Set ) [15] 4
Australia (Kent Music Report) [16] 8
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [17] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [18] 12
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [19] 8
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [20] 16
Denmark (Danmarks Radio) [21] 3
Finland (Soumen Virallinen) [22] 13
Germany (Official German Charts) [23] 2
Ireland (IRMA) [24] 2
Italy ( Musica e dischi ) [25] 11
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [26] 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [27] 1
New Zealand ( Listener ) [28] 1
Norway (VG-lista) [29] 2
Rhodesia (Lyons Maid) [30] 1
South Africa (Springbok Radio) [31] 1
Spain (Promusicae) [32] 6
Sweden (Kvällstoppen) [33] 2
Sweden ( Tio i Topp ) [34] 1
UK Disc and Music Echo Top 50 [35] 1
UK Melody Maker Top 50 [36] 1
UK New Musical Express Top 30 [37] 1
UK Record Retailer Top 50 [5] 1
US Billboard Hot 100 [6] 29
US Cash Box Top 100 [38] 41

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