Wrack My Brain

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"Wrack My Brain"
Wrack My Brain by Ringo Starr.jpeg
US single picture sleeve
Single by Ringo Starr
from the album Stop and Smell the Roses
B-side "Drumming is My Madness"
Released27 October 1981
Genre Pop [1]
Length2:21
Label RCA (US) Boardwalk (UK)
Songwriter George Harrison
Producer George Harrison
Ringo Starr singles chronology
"Tonight"
(1978)		"Wrack My Brain"
(1981)		"Private Property"
(1981)
Music video
"Wrack My Brain" on YouTube

"Wrack My Brain" is a song by the English musician Ringo Starr as the lead single from his 1981 album Stop and Smell the Roses , written and produced by former Beatle George Harrison.

Contents

The song became his last single to chart in the US.

Background

"Wrack My Brain" was written by George Harrison to explain his frustration with the music industry and the pressure to produce hits. [2]

In the liner notes of Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr, Starr wrote the following about the song:

George wrote that one. I was watching a lot of TV then, as he writes in one of the lyrics of the song. Also I was probably going insane too. George thought this song would be good for mr. It's a song I know he'd never do. So it gave George more freedom and it was a bit looser than something that he would do for himself.

— Ringo Starr, inDavid Wild, Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr , [3]

Reception

Billboard called it a "short, catchy pop tune" and stating that "This is Ringo's most instantaneously memorable tune in some time." [1] Record World stated that you "can't help but love Ringo here, as he sings of a stifled romance on this initial single from his new LP." [4]

Release history

The song has been released on Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2 and Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr . [5]

Personnel

According to author Simon Leng, except where noted: [6]

Charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [7] 32
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [8] 10
US Billboard Hot 100 [9] 38

References

  1. 1 2 "BB-1981-11-07.pdf" (PDF). Billboard . 1981. p. 81.
  2. ↑ Ventrella, Michael A. (2023-03-13). The Beatles on the Charts: All Group and Solo Albums and Singles Ranked by Popularity. McFarland. p. 35. ISBN   978-1-4766-9079-7.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Photograph: The Very Best Of Ringo (Media notes) – via Discogs.
  4. ↑ "RW-1981-11-07.pdf" (PDF). Record World . 1981. p. 1.
  5. ↑ "Ringo Starr – Wrack My Brain". AllMusic . Retrieved 2024-06-05.
  6. ↑ Leng, Simon (2006). While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music of George Harrison. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 228. ISBN   978-1-4234-0609-9.
  7. ↑ "Ringo Starr – Wrack My Brain" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  8. ↑ "Ringo Starr – Wrack My Brain". Swiss Singles Chart.
  9. ↑ "Ringo Starr Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 November 2024.


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