3/31/2021 0 Comments Na Na Na Na Hush
Barry from Sauquoit, Ny On February 16, 1975, Blue Swedes covered version of HushIm Alive entered Billboards Hot Top 100 chart at position 83; it would peak at 61 and it spent 5 weeks on the chart.Joe South was a prominent session musician and songwriter; some of his other compositions include Games People Play and Rose Garden.South also wrote Down in the Boondocks for Royal, which was a 9 US hit in 1965.
After Royal released his version, Hush was quickly recorded by many artists in a variety of styles. The song is about a guy who is so crazy in love that hell drop everything if he thinks she might be calling his name. ![]() Other artists to record the song include Jimmy Frey, The Rubes, Killdozer, Dan Baird, Gotthard and Thin Lizzy. Kula Shaker had the biggest UK hit with their cover going to 2 in 1997. Joe South adapted the song from an old African American spiritual, which included the line: Hush I thought I heard Jesus calling my name. It was a cohort of producer Joe Meek, Rod Freeman, who taught Deep Purple this song. Keyboardist Jon Lord recalled to Mojo magazine January 2009: Initially we thought its a bit too disco, or whatever the word was then. But Ritchie (Blackmore) said it would work if we toughened it up a bit. This song has been in the following films: Apollo 11 (1996), Isnt She Great (2000), Beyond the Sea (2004), Children of Men (2006). This was not a hit in Deep Purples native UK, though a re-recording made to celebrate their 20th anniversary reached a measly 62 in 1988. In 1997 British band Kula Shakers cover of this song peaked at 2 in the UK, bettering Deep Purples chart position by 60 places. Kula Shakers version featured in the 1997 film I Know What You Did Last Summer. Jon Lord (from Mojo magazine): The whacka thing on the organ was something I started doing in (his previous band) The Artwoods. I played it almost like a set of conga drums. The rhythm of Hush is like a samba. The Deep Purple version was included on their first album and recorded with the bands original lineup, which didnt include lead singer Ian Gillan, who joined in 1969, replacing Rod Evans. The song is a fan favorite, but Gillan kept it off the setlists when he was in the band, since he wasnt the original singer. When Steve Morse joined Deep Purple on guitar in 1994, he pushed to bring the song back to their live shows, which they did. We have a big improv section in there and its just a great feel from beginning to end for me, Morse said in our 2014 interview. Its the most basic tune in the world, but to me Deep Purple got on the map as a hard rock band from doing that version of Hush. In the US, this was released on Tetragrammaton Records, which was co-owned by Bill Cosby. Ron from Omaha Why isnt Billy Jo Royals version ever played on any oldies station including Sirius satellite radio Did Deep Purple have something to do with this Don from Pearland, Texas South wrote the song but Im thinking he had to have nipped the Na Na Na melody from A day in the Life.
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