1, 2, 3, Red Light (song) explained
1, 2, 3, Red Light |
Cover: | 1,_2,_3,_Red_Light_-_1910_Fruitgum_Company.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | 1910 Fruitgum Company |
Album: | 1, 2, 3, Red Light |
B-Side: | Sticky Sticky |
Released: | July 1968 |
Genre: |
|
Label: | Buddah |
Producer: | Super K Productions |
Prev Title: | May I Take a Giant Step (Into Your Heart) |
Prev Year: | 1968 |
Next Title: | Goody Goody Gumdrops |
Next Year: | 1968 |
"1, 2, 3, Red Light" is a song written by Sal Trimachi and Bobbi Trimachi and was recorded by 1910 Fruitgum Company for their 1968 album, 1, 2, 3, Red Light.[2] The song charted highest in Canada, going to number 1 on the RPM 100 national singles chart in 1968.[3] In the same year in the US, it went to number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was on the charts for 13 weeks.[4]
The song went to number 2 in South Africa,[5] number 3 on the New Zealand charts, and in Australia it reached number 7. It was named the number 39 song of 1968 on the Cashbox charts. The song was certified as a gold disc in September 1968.[6]
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Chart (1968) | Rank |
---|
Canada[12] | 42 |
US Billboard Hot 100[13] | 48 |
US Cash Box Top 100[14] | 39 |
|
Cover versions
- Ohio Express released a cover version of the song on their 1969 album, Chewy, Chewy.[15]
- Talking Heads played the song at some of their early shows and a live version can be found on the bootleg Gimme Heads.[16]
- Welsh band The Pooh Sticks covered the song in 1988 and released it on Fierce Recordings as part of a 5-disc series of one-sided seven inch singles, artisticly scratched on their B sides.
Notes and References
- Book: Stanley, Bob . Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Bubblegum is the Naked Truth: The Monkees. 13 September 2013. Faber & Faber. 978-0-571-28198-5. 275.
- Web site: Kathleen C. Fennessy . 1, 2, 3 Red Light - 1910 Fruitgum Company | Songs, Reviews, Credits . . 1 October 2016.
- Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . https://archive.today/20120729153334/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.5836&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=25q34bgck2obn02l8qiut07601 . dead . 29 July 2012 . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1 October 2016 .
- Web site: Artist Search for "1910 fruitgum company" . . 1 October 2016.
- Web site: Brian Currin . South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1965 - 1989 Acts (0-9) . Rock.co.za . 25 May 2003 . 1 October 2016.
- Web site: Song artist 912 - 1910 Fruitgum Co . Tsort.info . 1 October 2016.
- Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . https://archive.today/20120729153334/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.5836&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=25q34bgck2obn02l8qiut07601 . dead . 29 July 2012 . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1 October 2016 .
- Web site: Brian Currin . South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1965 - 1989 Acts (0-9) . Rock.co.za . 25 May 2003 . 1 October 2016.
- Book: Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos 1959–2012. 1st. 2015. Fundación Autor-SGAE. Spain. 978-84-8048-866-2.
- Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002
- Web site: CASH BOX Top 100 Singles, September 28, 1968 . 27 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140812082902/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/19680928.html . 12 August 2014 . dead .
- Web site: Image : RPM Weekly. . 17 July 2013.
- Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1968/Top 100 Songs of 1968 | Music Outfitters.
- Web site: CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1968 Top 100 Pop Singles, December 28, 1968 . 27 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161009061908/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/1968YESP.html . 9 October 2016 . dead .
- Web site: Chewy, Chewy - Ohio Express | Songs, Reviews, Credits . . 1 October 2016.
- Web site: Mark Allender . Gimme Heads - Talking Heads | Songs, Reviews, Credits . . 1 October 2016.