I'll Never Dance Again

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"I'll Never Dance Again"
Single by Bobby Rydell
B-side"Gee, It's Wonderful"
Released1962
GenrePop
Length2:31
LabelCameo Records
Songwriter(s)Barry Mann & Mike Anthony[1]
Bobby Rydell singles chronology
"I've Got Bonnie"
(1962)
"I'll Never Dance Again"
(1962)
"The Cha-Cha-Cha"
(1962)

"I'll Never Dance Again" is a song released in 1962 by Bobby Rydell. The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 14,[2] while reaching No. 4 in India,[3] No. 6 in Australia,[4] and No. 29 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.[5]

The song was recorded two years later by Freddie and the Dreamers on their 1964 album You Were Mad for Me,[6] and by Herman's Hermits on the UK version of their eponymous debut album, released in 1965.[7]

Chart performance[edit]

Chart (1962) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 14
India - The Voice[3] 4
Australia - Music Maker[4] 6
Canada - CHUM Hit Parade 29

References[edit]

  1. ^ I'll Never Dance Again - By: Bobby Rydell, MusicVF.com. Accessed July 23, 2015
  2. ^ "Bobby Rydell - Chart History - The Hot 100", Billboard.com. Accessed July 24, 2015
  3. ^ a b "Hits of the World", Billboard, September 22, 1962. p. 16. Accessed October 14, 2015
  4. ^ a b "Billboard Music Week Hits of the World", Billboard, July 21, 1962. p. 14. Accessed July 14, 2016.
  5. ^ "1050 CHUM - CHUM Charts". Archived from the original on July 21, 2006. Retrieved 2016-07-15. Chart No. 274, June 25, 1962. CHUM.
  6. ^ Freddie & the Dreamers - I'll Never Dance Again, norwegiancharts.com. Accessed July 14, 2016.
  7. ^ "Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits". AllMusic. Retrieved July 14, 2016.