Needles and Pins (1963 song) 2895086 218085450 2008-06-09T02:22:38Z 71.97.146.92 {{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs --> | Name = Needles and Pins | Cover = | Cover size = | Caption = | Artist = [[Jackie DeShannon]] | from Album = | A-side = | B-side = | Released = | Format = | Recorded = | Genre = [[Rock and roll]]<br />[[Beat music]] | Length = | Label = | Writer = [[Jack Nitzsche]], [[Sonny Bono]] | Producer = | Certification = | Chart position = | Last single = | This single = | Next single = | Misc = }} {{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs --> | Name = Needles and Pins | Cover = | Cover size = | Caption = | Artist = [[The Searchers (band)|The Searchers]] | from Album = | A-side = | B-side = "[[Saturday Night Out]]" | Released = 1964 | Format = [[7" single]] | Recorded = | Genre = [[Beat music|Merseybeat]] | Length = 2:14 | Label = [[Pye]] 7N15594 (UK)<br>[[Kapp Records|Kapp]] 577 (USA) | Writer = | Producer = | Certification = | Chart position = UK: #1 | Last single = "Sweet Nothins"<br>(1963) | This single = "Needles and Pins"<br>(1964) | Next single = "[[Don't Throw Your Love Away]]"<br>(1964) | Misc = }} :''For other uses of ''Needles and Pins'', see [[Needles and Pins]]'' "'''Needles and Pins'''" is a [[song]] by [[Jack Nitzsche]] and [[Sonny Bono]], originally recorded by [[Jackie DeShannon]]. Other hit versions of the song were recorded by [[The Searchers (band)|The Searchers]], [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]] with [[Stevie Nicks]] and by [[The Ramones]]. ==Jackie DeShannon version (1963)== The song's original was recorded by [[Jackie DeShannon]] in [[1963]] and in the US, peaked at #84 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart in May of that year [See: ''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990'', Record Research, Inc., Menomonee Falls WI, 1991]. Though it was only a minor US hit, DeShannon's recording of the song topped the charts in English Canada, hitting number one on the [[CHUM Chart]] in early 1963. ==The Seachers version (1964)== [[The Searchers (band)|The Searchers]] heard [[United Kingdom|British]] performer [[Cliff Bennett]] perform "Needles and Pins" at a club in [[Hamburg, Germany]], and instantly wanted it to be their next single. Soon after, in [[1964]], "Needles and Pins" appeared on the Searchers' next album, ''[[It's Fab! It's Gear! It's The Searchers]]''. It peaked at #13 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart in [[United States|America]] and was number one in the [[United Kingdom]]. ==Other versions== In [[1986]], [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]] with [[Stevie Nicks]], recorded a live version of "Needles and Pins" for [[Pack up the Plantation: Live!]] which entered the top 40. Various other artists have recorded the song "Needles and Pins", including [[Willy DeVille]] on his 1999 (''[[Horse of a Different Color (Willy DeVille album)|Horse of a Different Color]]'' album), [[Crack The Sky]] (on their ''[[World in Motion 1]]'' album)<ref>Crack The Sky, ''World in Motion 1'', LP Criminal #1696 (1983)</ref>, [[Smokie (band)|Smokie]], [[Ramones|the Ramones]] (on their ''[[Road to Ruin (Ramones album)|Road to Ruin]]'' album) as well as the Swedish national rock-band [[Ultima Thule|Ultima Thule]] (on their "Blonda Svenska Vikingar" album). [[Megadeth]] made use of a sample of the song for the introduction of "Use the Man" from their 1997 album ''[[Cryptic Writings]]''. ==References== <references/> * ''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990'' Record Research, Inc., Menomonee Falls WI, 1990 [[ISBN 0-89820-089-X]] {{start box}} {{succession box | before = "[[Glad All Over]]" by [[Dave Clark Five]] | title = [[List of number-one singles from the 1960s (UK)|UK number one single]]<br>"Needles and Pins" by [[The Searchers (band)|The Searchers]] | years = [[January 30]], [[1964]] (3 weeks) | after = "[[Diane (song)|Diane]]" by [[The Bachelors]] }} {{end box}} {{The Searchers}} {{pop-song-stub}} [[Category:1963 songs]] [[Category:1960s pop songs]] [[Category:1963 singles]] [[Category:1964 singles]] [[Category:Number-one singles in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Number-one singles in Ireland]] [[Category:Songs by other artists recorded by The Ramones]] [[Category:Ramones|Songs]] [[Category:Tom Petty songs]] [[it:Needles and Pins (The Searchers)]]