| "Then He Kissed Me" | ||||
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| Single by The Crystals | ||||
| from the album Philles Records Presents Today's Hits | ||||
| B-side | "Brother Julius" | |||
| Released | July 12, 1963 | |||
| Genre | Brill Building[1] | |||
| Length | 2:35 | |||
| Label | Philles (US, Canada) London (UK) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry | |||
| Producer(s) | Phil Spector | |||
| The Crystals singles chronology | ||||
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"Then He Kissed Me" is a song written by Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry. The song, produced by Spector, was initially released as a single on Philles Records (#115) in July 1963 by The Crystals. The lyrics are a narrative of a young woman's encounter, romance, and eventual engagement with a young man.
In 2004, this song was number 493 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[2] Pitchfork placed it at number 18 on its list of "The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s".[3] Billboard named the song number 8 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.[4]
The song appears in the 1987 film Adventures in Babysitting and in the 1990 movie Goodfellas. It was also played in the opening scene of the 2020 film To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You.
- ^ "Brill Building Sound: Where Rock And Roll Began". Audioacademy.in. 20 July 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
- ^ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". RollingStone.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
- ^ "Staff Lists: The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s | Features". Pitchfork. August 18, 2006. Archived from the original on June 2, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
- ^ "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks". Billboard. July 10, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2017.