"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" | ||||
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Single by Cher | ||||
from the album The Sonny Side of Chér | ||||
B-side | ||||
Released | February 25, 1966 | |||
Recorded | February 11, 1966 | |||
Studio | Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, California | |||
Genre | Folk rock | |||
Length | 2:44 | |||
Label | Imperial | |||
Songwriter(s) | Sonny Bono | |||
Producer(s) | Sonny Bono | |||
Cher singles chronology | ||||
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Audio | ||||
Cher – "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" on YouTube |
"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" is the second single by American singer-actress Cher from her second album, The Sonny Side of Chér (1966). It was written by her husband Sonny Bono and released in 1966. It reached No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a week (behind "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" by The Righteous Brothers), eventually becoming one of Cher's biggest-selling singles of the 1960s.[1][2]