| "I'm Telling You Now" | ||||
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| Single by Freddie and the Dreamers | ||||
| B-side | "What Have I Done to You?" | |||
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| Genre | Merseybeat[1] | |||
| Length | 2:05 | |||
| Label | Columbia (EMI) DB 7086 (UK) Tower 125 (USA) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Freddie Garrity, Mitch Murray | |||
| Producer(s) | John Burgess | |||
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"I'm Telling You Now" is a 1963 song by Freddie Garrity and Mitch Murray, originally performed by Freddie and the Dreamers, which, in 1965, reached number one on the American Billboard Hot 100.[2]
"I'm Telling You Now" was first released in the United Kingdom in August 1963 on EMI's Columbia label and went to number two in the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's biggest hit. Two years later, Capitol's subsidiary, Tower Records, re-released the song in the United States, which propelled Freddie and the Dreamers to international stardom.
The dancing by Freddie and the band during this song spawned (via video) a minor dance fad, the Freddie.[3]
- ^ Breihan, Tom (July 27, 2018). "The Number Ones: Freddie And The Dreamers' "I'm Telling You Now"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
"I'm Telling You Now," the one Freddie And The Dreamers song that crossed over to America, was strictly entry-level Merseybeat.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 15. Nielsen Company. April 10, 1965. p. 26. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ Freddie and the Dreamers- "I'm Telling You Now" live, Merv Griffin Show 1965