| "You Never Can Tell" | ||||
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| Single by Chuck Berry | ||||
| from the album St. Louis to Liverpool | ||||
| B-side | "Brenda Lee" | |||
| Released | August 1964 | |||
| Recorded | January 1964 | |||
| Studio | Chess (Chicago)[1] | |||
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| Length | 2:43 | |||
| Label | Chess | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Chuck Berry | |||
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"You Never Can Tell", also known as "C'est La Vie" or "Teenage Wedding", is a song written by Chuck Berry. It was composed in the early 1960s while Berry was in federal prison for violating the Mann Act.[2] Released in 1964 on the album St. Louis to Liverpool and the follow-up single to Berry's final Top Ten hit of the 1960s: "No Particular Place to Go", "You Never Can Tell" reached number 14, becoming Berry's final Top 40 hit until "My Ding-a-Ling", a number 1 in October 1972. The song performed slightly better in Canada, and also reached the Top 40 in the United Kingdom.
Berry's recording features an iconic piano hook played by Johnnie Johnson.
- ^ "The Chuck Berry Database: Details For Recording Session: 7., 8. & 9. 1. 1964". A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry. Dietmar Rudolph. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ ""Chuck Berry is Arrested on Mann Act Charges in St. Louis, Missouri". History.com. A&E Television Networks, LLC. Retrieved 2014-03-24.