Hello Hello Hello Its Me Again

1968 single by Nazz

"Hi It'south Me"
Nazz - Hello It's Me.jpg

United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland single label

Single by Nazz
from the album Nazz
A-side "Open up My Eyes"
Released July 1968 (1968-07)
Recorded Apr 1968 (1968-04)
Studio Starfish Sound, Philadelphia/Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Genre Pop
Length 3:57
Characterization SGC
Songwriter(s) Todd Rundgren
Producer(s)
  • Michael Friedman
  • Nazz
Nazz singles chronology
"Open My Eyes"
(1968)
"Hello It'due south Me"
(1968)
"Non Wrong Long"
(1969)

"Hi It's Me" is a vocal written by American musician Todd Rundgren. It was the first vocal he wrote, and was recorded by his group Nazz equally a tiresome ballad, released as the B-side of the ring's first single, "Open up My Optics", in 1968. A mid-tempo version of "Hello It's Me", recorded for Rundgren's 1972 solo album Something/Anything?, was issued as a unmarried in September 1973, reaching No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

History [edit]

"Hello It'due south Me" was the get-go song written by Todd Rundgren.[1] Written in 1967 as a dull ballad about the breakup of a relationship,[2] it was released in October 1968 as the B-side of his band Nazz's debut single "Open My Eyes", and included on the debut album Nazz (1968). Although released as a B-side, it was picked up in preference to the A-side by Boston radio station WMEX, where information technology rose to No. one, and was later on picked upward by other stations. It entered the Billboard chart in February 1969, peaking at number 71, and re-entered the charts the following January, this time peaking at number 66. In Canada, it ranked number 41 in March 1969,[3] and number 58 in February 1970.[4]

Rundgren's songs in this early phase of his career were heavily influenced past the work of Laura Nyro,[ citation needed ] merely in a 2005 interview he revealed that the bones structure of the vocal was adapted from the introduction of a Jimmy Smith recording:

...the main influence for How-do-you-do Information technology's Me was an eight bar intro that Jimmy Smith played on a recording of When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling house.  He had this whole sort of block chord thing that he did to set up upwards the intro of the song.  I tried to capture those changes, and those changes became what are the changes underneath Howdy It'southward Me.  I then had to come up with tune and words, but the changes are actually virtually lifted literally from something that was, from Jimmy Smith'southward standpoint, a throwaway.

Todd Rundgren, puremusic.com [one]

Todd Rundgren solo version [edit]

"Hello It's Me"
Helloitsme rundgren.jpg

1974 French republic single picture sleeve

Unmarried past Todd Rundgren
from the album Something/Annihilation?
B-side "Cold Morning Light"
Released September 1973 (1973-09)
Recorded 1971
Studio The Record Plant, New York City
Genre
  • Soft stone[5] [6] [7]
  • pop[8] [ix]
  • soul[10]
Length
  • 3:31 (unmarried)
  • iv:42 (album)
Characterization Bearsville
Songwriter(s) Todd Rundgren
Producer(s) Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren singles chronology
"Couldn't I Just Tell You"
(1972)
"Hullo It's Me"
(1973)
"A Dream Goes On Forever"
(1974)

Rundgren recorded a more midtempo version of "Hello It'due south Me" for his 1972 solo album Something/Anything?. An edit of this version was released every bit a single in September 1973, over a year and a half after Something/Anything? and became Rundgren'southward only tiptop x pop hitting, reaching No. 5 on the Hot 100. It also reached No. 17 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[eleven]

Personnel [edit]

  • Todd Rundgren – lead vocals, piano
  • Marking "Moogy" Klingman – organ
  • John Siomos – drums
  • Stu Woods – bass guitar
  • Robbie Kogale – guitar
  • Randy Brecker – trumpet
  • Michael Brecker – tenor sax
  • Barry Rogers – trombone
  • Hope Ruff – backing vocals
  • Richard Corey – bankroll vocals
  • Allan Nicholls - backing vocals
  • Vicki Robinson – backing vocals
  • Dennis Cooley – backing vocals
  • Cecilia Norfleet – bankroll vocals[12] [thirteen]

Chart history [edit]

Weekly charts [edit]

Chart (1973–74) Summit
position
Commonwealth of australia (Kent Music Report)[14] 68
Canada RPM Top Singles 17
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[15] 9
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[16] v
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 17
U.Southward. Cash Box Top 100[17] 2

Year-end charts [edit]

Chart (1973) Rank
Canada RPM Top Singles[18] 139
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[xix] 82
Chart (1974) Rank
U.S. Greenbacks Box [20] 23

Popular culture [edit]

  • In 2022 the song was used during a pivotal scene in the premiere episode of And Just Similar That..., the Tv set sequel to the original Sex and the Urban center on HBO.[21] It was repeated at various points during the evidence's 2021-22 season.
  • In the airplane pilot of the Fox sitcom That '70s Bear witness, the song was offset mentioned by Jackie Burkhart and it also played over the ending scene in which Eric Forman and Donna Pinciotti were lying on the Vista Cruiser. In addition, the cease credits featured Eric and the gang joyfully singing "Hello Information technology'due south Me" in the car while on their way to a Todd Rundgren concert. This scene was used again during the terminate credits of the show'south serial finale.
  • Paul Giamatti's grapheme in the 2000 motion picture Duets performs this song in a karaoke bar.
  • The single was used in a 2009 Tums advertisement.
  • The vocal is used in the picture show The Virgin Suicides.
  • Rundgren's version is used in the 2011 motion-picture show Paul.
  • Rundgren'due south version is used in a deleted scene of Guardians of the Milky way Vol. 2.

Other versions [edit]

  • A embrace version of "Hello It's Me" was recorded past The Isley Brothers for their 1974 anthology Alive It Upwardly.[22]
  • A version influenced by the Isley Brothers' cover was recorded past Groove Theory for their 1995 self-titled album.[23]
  • Mary J. Blige recorded a version produced by Marker Ronson that appears on the Japanese and iTunes editions of her 2007 anthology Growing Pains.
  • Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs included their take of the vocal on their album Nether the Covers, Vol. 2.
  • Todd Rundgren recorded a new "Latin" version in 1997 on his album With a Twist...
  • Erykah Badu recorded a version influenced by the Isley Brothers' encompass on her 2022 mixtape But You Caint Employ My Phone, equally a duet with André 3000.

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b Bill DeMain, "A Conversation with Todd Rundgren", puremusic.com
  2. ^ Marc Myers (Nov 26, 2018). "The Bad Breakup that Led to "Howdy It's Me"". The Wall Street Periodical.
  3. ^ "RPM Meridian 100 Singles - March 24, 1969" (PDF).
  4. ^ "RPM Height 100 Singles - Feb 21, 1970" (PDF).
  5. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Todd Rundgren – Keen Classics". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved xxx July 2016.
  6. ^ Zimmerman, Lee (4 May 2015). "Todd Rundgren, Emil Nikolaisen, Hans-Peter Lindstrom: Runddans". PopMatters . Retrieved xxx July 2016.
  7. ^ Greenwald, David (3 April 2014). "The top 10 '70s soft-rock seduction ballads (playlist)". OregonLive.com. Retrieved xxx July 2016.
  8. ^ Don Breithaupt; Jeff Breithaupt (29 July 2014). Precious and Few: Pop Music of the Early '70s. St. Martin's Press. p. 44. ISBN978-one-4668-7649-1 . Retrieved 26 Oct 2015.
  9. ^ SPIN Media LLC (Feb 1993). SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. p. 53. ISSN 0886-3032. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  10. ^ Vibe Media Group (Oct 1999). "Vibe". Vibe Vixen. Vibe Media Group: 189. ISSN 1070-4701. Retrieved 26 Oct 2015.
  11. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Summit Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Tape Inquiry. p. 208.
  12. ^ Todd Rundgren- "Hello, It'due south Me" data @fleetwoodmac.net Retrieved 1-15-2011.
  13. ^ Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything? (1972) album- Liner notes.
  14. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, Northward.Due south.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 261. ISBN0-646-11917-6.
  15. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Athenaeum Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1974-01-nineteen. Retrieved 2018-04-30 .
  16. ^ Joel Whitburn'south Top Popular Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-10
  17. ^ Cash Box Meridian 100 Singles, December 22, 1973
  18. ^ Canada, Library and Archives (July 13, 2017). "Epitome : RPM Weekly".
  19. ^ Musicoutfitters.com
  20. ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 28, 1974". Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  21. ^ Martin Kielty, "The Heartbreak Behind Todd Rundgren'south 'How-do-you-do It'south Me'", ultimateclassicrock.com}}
  22. ^ Hello Information technology's Me at AllMusic
  23. ^ Stanton Swihart. "Groove Theory". AllMusic. Netaktion LLC.

External links [edit]

  • Todd Rundgren's "Hello, It's Me": Wild Success Story, Marc Nathan, August xiii, 2015, All-time Classic Bands

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