"He Understands Me" | |
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Single by Teresa Brewer | |
from the album Terrific Teresa Brewer! | |
B-side | "Just Before We Say Goodbye" |
Released | 1963 |
Genre | Pop |
Length | 2:55 |
Label | Philips |
Songwriter(s) | Margie Singleton & Merle Kilgore |
"He Understands Me" is a song released in 1963 by Teresa Brewer. The song was a hit single for Johnny Tillotson in 1964, retitled "She Understands Me", and Bobby Vinton in 1966, retitled "Dum-De-Da".
Teresa Brewer released the original version of the song in 1963, as a single and on the album Terrific Teresa Brewer! On November 9, 1963, Brewer's version charted at No. 130 on Billboard's Bubbling Under the Hot 100 [1] and reached No. 45 on Cash Box's "Looking Ahead" chart of singles with potential of entering the Cash Box Top 100. [2]
"She Understands Me" | ||||
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Single by Johnny Tillotson | ||||
from the album She Understands Me | ||||
B-side | "Tomorrow" | |||
Released | 1964 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 1:58 | |||
Label | MGM | |||
Songwriter(s) | Margie Singleton & Merle Kilgore | |||
Johnny Tillotson singles chronology | ||||
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In 1964, Johnny Tillotson released a version of the song, retitled "She Understands Me", as a single and on the album She Understands Me. [3] Tillotson's version spent 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 31, [4] while reaching No. 4 on Billboard's Middle-Road Singles chart, [5] [6] No. 29 on the Cash Box Top 100, [7] No. 25 on Canada's RPM "Top 40 & 5", [8] and No. 5 in Malaysia. [9]
"Dum-De-Da" | ||||
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Single by Bobby Vinton | ||||
B-side | "Blue Clarinet" | |||
Released | 1966 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:01 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Margie Singleton & Merle Kilgore | |||
Bobby Vinton singles chronology | ||||
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In 1966, Bobby Vinton released a version of the song, retitled "Dum-De-Da", as a single. Vinton's version spent 6 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 40, [10] while reaching No. 24 on Billboard's Middle-Road Singles chart, [11] [12] No. 32 on the Cash Box Top 100, [13] No. 35 on Record World's "100 Top Pops", [14] and No. 29 on Canada's RPM 100. [15]
A French language adaptation, titled "Dum di la", with lyrics written by Georges Aber, was released in 1964 by Sylvie Vartan. [16] A track on the EP La plus belle pour aller danser, Vartan’s version reached No. 3 in Wallonia. [16]