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"Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum"
Cover of the single released in Italy
Single by Middle of the Road
from the album Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
B-side"Give It Time"
ReleasedMarch 1971
Recorded1971
Studio RCA Studios, Rome
Genre Bubblegum pop
Length3:13
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Giacomo Tosti
Middle of the Road singles chronology
" Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"
(1970) 		"Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum"
(1971) 		" Soley Soley"
(1971)

"Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum" is a song by Scottish band Middle of the Road, released as a single in March 1971. It peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart and was a top-ten hit in numerous other countries. [1] It has also sold over two million copies. [2]

Background and release

"Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum" was written by British singer-songwriter Lally Stott and Italian brothers Giosy and Mario Capuano. Stott had also written and first recorded the band's previous single " Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" and he would go on to write other hits for Middle of the Road with the Capuano brothers. The song is about a clan rivalry between the MacDougalls and the MacGregors. [2]

It was first released as a single in Italy in March 1971. [3] To promote it, the song was used in a short film by car manufacturer Fiat to promote the launch of the Fiat 127. The single's B-side "Give It Time" was also used in the film and the Middle of the Road members also featured in it. [4] The single performed well in Italy, becoming a top-three hit, though this was not until October 1971. It was released in Europe in May and June 1971, in Australia on 26 August and a day later in the UK. [5] [6]

Middle of the Road also recorded and released a version in Spanish and the song was also later re-recorded and released as a single in Czechoslovakia in February 1972 for the annual song contest Bratislavská lýra. [7] [8] [3]

Track listings

7"

  1. "Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum" – 3:13
  2. "Give It Time" – 3:55

7" (Spain)

  1. "Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum" – 3:13
  2. "Fate Strange Fate" – 3:09

7" (Spain)

  1. "Los Reyes Magos (Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum)" – 3:05
  2. "Fate Strange Fate" – 3:09

7" (Czechoslovakia, 1972)

  1. "Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum"
  2. "The Talk of All the U.S.A."

Charts

Sheila version

"Les Rois mages"
Single by Sheila
from the album Love
B-side"Une femme"
Released15 March 1971
Recorded1971
StudioCBE, Paris
Genre French pop
Length3:22
Label Carrere
Songwriter(s)
  • Lally Stott
  • Giosy Capuano
  • Mario Capuano
  • Jean Schmitt
  • Claude Carrère
Producer(s)Claude Carrère
Sheila singles chronology
"Reviens, je t'aime"
(1970) 		"Les Rois mages"
(1971) 		"Blancs, jaunes, rouges, noirs"
(1971)

French pop singer Sheila released a French-language version of the song titled "Les Rois mages", referring to the Wise Men. Released in March 1971, it topped the charts in France. [34] Sheila also recorded a Spanish-language version, titled "Los Reyes magos", which was also released as a single, becoming a hit in several Spanish-speaking countries.

Track listings

7" (France)

  1. "Les Rois mages" – 3:22
  2. "Une femme" – 3:00

7" (Spain)

  1. "Los Reyes magos" – 3:20
  2. "Regresa, te quiero" – 2:55 [title in Spanish, but sung in French, original title "Reviens, je t'aime"]

7" (Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela)

  1. "Los Reyes magos" – 3:20
  2. "Una mujer" – 3:04 [title in Spanish, but sung in French, original title "Une femme"]

Charts

French version

Chart (1971) Peak
position
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders) [35] 2
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [36] 1
France ( CIDD) [37] 1
Quebec ( BAnQ) [38] 1

Spanish version

Chart (1971) Peak
position
Argentina (Escalera a la Fama) [39] 9
Mexico ( Radio Mil) [40] 2
Spain ( Promusicae) [41] 16

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