96 Tears

96 Tears

Infobox Single
Name = 96 Tears


Artist = ? & the Mysterians
from Album = 96 Tears
B–side = "Midnight Hour"
Released = 1966
Format = 7" 45 RPM
Genre = Garage rock
Protopunk
Length = 2:38
Label = Cameo-Parkway Records
Writer = Rudy Martinez
Producer = Rudy Martinez

"96 Tears" is the name of a popular song recorded by Question Mark & the Mysterians in 1966, in Bay City, Michigan. It appears on the band's album "96 Tears". The band, formed in 1962 (it was called XYZ), consisted of lead singer Question Mark (believed to be Rudy Martinez, born in Mexico but raised in Michigan's Saginaw Valley), lead guitarist Robert Balderrama, keyboardist Frank Rodriquez, bass player Frank Lugo and drummer Edward Serrato.

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According to VH1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders (2002), the song was originally named "69 Tears", but the band's record label made them rename it out of fear that it would spark controversyFact|date=October 2007 because of the association of "69" with a sex position. This account is disputed. It was written by Martinez four years before it hit the top of the Billboard chart on Oct. 29, 1966. Known for its signature organ licks and bare-bones lyrics, it has been widely-recognized as one of the first garage band hits and has even been given credit for starting the punk rock movement (source, "Billboard Book of Number One Hits," by Fred Bronson). "96 Tears" knocked the Four Tops' "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" out of the top spot on the charts, but relinquished it to the Monkees ("Last Train To Clarksville") the very next week.

Covers

The song has been covered by the following artists:
*Aretha Franklin, from her 1967 album, "Aretha Arrives".
*Big Maybelle, from her 1967 album, "America's Queen Mother of Soul: Got a Brand New Bag"
*The Modern Lovers
*Jimmy Ruffin
*David Byrne
*Utopia
*Suicide, from their 1977 album, "Suicide"
*The Stranglers, from their 1990 album, "10"
*Eddie And The Hot Rods, from their 1976 EP, "Live at the Marquee"
*Primal Scream, a B-side on their 1997 single, "Kowalski"
*Inspiral Carpets, on disc 2 ("Rare As") of their 2003 compilation album, Cool As
*Texas Tornados
*Garland Jeffreys, from his 1980 album, "Escape Artist"
*Iggy Pop
*Joe "King" Carrasco
*The Residents, a drastically different rearrangement is included on their 1976 album, The Third Reich & Roll early in the "Hitler was a Vegetarian" segment.
*The Cramps

It is alluded to in the song "Plus Ones" by folk band Okkervil River. The original version is included in the soundtrack of "American Graffiti 2," from 1979.

Another allusion to "96 Tears" occurs in the song "Deadbeat Club" by The B-52's.

The original version is ranked #210 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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It was first released on the small Pa-Go-Go label and then picked up by Cameo Records for national distibution. The original issue is quite rare and sought afterFact|date=August 2007 by record collectors. The song hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966 and was the band's only major hit single. Follow-up song "I Need Somebody" peaked at number 22 later that year and no other U.S. top-forty singles followed.


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