No Particular Place to Go

No Particular Place to Go
"No Particular Place to Go"
Single by Chuck Berry
from the album St. Louis to Liverpool
B-side "You Two"
Released May 1964 (1964-05)[1]
Format 7" 45 RPM
Recorded March 25, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois[2]
Genre Rock and roll
Length 2:37
Label Chess
Writer(s) Chuck Berry
Producer Leonard Chess, Phil Chess[2]
Chuck Berry singles chronology
"Nadine"
(1964)		 "No Particular Place to Go"
(1964)		 "You Never Can Tell"
(September 1964)

"No Particular Place to Go" is a song by American rock and roll icon Chuck Berry, released as a single by Chess Records in May 1964[1] and was released on the album St. Louis to Liverpool in November 1964 (see 1964 in music).[3]

"No Particular Place to Go" was recorded on March 25, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois[2] and features the same music as Chuck's earlier hit "School Days".[1]

Contents

Recording

The session(s) during which "No Particular Place to Go" was recorded were produced by Leonard and Phil Chess, and backing Berry were pianist Paul Williams, drummer Odie Payne, and an unknown bassist.[2]

Charts

Chart (1964) Peak
position
Canada (RPM Top Forty-5's)[4] 6
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[5] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 10
US Billboard R&B Singles[6] 10

Covers

  • A cover was done by George Thorogood & The Destroyers which was more upbeat rockier version of it.
  • Long-running rock group Status Quo covered the song, which achieved a small success for the group.
  • The French singer Eddy Mitchell made a cover of this song named "A crédit et en stéréo".
  • The Swedish artist Björn Skifs has made a cover of this song and translated it into Swedish.
  • The Norwegian artist Øystein Sunde covered the song in Norwegian and called it "Ikke no' spesielt sted å dra".
  • The Hip Hop artist Mos Def covered the song in the film Cadillac Records while portraying Chuck Berry in the movie.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Hot Pop Spotlights". Billboard: 36. May 16, 1964. 
  2. ^ a b c d (2005) Album notes for Gold by Chuck Berry, pp. 24, 27 [CD liner]. United States: Geffen Records/Chess Records (0602498805589).
  3. ^ Rudolph, Dietmar. "A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry: The Chess Era (1955-1966)". http://www.crlf.de/ChuckBerry/chessupto1966.html. Retrieved December 14, 2010. 
  4. ^ "RPM - Item Display: Top Singles - Volume 1, No. 21, July 13, 1964" (.Php). Library and Archives Canada. March 31, 2004. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4724&type=2&interval=20&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3. 
  5. ^ "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. The Official Charts Company.
  6. ^ a b "Chuck Berry - Billboard Singles". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chuck-berry-p3664/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved December 14, 2010. 
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Studio albums
Rock, Rock, Rock (with The Moonglows and The Flamingos) (1956) · After School Session (1957) · One Dozen Berrys (1958) · Chuck Berry Is on Top (1959) · Rockin' at the Hops (1960) · New Juke-Box Hits (1961) · Chuck Berry Twist (1962) · More Chuck Berry (1963) · Two Great Guitars (with Bo Diddley) (1964) · St. Louis to Liverpool (1964) · Chuck Berry in London (1965) · Fresh Berry's (1965) · Chuck Berry in Memphis (1967) · From St. Louie to Frisco (1968) · Concerto in B. Goode (1969) · Back Home (1970) · San Francisco Dues (1971) · The London Chuck Berry Sessions (1972) (Side 1) · Bio (1973) · Chuck Berry (1975) · Rock It (1979)
Live albums
Chuck Berry on Stage (1963) (Studio recordings with overdubbed M.C. and audience) · Live at Fillmore Auditorium (1967) · The London Chuck Berry Sessions (1972) (Side 2) · Chuck Berry Live in Concert (1978) · Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987) · Live! (2000) · Live on Stage (2000) · Chuck Berry - In Concert (2002)
Compilation albums
Chuck Berry Twist (1962) · Chuck Berry's Golden Decade (1967, 1973, 1974) · The Great Twenty-Eight (1982) · The Chess Box (1988) · The Anthology (2000) · Volume 2 (1995)
Hit Singles
"Maybellene / Wee Wee Hours" (1955) · "Roll Over Beethoven / Drifting Heart" (1956) · "Too Much Monkey Business / Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (1956) · "School Days / Deep Feeling" (1957) · "Rock and Roll Music / Blue Feeling" · "Sweet Little Sixteen / Reelin' and Rockin'" (1958) · "Johnny B. Goode / Around and Around" (1958) · "Almost Grown / Little Queenie" (1959) · "Back in the U.S.A. / Memphis, Tennessee" · "No Particular Place to Go" (1964)
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