Then He Kissed Me

Infobox Single
Name = Then He Kissed Me


Artist = The Crystals
Released = 1963
Format = Vinyl
Recorded =
Genre = Pop music
Length = 2:35
Label =
Producer = Phil Spector
Chart position =
Reviews =
Last single = "Da Doo Ron Ron"
(1963)
This single = "Then He Kissed Me"
(1963)
Next single = "Little Boy"
(1964)|

"Then He Kissed Me" is a song written by Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry. The song was released as a single in 1963 by The Crystals. The single is one of The Crystals most remembered songs. The lead vocal was sung by Dolores "LaLa" Brooks. In the United States the single peaked at number six and in the United Kingdom the single peaked at number two. The song featured production by Phil Spector. The single was The Crystals third single to chart in the top ten in the United States and their second to reach the top ten in the United Kingdom. In 2004, this song was #493 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time [cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6596338/then_he_kissed_me/1|title=The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|publisher=RollingStone.com|accessdate=2008-09-21] .

Cover versions

The song was re-worded to the title "Then I Kissed Her" and released by The Beach Boys on their 1965 album "Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)" with Al Jardine on lead vocals and production by Brian Wilson. The Beach Boys version of the song was also released as a single in the United Kingdom in 1967, where it charted at number four.British glam rockers, The Hollywood Brats covered the track in 1973 whilst the song was also later recorded and re-titled ("Then She Kissed Me") by the American rock band Kiss for their 1977 album "Love Gun". Also, Swedish pop-wonder Magnus Uggla made a notorious cover in his mother tongue, called "Å, han kysste mej" [sic] (available on the album "Vittring"). In September 2007, New York shoegazing band Asobi Seksu released a cover as the B-side of their single "Stay Awake".

Bruce Springsteen covered the song live in 1975 and revisited it again 33 years later by opening his August 23, 2008 concert in St. Louis, MO with it.

Use in popular culture

Movies

*The song is memorably used in its entirety in the Martin Scorsese film "Goodfellas".

*The song is used during the opening credits of the film "Adventures in Babysitting", with Elisabeth Shue dancing and pretending to be singing the song. It is also heard at the end of the film during the last scene and over part of the end credits.

Television

* The song was used in a scene from "The Simpsons" episode "Homer and Marge Turn a Couple Play".

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