1-2-3 (song)

Infobox Single
Name = 1-2-3


Cover size =
Caption =
Artist =Len Barry
from Album =
A-side =
B-side = "Bullseye"
Released = October 1965
Format = 7" single
Recorded =
Genre = blue-eyed soul, pop music
Length =
Label = Decca 31827
Brunswick 05942 (UK)
Writer = John Medora, David White, Len Barry
Producer =
Certification =
Last single = "Lip Sync"
This single = "1-2-3"
(1965)
Next single = "Like a Baby"
Misc ="1-2-3" is a hit 1965 song written and recorded by Len Barry. The song is actually a rework of "Ask Any Girl" released by The Supremes as the b-side to their single "Baby Love", and written by Holland-Dozier-Holland. It reached #2 in the U.S."Billboard" chart and #3 on the UK Singles Chart.

Chart performances

* 2 - U.S. Billboard Chart
* 3 - UK Singles Chart

Legacy

*The song was featured on the soundtrack for the film, "Mr. Holland's Opus".
*"1-2-3" was one of the songs that appeared in John Lennon's jukebox.
*Motown Records sued the songwriters, because "1-2-3" was a reworked copy of Holland-Dozier-Holland song "Ask Any Girl". The songwriters admitted to taking the composition which led to Holland-Dozier-Holland getting credit for writing "1-2-3".
*In December 2005, Welsh singer-songwriter Cerys Matthews recorded a new version of "1-2-3" in Nashville, Tennessee for a children's charity in the UK. [http://www.jmcreative.net/ Cerys Matthews: "1-2-3" (2005)]
*Edwyn Collins sampled the opening for his single "A Girl Like You".

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