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| "Hush" | ||||
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| Single by Billy Joe Royal | ||||
| B-side | "Watching from the Bandstand" | |||
| Released | 1967 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1967 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 2:30 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Writer(s) | Joe South | |||
| Producer | Joe South | |||
| Billy Joe Royal singles chronology | ||||
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| Single by Deep Purple | ||||
| from the album Shades of Deep Purple | ||||
| B-side | "One More Rainy Day" | |||
| Released | April 27, 1968 | |||
| Recorded | April 21, 1968, Pye Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, stoner, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 4:24 | |||
| Label | Parlophone Tetragrammaton (United States, Brazil, Portugal) |
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| Writer(s) | Joe South | |||
| Producer | Derek Lawrence | |||
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| "Hush" | ||||
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| Single by Deep Purple | ||||
| from the album Nobody's Perfect | ||||
| B-side | "Dead or Alive" (live), "Bad Attitude" (live) | |||
| Released | June 1988 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1988, Pye Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 3:32 | |||
| Label | Polydor (UK (England)) Mercury Records (US) |
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| Writer(s) | Joe South | |||
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"Hush" is the title of a song written by American composer and musician Joe South, for recording artist Billy Joe Royal, whose single peaked at number 52 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 30, 1967.[1]
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[edit] Deep Purple version
The song was subsequently recorded by British hard rock band Deep Purple for their 1968 debut album Shades of Deep Purple. The track became the group's first hit single peaking at number 4 in the United States and number 2 in Canada while going largely unnoticed in the United Kingdom.
In celebration of the band's 20th anniversary, Deep Purple re-recorded the song in 1988 for their album Nobody's Perfect. The track was released as a single and reached number 62 on the UK singles chart and number 44 on the US Hot Mainstream Rock chart.
A live, US-televised version appeared as a bonus track on the 2000 CD-reissue of Shades of Deep Purple.
"Hush" is one of four songs originally recorded with another vocalist that the band have performed with Ian Gillan on vocals. Others are "Kentucky Woman", originally from the album "The Book of Taliesyn" from 1968, "Mandrake Root" from the same album that originally featured "Hush", and "Bird Has Flown" from the album Deep Purple, or Deep Purple III, released in 1969. Coincidentally, all four songs were originally sung by Rod Evans. Gillan has refused to perform any songs originally sung by Deep Purple's third vocalist, David Coverdale.
[edit] Other versions
Kula Shaker, a British psychedelic rock band released "Hush" as a single in 1999. It reached number 2 on the UK singles chart and number 19 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the US, where it was included on the I Know What You Did Last Summer soundtrack album.
Kris Ife recorded a version of "Hush".
The Electric Amish recorded a parody called "Mush" on their Milkin' It album. The band Killdozer covered "Hush" on their 1989 covers-only album, "For Ladies Only".
Love Affair recorded a cover
[edit] In other media
The Deep Purple version was featured in films:
- 1996 – Apollo 13
- 2000 – Isn't She Great
- 2001 – When Strangers Appear
- 2004 – Beyond the Sea
- 2006 – Children of Men
- 2008 – Strange Wilderness
The song was parodied as "Push" in promos for the short-lived 1998 American soap opera Push.
The song was played in the second season of the television series Prison Break during the episode "Scan". It was also featured in the second episode of the short-lived Freaks and Geeks.
The game Battlefield: Vietnam included "Hush" as part of the in-game soundtrack.
The Xbox 360 version of the game Guitar Hero II features the Deep Purple arrangement as a playable song.
The 2008 television advertisement for the Jaguar XF features the 'monitor mix' version of Hush, from Deep Purple's The Early Years album.
The song can also be heard in the film Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, in a television spot for the 2009 film Taking Woodstock,[clarification needed] as well as played over footage of Derby County goals in the movie about Brian Clough, The Damned United.
[edit] Personnel
[edit] 1968 Deep Purple version
- Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
- Rod Evans - lead vocals
- Nick Simper - bass, backing vocals
- Ian Paice - drums
- Jon Lord - organ, backing vocals
[edit] 1988 Deep Purple version
- Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
- Ian Gillan - vocals, Harmonica
- Roger Glover - bass
- Ian Paice - drums
- Jon Lord - organ, keyboards
