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"'''Show Me the Way'''" is a song written by [[Peter Frampton]], which was originally released on his 1975 album ''[[Frampton (album)|Frampton]]'' and as a single, but gained its highest popularity as a song from his 1976 [[live album]] ''[[Frampton Comes Alive!]]''. The song reached number 6 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and number 10 on the [[UK Singles Chart]], becoming his biggest hit until "[[I'm in You (song)|I'm in You]]" in 1977.
"'''Show Me the Way'''" (where the synth voices, synth vocals and guitars mixed with each other got heard) is a song written by [[Peter Frampton]], which was originally released on his 1975 album ''[[Frampton (album)|Frampton]]'' and as a single, but gained its highest popularity as a song from his 1976 [[live album]] ''[[Frampton Comes Alive!]]''. The song reached number 6 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and number 10 on the [[UK Singles Chart]], becoming his biggest hit until "[[I'm in You (song)|I'm in You]]" in 1977.


The song was one of Frampton's earliest to feature the [[talk box]] effect, which would become one of his signature sounds.<ref>{{cite web|title=100 songs Long Islanders should know|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/100-songs-long-islanders-should-know-1.3681254?image=2|publisher=[[Newsday]]|accessdate=2012-07-18}}</ref>
The song was one of Frampton's earliest to feature the [[talk box]] effect, which would become one of his signature sounds.<ref>{{cite web|title=100 songs Long Islanders should know|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/100-songs-long-islanders-should-know-1.3681254?image=2|publisher=[[Newsday]]|accessdate=2012-07-18}}</ref>

Revision as of 15:16, 30 July 2016

"Show Me the Way"
Song
B-side"The Crying Clown"
"Show Me the Way"
Song
B-side"Shine On"

"Show Me the Way" (where the synth voices, synth vocals and guitars mixed with each other got heard) is a song written by Peter Frampton, which was originally released on his 1975 album Frampton and as a single, but gained its highest popularity as a song from his 1976 live album Frampton Comes Alive!. The song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 10 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming his biggest hit until "I'm in You" in 1977.

The song was one of Frampton's earliest to feature the talk box effect, which would become one of his signature sounds.[1]

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1976) Peak
position
Canada[2] 2
New Zealand 26
UK 10
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 6
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[3] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1976) Position
Canada[4] 41
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] 50
U.S. Cash Box [6] 35

Covers

It has been covered by many artists.[citation needed] American Alternative Rock band Dinosaur Jr covered the song as a bonus track on their 1987 album You're Living All Over Me. In May 2000, Peter Frampton also performed this song with the Foo Fighters, on Late Show with David Letterman.[7] The song was covered by Jake Kitchin[8] in 2014 and 2015 for commercials for Uncle Ben's Beginners rice.

The song was later covered by Romanian recording artist Alexandra Stan. The track, extracted from her second studio album Saxobeats is of nu-disco genre. The song was produced by Marcel Prodan and Andrei Nemirschi in the Maan Studios.

References

  1. ^ "100 songs Long Islanders should know". Newsday. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
  2. ^ https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4116a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c4iohlocak1l6jitumaufs0l14
  3. ^ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19760508.html
  4. ^ https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5173a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c4iohlocak1l6jitumaufs0l14
  5. ^ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1976.htm
  6. ^ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/1976YESP.html
  7. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFjs9hfdusM
  8. ^ http://jakekitchin.com/?page_id=24


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