Shame, Shame, Shame (Shirley & Company song)

"Shame, Shame, Shame"
"Shame, Shame, Shame"
Single by Sinitta
from the album Naughty Naughty
B-side	"Maybe Someday"
Released	1992
Genre	Pop, soul
Length	4:00
Label	Arista
Songwriter(s)	Sylvia Robinson
Producer(s)	Mark Taylor, Terry Adams
Sinitta singles chronology

"Shame, Shame, Shame"
"Shame, Shame, Shame"
Single by Shirley & Company
from the album Shame, Shame, Shame
B-side	"More Shame" (U.K., Europe); "Shame, Shame, Shame" (Instrumental) (U.S.);
Released	December 1974
Recorded	1974
Genre	Disco, soul
Length	3:47
Label	Vibration
Songwriter(s)	Sylvia Robinson
Shirley & Company singles chronology

"Shame, Shame, Shame" is a 1974 hit song written by Sylvia Robinson, performed by American disco band Shirley & Company and released on the Vibration label. The lead singer is Shirley Goodman, who was one half of Shirley and Lee, who had enjoyed a major hit 18 years earlier, in 1956, with the song "Let The Good Times Roll" for Aladdin Records. The male vocalist is Jesus Alvarez.^[1] The saxophone solo is by Seldon Powell, whose instrumental version, "More Shame", is the B-side.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The track, with its prominent use of the Bo Diddley beat, was one of the first international disco hits and reached number 12 on the Billboard charts. It also made number one on the soul singles chart for one week.^[5] The phrase "got my sun roof down, got my diamonds in the back" appeared as "diamond in the back, sun roof top" in William DeVaughn's 1974 hit "Be Thankful for What You Got".^[6]

"Shame, Shame, Shame" also stayed at number one on the disco/dance charts for four weeks.^[7] It was the sole success of this one-hit wonder band. a full-length album Shame, Shame, Shame was subsequently recorded and was released, however, in 1975.^[8]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1974–75)	Peak position
Australia KMR^[9]	16
Austria^[10]	1
Belgium^[11]	1
Canada (RPM)^[12]	3
Germany^[13]	1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[14]	1
New Zealand^[15]	5
Norway	9
South Africa (Springbok Radio)^[16]	3
Switzerland	2
UK^[17]^[18]	6
US Billboard Hot 100^[19]	12
US Billboard Disco/Dance^[7]	1
US Billboard R&B^[5]	1
US Cash Box Top 100^[20]	8

Year-end charts

Chart (1975)	Rank
Australia^[9]	82
Canada^[21]	55
Germany^[22]	11
Netherlands ^[23]	15
New Zealand^[24]	26
Switzerland ^[25]	12
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)^[26]	122

Cover versions

Linda Fields & the Funky Boys recorded a version, sounding nearly identical and released it as a single in 1975; it was re-released in 1983 as a 12" EP. The version appears on several disco compilation albums and is often confused with the original. Their version charted concurrently with the original in New Zealand, reaching number 24.^[27]

Ike & Tina Turner recorded a version that was released on the 1980 album The Edge, it reached number 27 on the Billboard Disco chart.^[28] In 1982, the song was released as a single in Europe and peaked at number 47 in the Netherlands.^[29]

Polish-Swedish singer Izabella Scorupco recorded a cover version of the song in 1992, with a video directed by Jonas Åkerlund.^[30] It was a chart hit in a number of European countries and appears on an extended version of her 1991 album Iza. Also in 1992 the song was covered by British-American singer Sinitta and was released as a single, which peaked at number 28 in the UK Singles Chart and was later included on her third studio album Naughty Naughty (1995).

Use in popular culture

In the 2014 film Pride, Jonathan Blake (Dominic West) impresses the town of Onllwyn by disco dancing to the song.^[31]

References

^ Joel Whitburn's *Top Pop Singles, 12th Edition, 2009
^ "maconblack - Record Collector Magazine". recordcollectormag.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
^ "Shirley & Company - Shame, Shame, Shame". Discogs. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
^ "Seldon Powell And Company- More Shame- Parts I & II". curvetube.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
^ ^a ^b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 523.
^ Merida, Kevin (January 1, 1999). "NEW SPIN ON A GOLDEN OLDIE" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
^ ^a ^b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 232.
^ Shirley & Company, Billboard
^ ^a ^b "Australian Chart Books". www.austchartbook.com.au. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
^ Steffen Hung. "Shirley And Company - Shame, Shame, Shame". Austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
^ "Shirley And Company - Shame, Shame, Shame". Ultratop.be. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts". Musicline.de. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
^ Stichting Nederlandse Top 40 (1975-03-22). "Top 40-lijst van week 12, 1975". Top40.nl. Retrieved 2016-10-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1975-05-12. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^ "Top 100 1975". top-source.info. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 496. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending MONTH DD, 19YY". Retrieved August 9, 2020.^{[dead link]}. Cash Box magazine. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.
^ ["Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts" (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
^ Top 40, Stichting Nederlandse. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1975". Top40.nl.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Top Selling Singles of 1975 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1975-12-31. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
^ Hung, Steffen. "Swiss Year-End Charts 1975 - swisscharts.com". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
^ "flavour of new zealand - search rianz". www.flavourofnz.co.nz.
^ "Disco Top 100" (PDF). Billboard: 39. November 1, 1980.
^ "Ike & Tina Turner - Shame, Shame, Shame". Dutch Charts.
^ Izabella: Shame, Shame, Shame (Video 1992) - IMDb
^ "Dominic West and the REAL Jonathan Blake talk about the big dance in "Pride"". October 8, 2014.

[1] Joel Whitburn's *Top Pop Singles, 12th Edition, 2009

[2] "maconblack - Record Collector Magazine". recordcollectormag.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.

[3] "Shirley & Company - Shame, Shame, Shame". Discogs. Retrieved 13 December 2017.

[4] "Seldon Powell And Company- More Shame- Parts I & II". curvetube.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.

[whitburn523-5] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 523.

[6] Merida, Kevin (January 1, 1999). "NEW SPIN ON A GOLDEN OLDIE" – via www.washingtonpost.com.

[whitburn232-7] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 232.

[8] Shirley & Company, Billboard

[austchartbook1970-9] "Australian Chart Books". www.austchartbook.com.au. Retrieved 13 December 2017.

[10] Steffen Hung. "Shirley And Company - Shame, Shame, Shame". Austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2016-10-10.

[11] "Shirley And Company - Shame, Shame, Shame". Ultratop.be. Retrieved 2016-10-10.

[12] "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-10.

[13] "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts". Musicline.de. Retrieved 2016-10-10.

[14] Stichting Nederlandse Top 40 (1975-03-22). "Top 40-lijst van week 12, 1975". Top40.nl. Retrieved 2016-10-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[15] "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1975-05-12. Retrieved 2016-10-10.

[16] "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 1 September 2018.

[17] "Top 100 1975". top-source.info. Retrieved 11 September 2016.

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-18] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 496. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[19] Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X

[20] "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending MONTH DD, 19YY". Retrieved August 9, 2020.^{[dead link]}. Cash Box magazine. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

[21] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.

[22] ["Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts" (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

[23] Top 40, Stichting Nederlandse. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1975". Top40.nl.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[24] "Top Selling Singles of 1975 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1975-12-31. Retrieved 2016-10-10.

[25] Hung, Steffen. "Swiss Year-End Charts 1975 - swisscharts.com". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.

[26] Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.

[27] "flavour of new zealand - search rianz". www.flavourofnz.co.nz.

[28] "Disco Top 100" (PDF). Billboard: 39. November 1, 1980.

[29] "Ike & Tina Turner - Shame, Shame, Shame". Dutch Charts.

[30] Izabella: Shame, Shame, Shame (Video 1992) - IMDb

[31] "Dominic West and the REAL Jonathan Blake talk about the big dance in "Pride"". October 8, 2014.

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Discography
Albums	Sinitta! Wicked Naughty Naughty The Hits+ Collection 86–09: Right Back Where We Started From
Singles	"I Could Be" "Never Too Late" "Cruising" "So Macho" "Feels Like The First Time" "Toy Boy" "GTO" "Cross My Broken Heart" "Hitchin' a Ride" "I Don't Believe in Miracles" "Right Back Where We Started From" "Love on a Mountain Top" "Love and Affection" "Shame, Shame, Shame"