SONG OF THE DAY
“Catch Us If You Can” by The Dave Clark Five (1965 single). Written by Lenny Davidson.
INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia)
– The song was one of DC5’s top hits, reaching #5 on the UK Singles Chart in the late summer of 1965 and #4 on the U.S. pop singles chart later that fall.
– Starting with no accompaniment other than finger snapping, the hook was instantaneous:
Here they come again, mmmm-mm-mm
Catch us if you can, mmmm-mm-mm
Time to get a move on, mmmm-mm-mm
We will yell with all of our might!
[drums kick in]
Catch us if you can …
– As such, it served as the title song to John Boorman’s well-regarded DC5 vehicle and pop scene film Catch Us If You Can (renamed Having a Wild Weekend in the U.S.) of the same year.
– The Dave Clark Five (also known as “The DC5”) were an English pop rock group. They were the second group of the British Invasion, after The Beatles, to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show when the single “Glad All Over” knocked “I Want to Hold Your Hand” off the top of the British charts, then in February 1964 went to #6 in the United States.
– The Dave Clark Five had several more hit songs in the United States during 1964-67, including “Bits and Pieces” (#4, April 1964), “Can’t You See That She’s Mine” (#4, June 1964), “Because” (#3, August 1964), “Anyway You Want It” (#14, November 1964), “I Like It Like That” (#7, June 1965), “Catch Us If You Can” (#4, August 1965), “Over And Over” (#1, December 25, 1965), and “You Got What It Takes” (#7, April 1967).
– The group disbanded in late 1970.
– On 10 March 2008 the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
– Dave Clark was also the manager and executive producer of the band. Following the group’s break-up, Clark set up a media company.
– At their Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction, Joan Jett honoured the Dave Clark Five by performing “Bits and Pieces” with John Mellencamp’s band. To perform “Glad All Over”, Jett was joined by John Fogerty, John Mellencamp, Billy Joel and other artists that performed throughout the evening.