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1965 single by the Fortunes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"You've Got Your Troubles" was the inaugural composition by the prolific songwriting team of Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway in 1964. "You've Got Your Troubles" became a number 2 UK hit for the Fortunes in the United Kingdom in August 1965,[2] affording the group international success including a Top Ten ranking in the US.[3] The track was included on the Fortunes' self-titled 1965 debut album release, the group's only album release of the 1960s.
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"You've Got Your Troubles" | ||||
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Single by the Fortunes | ||||
from the album The Fortunes | ||||
B-side | "I've Got to Go" | |||
Released | August 1965 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:23 | |||
Label | Decca Records F12173 (UK) Press 9773 (US) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook | |||
Producer(s) | Noel Walker[1] | |||
The Fortunes singles chronology | ||||
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Cook and Greenaway wrote "You've Got Your Troubles" while they were both members of the group the Kestrels, the song being composed while that group was on a pop package tour. Cook recalls he and Greenaway were in a theatre. "Roger [Greenaway] said 'I've [written] a little tune' and we both brought our ukuleles out and he played [his tune] and he said 'Could you help me with the lyric?' and in the space of two hours we'd written the whole song".[4]
Cook and Greenaway cut a demo to pitch the song which was accepted by Mills Music Publishing, where the two were signed as staff writers by Tony Hiller. Hiller, who had written "Caroline" the second of four previous non-charting singles by The Fortunes, placed "You've Got Your Troubles" with that group.[5] Noel Walker, an in-house producer for Decca Records, recalled: "The Fortunes' contract came up for renewal and Decca didn't want to renew it ... I told Decca that they sung wonderfully and deserved another chance. I wanted to use them as singers backed by professional musicians [the Fortunes would receive some adverse publicity for not playing on the track themselves] and I found a beautiful song 'You've Got Your Troubles'."[1] Les Reed, who arranged the session for the Fortunes' recording, conceived the track's striking trumpet motif. (Reed believes that on their demo Cook and Greenaway vocalised the notes which Reed would have played on the trumpet.)[6] This song is noted for the counterpoint melody heard towards the end of the song.
Radio Caroline North DJ Mike Ahern would claim that his radio station was responsible for the breakout of "You've Got Your Troubles",[7] which reached number 2 on the UK chart dated 25 August 1965, held off from number 1 by The Beatles' "Help!", then in the final week of its three-week tenure at number 1 UK. In the US, "You've Got Your Troubles" peaked at number 7 on the 2 October 1965 Hot 100. The song reached number 1 in Canada and New Zealand,[8] number 3 in Ireland, and was especially successful in the Netherlands, spending 14 weeks in the Top Ten, peaking at number 3. Other international hit parade rankings were achieved in Australia (number 12), Belgium (French number 24 / Flemish number 10), Germany (number 28), and South Africa (number 6).
The demo of "You've Got Your Troubles" by Cook and Greenaway also came to the attention of George Martin who wanted to have the songwriters record their own song, but due to his time being taken up producing The Beatles' album Rubber Soul (1965), Martin was unable to produce Cook and Greenaway's recording of "You've Got Your Troubles" prior to The Fortunes' version hitting the charts. Martin did have Cook and Greenaway cover the Rubber Soul track "Michelle" which afforded the duo a Top 20 hit in both US and the UK, and number 1 in Canada,[9] being billed as David and Jonathan[4] (Cook and Greenaway had had a previous non-charting single release: their composition "Laughing Fit to Cry", which was not produced by Martin). "You've Got Your Troubles" was featured on the 1966 David and Jonathan album which was self-titled in the UK and titled Michelle for US release.
The Fortunes would remake "You've Got Your Troubles" for the group's album Their Golden Hits recorded in the summer of 1982 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, for domestic release by Phonogram-Holland.[10]
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