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Out in the Streets

"Out in the Streets"
Single by the Shangri-Las
from the album Shangri-Las '65
B-side"The Boy"
ReleasedApril 1965
Length2:39
LabelRed Bird
Songwriter(s)Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry
Producer(s)Shadow Morton
The Shangri-Las singles chronology
"Maybe"
(1964) 		"Out in the Streets"
(1965) 		"Give Us Your Blessings"
(1965)

Out in the Streets is a song written by Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry.

It was first recorded by the American girl group the Shangri-Las in 1965 and released as their fifth single. The song was produced by Shadow Morton, arranged by Artie Butler and released on Red Bird Records (RB 10-025) with the Morton composition “The Boy” on the B-Side,[1] It reached # 53 on the US Billboard Top 100.[2]

It was performed on the TV show Shindig! in 1965.[3]

The song was covered by Blondie in 1975;[4] but this cover was not released until 1994, when it was included on The Platinum Collection. Blondie subsequently covered it again in 1999 for their album No Exit.[5]

The song was used in artist Elizabeth Price's 2012 Turner Prize winning video installation The Woolworths Choir of 1979.

The song is sampled in Sharleen Spiteri's song All the Times I Cried.

References

  1. ^ "The Shangri-Las - Out In The Streets". 45cat.com.
  2. ^ Patrick, Mick (February 2002). Myrmidons of Melodrama (album liner notes). The Shangri-Las. RPM Records (United States).
  3. ^ "The Shangri-Las perform "Out in the Streets" (1965)". Boing Boing. 28 March 2013.
  4. ^ Mettler, Mike (2022-12-29). "Against the Odds, Quite Literally, Blondie Forged an Indelible Career Best Heard on 180g Vinyl Via a New Super Deluxe Collector's Edition 10LP Box Set". Analog Planet. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  5. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Out in the Streets – The Shangri-Las – Review". AllMusic.
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