Show Me the Way (Peter Frampton song)
"Show Me the Way" | ||||
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File:Show Me the Way cover 1975.jpg | ||||
Single by Peter Frampton | ||||
from the album Frampton | ||||
B-side | "The Crying Clown" | |||
Released | 1975 | |||
Format | 7" | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 4:02 3:30 (7" version) |
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Label | A&M 1693 | |||
Writer(s) | Peter Frampton | |||
Producer(s) | Peter Frampton | |||
Peter Frampton singles chronology | ||||
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"Show Me the Way" | ||||
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File:Showmethewayps.jpg
Picture sleeve
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Single by Peter Frampton | ||||
from the album Frampton Comes Alive! | ||||
B-side | "Shine On" | |||
Released | February 1976 | |||
Format | 7" | |||
Recorded | 1975 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 4:42 | |||
Label | A&M 1795 | |||
Writer(s) | Peter Frampton | |||
Producer(s) | Peter Frampton | |||
Peter Frampton singles chronology | ||||
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"Show Me the Way" 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]
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Chart performance
Weekly singles charts
Chart (1976) | Peak position |
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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 |
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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
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- ↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19760508.html
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- ↑ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1976.htm
- ↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/1976YESP.html
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFjs9hfdusM
- ↑ http://jakekitchin.com/?page_id=24
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