"All Strung Out Over You" was an early hit for

The Chambers Brothers The Chambers Brothers are an American psychedelic soul band, best known for their eleven-minute 1967 psychedelic soul hit " Time Has Come Today". The group was part of the wave of new music that integrated American blues and gospel traditions w ...

. It featured

Lester Chambers Lester Chambers (born April 13, 1940, Mississippi, United States) is an American recording artist, and member and lead singer of the 1960s soul rock group The Chambers Brothers, who had the hit single, " Time Has Come Today". Career As a membe ...

on lead vocals. It would later be sampled by Fatboy Slim for " Weapon of Choice".

Info on the song

The song was composed by

Rudy Clark Rudy or Rudi is a masculine given name, sometimes short for Rudolf, Rudolph, Rawad, Rudra, Ruairidh, or variations thereof, a nickname and a surname which may refer to: People Given name or nickname *Rudolf Rudy Andeweg (born 1952), Dutch poli ...

. The Chambers Brothers recorded the song and it was released on Columbia 4-43957 on December 19, 1966. It was rushed out by Columbia after the label had rejected an early version of "

Time Has Come Today "Time Has Come Today" is a hit single by the American psychedelic soul group the Chambers Brothers, written by Willie & Joe Chambers. The song was recorded and released as a single in 1966 by Columbia Records. It was then featured on the album ' ...

". It became a regional hit for the group which gave them the opportunity to re-record "The Time Has Come Today". The song appeared as the A1 track of their 1967 album '' The Time Has Come''. Years later, along with " Into My Own Thing" by

Sly & the Family Stone Sly and the Family Stone was an American band from San Francisco. Active from 1966 to 1983, it was pivotal in the development of funk, soul, rock, and psychedelic music. Its core line-up was led by singer-songwriter, record producer, and multi- ...

, the song would be sampled for the song " Weapon of Choice by

Fat Boy Slim Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook, 31 July 1963), also known by his stage name Fatboy Slim, is an English musician, DJ, and record producer who helped to popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. In the 1980s, Cook was the bassist f ...

which also featured Bootsy Collins.

Action

By January 11, 1967, the song had moved from its previous position of 48 up to 34 on the WMCA chart. By the 28th of that month, '' Billboard'' had recorded the single as a regional breakout.

Reaction to the song

For its cowbell effect, the song is noted at the Ultimate Cowbell Database.The Ultimate Cowbell Database
The Chambers Brothers, "All Strung Out Over You "
/ref>

References

{{authority control The Chambers Brothers songs 1966 singles Columbia Records singles Funk rock songs 1966 songs Songs written by Rudy Clark