"Here Comes the Judge" is a 1968 song written by

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, Billie Jean Brown and

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, and performed by Long. The song was Long's biggest hit, reaching No. 4 on the U.S. R&B chart and No. 8 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It held the No. 10 spot on '' Cashbox'' for two weeks. The song stayed on the Hot 100 for 11 weeks and ''Cashbox'' for 9 weeks. The song also entered the UK chart in July 1968, and was a Top 30 hit, peaking at #30. "Here Comes the Judge" was inspired by a comic act on ''

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'' about a judge by

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, whose own " Here Comes the Judge" - a completely different song - charted two weeks after Long's did in June 1968, and became a Top 20 hit.

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