"People Say" is a hit single written by the

Jeff Barry Jeff Barry (born Joel Adelberg; April 3, 1938) is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer. Among the most successful songs that he has co-written in his career are " Do Wah Diddy Diddy", " Da Doo Ron Ron", " Then He Kiss ...

and

Ellie Greenwich Eleanor Louise Greenwich (October 23, 1940 – August 26, 2009) was an American pop music singer, songwriter, and record producer. She wrote or co-wrote "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Be My Baby", "Maybe I Know", "Then He Kissed Me", "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", ...

songwriting team and made popular by the American pop girl group

The Dixie Cups The Dixie Cups (formerly known as The Meltones) are an American pop music girl group of the 1960s. They are best known for a string of hits including their 1964 million-selling record "Chapel of Love", " People Say", and " Iko Iko". Caree ...

. It was originally released in July 1964 on the

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label. The song was arranged by Mike Stoller. ''Billboard'' named the song #53 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.

Background

Sung by Barbara Ann Hawkins, Rosa Lee Hawkins, and Joan Marie Johnson, it was the second hit collaboration between the Dixie Cups and the Barry-Greenwich team, with the first being their breakthrough hit "

Chapel of Love "Chapel of Love" is a song written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector, and made famous by The Dixie Cups in 1964, spending three weeks at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.Whitburn, Joel (2009). ''Top Pop Singles 1955-2008' ...

". Produced by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller,

and

, the single was a hit peaking at number 12 on the '' Billboard'' Hot 100 Chart. It also charted at number 7 on the R&B Singles Chart. In Canada, "People Say" reached number 7 on the ''

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'' Chart. It was the second single taken from the Dixie Cups' debut studio album ''

'', issued on

in August 1964.Whitburn, Joel (1996). ''Top Pop Albums 1955–1996'' (4 ed.). Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. p. 222 The album peaked at number 112 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart.

Chart performance

References

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