"I'm into Something Good" is a song composed by Gerry Goffin (lyrics) and Carole King (music) and made famous by Herman's Hermits. The song was originally recorded (as "I'm into Somethin' Good") by

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member Earl-Jean on

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in 1964. It entered the U.S. '' Cash Box'' Top 100 charts in the US on 4 July 1964 and spent 8 weeks there, reaching a high of number 42 on 15 August 1964, and number 38 ''Billboard''. On 26 July 1964, Herman's Hermits recorded the song as their debut single, reaching number one in the

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on 30 September 1964, and staying there for two weeks. The song peaked at number 13 in the US later that year and number 7 in Canada. The 'A' section from the song is a twelve-bar blues. Herman's Hermits' release at the height of the

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came while

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songwriters, Goffin and King in this case, found themselves in danger of obsolescence, as most of the British groups wrote their own material. The song has since been featured in films such as '' The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!'', ''

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'', and '' Ouija: Origin of Evil''. The song was also featured in the season 5 episode " Road to Rupert" of '' Family Guy''. Carole King has said that in writing the song she was inspired by Brian Wilson: "I make no bones about it, that song was influenced by Brian's music".

Chart history

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Personnel (Herman's Hermits)

Peter Noone Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone (born 5 November 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and actor. He was the lead singer "Herman" in the 1960s pop group Herman's Hermits. Early life Noone was born in Davyhulme, Lancashir ...

– vocals *

Derek Leckenby Derek "Lek" Leckenby (14 May 1943 – 4 June 1994)Chris Welch ''The Independent'', 9 June 1994. Retrieved 28 November 2010. was an English musician and lead guitarist, most famous for his work with English pop group Herman's Hermits. Early lif ...

– lead guitar *

Keith Hopwood Keith Hopwood (born 26 October 1946) is an English pop and rock musician, singer-songwriter, composer, businessman and record producer, who served as the rhythm guitarist and backing vocals for the 1960s pop band, Herman's Hermits. Hopwood al ...

– rhythm guitar * Karl Green – bass * Barry Whitwam – drums

Cover versions

The song was featured in the 1988 film '' The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!''. From its inclusion in the soundtrack, a solo version by Herman's Hermits frontman

climbed the

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chart that year. The song was featured in the 1999 film "

", in the opening credits and also when the Master puts the WFC 11-12-55 into Radio and turns him on. Brian Wilson covered the song, which features Carole King, and it is included in the Best Buy edition of his 2008 album, ''

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''. The Bird and the Bee covered the song and released it as a single in March 2010. Their version was also included on the

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for the film, ''

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'' and television '' Love Bites'' show season 1 episode 6 "TMI." On television, the sitcom ''

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'' featured a cover version (lead vocal by

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) recorded in 1973, that was seen twice during the fourth season. The song (produced by Wes Farrell) was never officially released on either vinyl or CD. Another version was recorded as part of '' The Langley Schools Music Project'' in 1976. The Stool Pigeons covered the song in 1999 on their Herman's Hermits tribute album '' Rule, Hermania!''. Using the title "Something Good"

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covered the song on her 2002 album '' Kissin Time''. It featured Billy Corgan as a guest musician. The song was included in the CD release of the 1982 album by

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, "Experiment in White". In 2020, the famous party band

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recorded the song as the first single of their album "''Reminiscing with Friends"'' (2022), in

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, at The Village Studios, Featuring the original Herman's Hermits lead singer

, and produced by multiple Grammy winner producer

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. It was released 12 February 2021, under the label Sonico Productions. In 2021, the animated series

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featured an unpracticed rendition of the song in season 5 episode 2.

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Herman's Hermits performance credits

Barry Whitwam has stated that the Hermits themselves played on the track, not Jimmy Page, since Mickie Most and former lead singer "Herman" (

) had implied otherwise after having lost the rights to the band's name. Whitwam further states, in regard to exaggerations of songs on which they supposedly did not play:

"Everything he says is that it was Jimmy Page, and Jimmy Page probably can't remember any of the songs that he played. If you look at our top ten in America, "I'm into Something Good", it was us. All Hermits. There was only a piano added on. That was on a two track machine so we played at the same time. That got to number thirteen. “
Can't You Hear My Heartbeat "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" is a song written by John Carter and Ken Lewis, produced by Mickie Most, and performed by Herman's Hermits. It reached #2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1965. "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" was kept from the #1 ...
”, there were no other instruments. That got to number two. "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter" got to number one. "I'm Henry the VIII". Number one. "A Must to Avoid". Number eight. "Listen People". "Leaning on the Lamppost". That's six in the top ten with Jimmy Page or anybody else not involved! Another seventy of the tracks on the albums is only the Hermits. I think I worked it out, and I think in only thirty percent of all the songs ever recorded the Hermits didn't do the backing, but the Hermits were always on the vocals doing the harmonies. So he's trying to discredit us, saying that we didn't have anything to do with anything."

References

External links

Herman's Hermits official website

UK Official Charts
* * * {{authority control 1964 debut singles Herman's Hermits songs Peter Noone songs Songs with lyrics by Gerry Goffin Songs written by Carole King Song recordings produced by Mickie Most UK Singles Chart number-one singles Irish Singles Chart number-one singles 1964 songs Pye Records singles MGM Records singles Columbia Graphophone Company singles