The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
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"It's in His Kiss" is a song written and composed by Rudy Clark. It was first released as a single in 1963 by Merry Clayton that did not chart. The song was made a hit a year later when recorded by Betty Everett, who hit No. 1 on the ''Cashbox'' magazine R&B charts with it in 1964. Recorded by dozens of artists and groups around the world in the decades since, the song became an international hit once again when covered by
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in 1990. The song is sung from the point of view of a woman trying to mentor a young girl in identifying true love. She emphatically insists, "it's in his kiss." She becomes frustrated with the girl, who suggests other things such as his behavior and his embrace might instead be the signs she is looking for. The woman scolds the girl for not listening to her, and insists that the one sure sign of true love is seen in a lover's kisses.


Merry Clayton version

The song was rejected by
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, the premier girl group of the early 1960s, and was first recorded in Los Angeles by Merry Clayton as her first credited single. Clayton had previously provided an uncredited female vocal to the hit "
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" recorded by
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as his debut on
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, and Darin had subsequently arranged for Clayton herself to be signed to Capitol. The composer of "It's in His Kiss", Rudy Clark, was a staff writer for TM Music, which Darin headed. Clayton's recording of the song was produced by
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and featured
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on drums and the Blossoms as chorus. It was released as a single on June 10, 1963, without success. Clayton performed the song again in the 1987 film '' Maid to Order'' in which she, as the character Audrey James, sang the song in the film's climactic scene accompanied by the fictional band Loaded Blanks, played by Jack Russell, Lorne Black, Audie Desbrow, Mark Kendall and Michael Lardie of rock band Great White.


Betty Everett version


Background

Calvin Carter, the chief A&R man for the Chicago-located
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, found "It's in His Kiss" while visiting New York City in search of material for the Vee-Jay roster which included Betty Everett. After Everett had a hit with another song Carter brought back from New York City, " You're No Good", Carter suggested Everett cut "It's in His Kiss" as the follow-up single. Everett – who found the song puerile – reluctantly agreed. The accompanying vocals on Everett's recording were provided by Vee-Jay session regulars The Opals, a trio of teenage girls (Rose "Tootsie" Addison, Myra Tilliston, and Rose E. Kelley) from
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in his book ''The Heart of Rock and Soul'' opines that Betty Everett's version, "while reditedas a solo performance is one of the finest girl group hits, undoubtedly the best one made outside the genre's New York City/
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/Los Angeles "axis"".


Reception

Everett's version of "The Shoop Shoop Song" reached number 6 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1964: at the time ''
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'' was not publishing its
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but her cover was a number 1 R&B hit according to ''
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''. In international release, Everett's "The Shoop Shoop Song" was also a hit in Australia reaching number 21 but was initially overlooked in the UK although Everett's minor 1965 U.S. hit "Getting Mighty Crowded" (number 65) would reach number 29 in the UK. In 1968, the label President Records reissued both songs on one single, with "The Shoop Shoop Song" as the A-side, that peaked at number 34. In
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it reached number 5.


Ramona King version

The next recording of "It's in His Kiss" was made in Los Angeles by Ramona King, an R&B singer from San Francisco: this version was produced by Joe Saraceno and former
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associate Jerry Riopelle and released on
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in February 1964, the week prior to the release of Everett's version. Although Everett's single was more likely to receive airplay due to her being an established hitmaker (with " You're No Good"), Vee-Jay feared losing sales to the King version and opted to distinguish Everett's version by issuing it under the title "The Shoop Shoop Song" referring to the song's background vocals.


Linda Lewis version


Background

"The Shoop Shoop Song" first became a major UK hit in 1975 via a
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version entitled "It's in His Kiss" by
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vocalist Linda Lewis recorded at Mediasound Studios in New York City with producers Bert de Couteaux and Tony Silvester in a session which also yielded Lewis' recording of her own composition "Rock and Roller Coaster". Lewis would recall: "Clive avis -
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to work with Bert DeCoteaux, who’d roduced
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and people like that...And I had all these amazing backing vocalists, like
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in the studio. I was like, 'Oh, my God!' I’m just this little girl from the East End...I just went in the studio and just hit the nail on the head, apparently."
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had the idea of Lewis remaking a classic hit song disco-style and had several "oldies" played for Lewis in the studio: (Lewis quote:)"As soon as It's in His Kiss'came on we all said 'That's the one!'" Lewis would state: "I always loved the song and used to sing it in the bath" while opining that making a disco record "isn't really me".


Reception

Issued as "It's in His Kiss" — despite containing a variant of the "shoop shoop" background vocal – Lewis' version became a UK Top Ten hit in August 1975:.Roberts, David (2006). ''British Hit Singles & Albums'' (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 320. . on July 26, 1975, the track had been ranked at number 13 in its third charting week, its advance to number 8 on the August 2, 1975 chart being assisted by Lewis' performance of the song on the '' TOTP'' episode dated July 24, 1975, with the track reaching its UK chart peak of number 6 on August 9, 1975, with a third and final Top Ten ranking at number 9 on August 16, 1975. "It's in His Kiss" also afforded Lewis an Irish Top Ten hit at number 9, and in the US ranked as high as number 11 in club play with peripheral cross-over to the
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in ''
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'' at number 96, while the track almost reached the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, "
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" at number 107. "It's in His Kiss" was included on Lewis' debut Arista Records album release '' Not a Little Girl Anymore'' which reached number 40 in the
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.


Linda Ronstadt performances

On the episode of ''
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and
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performed "The Shoop Shoop Song" as a duet; in an October 2008 interview Snow stated that she and Ronstadt "always talked about" recording "The Shoop Shoop Song", adding: "Maybe we still will", although the duet remained unrecorded at the time of Snow's April 26, 2011, death. When Ronstadt participated in two benefit concerts for
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on December 21–22, 1979, she performed "The Shoop Shoop Song". That number – featuring vocal accompaniment from
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– was one of six songs performed by Ronstadt which were announced as tracks on her upcoming album ''
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'': however, ''Mad Love'' was issued in February 1980 without the inclusion of "The Shoop Shoop Song". Ronstadt performed "The Shoop Shoop Song" as a guest on an episode of ''
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on June 12, 1982, Ronstadt's set included "The Shoop Shoop Song": vocal accompaniment was provided by Nicolette Larson and Rosemary Butler. Had Ronstadt recorded "The Shoop Shoop Song" for her ''Mad Love'' album it would have been produced by
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, who would eventually produce the 1990 international smash hit cover by
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.


Cher version


Background

Cher's cover was for the soundtrack of her 1990 film ''
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'', in which it plays during the closing credits, and the single's U.S. release coincided with the November release of the film. It peaked at number 33 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and number one in the United Kingdom. The song was Cher's first solo number one single; her only previous number one in the United Kingdom had been in 1965 with her then-husband Sonny Bono and their first hit, "
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". Cher's "The Shoop Shoop Song" also topped the charts in Austria, Ireland and Norway; the single achieved a number two peak in Belgium and top ten status in France, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland, Netherlands and Sweden. The success of the single in the United Kingdom and Continental Europe was reflected in its addition to '' Love Hurts'', her subsequent album, as released in those parts of the world, Australia and New Zealand. "The Shoop Shoop Song" was also included in the album's Canadian release but not in the U.S. "The Shoop Shoop Song" was not available on a U.S. Cher album until the 1999 release of '' If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher's Greatest Hits''.


Critical reception

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from ''
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'' wrote, "Fun and faithful cover of Betty Everett's pop nugget is lifted from the soundtrack to Cher's new film, ''
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''. Truly irresistible."


Music video

The original video for "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" was directed by
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, and made to promote the movie ''
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''. The video features
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with
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, who played her daughters in the film, in a music studio in the clothes and styles of the 1960s period of the film, clips of which are shown throughout. Near the end, the video switches from black-and-white to color and Cher and the girls are shown in jeans and leather jackets spray-painting a wall in an alley. A revised video was issued which deleted the clips of the film from the video. The leather jacket at the end of the video is one of the earliest custom Chrome Hearts jackets ever made.


Track listing

*US 7-inch and cassette single #"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" – 2:51 #"Love on a Rooftop" – 4:22 *European 7-inch and cassette single #"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" – 2:51 #" Baby I'm Yours" – 3:19 *European 12-inch and CD single #"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" – 2:51 #"Baby I'm Yours" – 3:19 #" We All Sleep Alone" – 3:53 *1993 Spanish 12-inch single #"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" – 2:51 #" Love and Understanding" – 4:42 #" Save Up All Your Tears" – 3:58 *1997 US 12-inch single #"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" (Obsession Mix) – 8:21 #"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" (Crush Mix) – 8:19 #"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" (Ventura Party Dub) – 6:45 #"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" (Ventura Radio Edit) – 4:03


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Decade-end charts


Certifications and sales


Release history


Other versions

* The song was covered by many British invasion bands such as
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,
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, and The Swinging Blue Jeans, who had all recorded versions in 1964. *In 1974 the song was remade by Australian band The Bootleg Family Band: "The Shoop Shoop Song" was a top 5 hit for the band who later on became known as Avalanche. *In 1976 Anne Renée recorded the French language rendering "Embrasse-le" which borrowed the arrangement of the 1975 Linda Lewis disco cover. *
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remade "It's in His Kiss" at the suggestion of Livingston Taylor: an acoustic rendition featuring a counter vocal by
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(who co-produced the track with Lew Hahn), the Kate Taylor version was recorded August 1977 at Atlantic Recording Studios (NYC) and became Kate Taylor's sole ''Billboard'' Hot 100 hit with a #49 peak on the
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in ''
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'' magazine, on whose
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the track reached #13. Despite omitting the signature background vocals of the Betty Everett version, the Kate Taylor cover was fully entitled "It's in His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)": the track was featured on Kate Taylor's 1978 self-titled album release. ''
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'' said that "although it's a soft rocker, her vocal is energetic and the song resonates with new life." In
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it reached #77 on the Top 100 charts, and #21 on the AC charts. * Maja Blagdan recorded a Croatian version of the song, titled "Cura za sve" (''Girl For Everything''). It was included in her 1994 album ''Bijele ruže'' (''White Roses''). *
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'' The Cher Show'' - which played in
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in the summer of 2018 and opened on Broadway in December 2018, features Stephanie J. Block, Micaela Diamond and Teal Wicks as the three aspects of Cher performing "The Shoop Shoop Song": Lauren Katz' review of the Chicago production at PictureThisPost.com mentions that the song is "creatively weaved into the storytelling appearingin Act One in the midst of the early days of
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romance with Sonny...Cher and her best friends gossip about the possibility of whether or not Sonny is in love with her, and then break into the song. The piece is fun, light-hearted, and full of the hope that young Cher...for her life with this man." Block, Diamond and Wicks recorded the song for the show's Broadway cast album released April 2019.


See also

* List of European number-one airplay songs of the 1990s


References

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