Glad All Over
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| “Glad All Over” | |||||
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| Single by The Dave Clark Five | |||||
| B-side | "I Know You" | ||||
| Released | November 1963 | ||||
| Label | Columbia DB 7154 (UK) Epic 9656 (US) | ||||
| Writer(s) | Dave Clark, Mike Smith | ||||
| Producer | Adrian Clark | ||||
| The Dave Clark Five singles chronology | |||||
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Glad All Over is a song written by Dave Clark and Mike Smith and recorded by The Dave Clark Five. In January 1964 it became the British group's first big hit, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart and dethroning The Beatles at the height of British Beatlemania, then in April 1964 later reaching number 6 on the U.S. pop singles chart, becoming the first British Invasion hit by an artist other than The Beatles. It also hit number one in Ireland.
"Glad All Over" featured Smith leading unison group vocals, often in call and response style, a saxophone line used not for solo decoration but underneath the whole song, and a big, "air hammer" beat that underpinned wall of sound production unto garage rock.
The English football club Crystal Palace adopted the song as their anthem in the 1960s, when fans started to bang hands and feet on advertising hoardings in time with the drum beat. It is played at the start of all home games, when Palace score, and at the end of home games, providing Palace win. A cover version, sung by the squad at the time, was released as part of their FA Cup run (where they reached the final of the competition) in 1990. It is also played at football clubs Port Vale and Blackpool whenever they score a goal; however, it will always be linked with Palace in much the same way as "You'll Never Walk Alone" is with Liverpool.
In 1993 "Glad All Over" was reissued as a single in the UK, and placed to number 37.
Recently Bon Jovi have opened their concerts with a version of this song.
| Preceded by "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles |
UK number one single "Glad All Over" by The Dave Clark Five January 16, 1964 (2 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Needles and Pins" by The Searchers |
