Answer songs throughout the years

[Robin]

Ok, this is copied straight off everyhit.com but I thought it might be of interest to peopel. Here is a list of every answer song that has been recorded, next to the original song.

Year/Chart position/Answer song/Year/Ch.position

1959 Neil Sedaka - "Oh Carol" 3 Carole King - "Oh Neil" 1959 -
1960 Jim Reeves - "He'll Have To Go" 36 Jeanne Black - "He'll Have To Stay" 1960 -
1960 Brian Hyland - "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" 8 Jerri Lynn Fraser - "Poor Begonia" 1966 -
1960 The Drifters - "Save The Last Dance For Me" 2 Damita Jo - "I'll Save The Last Dance For You" 1960 -
Billy Fury - "You're Having The Last Dance With Me" 1961 -
1961 Elvis Presley with The Jordanaire - "Are You Lonesome Tonight" 1 Geraldine 'Dodie' Stevens - "Yes I'm Lonesome Tonight" 1961 -
1961 The Shirelles - "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" 4 Bertelle Danere - "Not Just Tomorrow But Always" 1961 -
Satintones - "Tomorrow And Always" 1961 -
1961 Ernie K-Doe - "Mother-In-Law" 29 Blossoms - "Son-in-Law" 1961 -
1961 Bobby Vee - "Take Good Care Of My Baby" 3 Sammi Lynn - "You Should Know I'm Still Your Baby" 1961 -
1961 The Tokens - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)" 11 The Romeos - "The Tiger's Wide Awake" 1961 -
1962 The Four Seasons - "Sherry" 8 Tracey Dey - "Jerry I'm Your Sherry" 1962 -
1963 The Beatles - "I Want To Hold Your Hand" 1 Bootles - "I'll Let You Hold My Hand" 1964 -
Beatlettes - "Yes You Can Hold My Hand" 1964 -
1964 Lorne Greene - "Ringo" 14 Robin Garrett - "Ringo's Revenge" 1964 -
1965 Roger Miller - "King Of The Road" 1 Jody Miller - "Queen Of The House" 1965 -
1965 Barry McGuire - "Eve Of Destruction" 3 Spokesmen - "Dawn Of Correction" 1965 -
1965 James Brown & The Famous Flames - "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" 25 Anna King - "Mama's Got A Bag Of Her Own" 1965 -
1966 Percy Sledge - " When A Man Loves A Woman" 4 Esther Phillips - "When A Woman Loves A Man" 1966 -
1966 James Brown & The Famous Flames - "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" 13 Chubby Martin - "It's Not A Man's World" 1966 -
Irma Thomas - "It's A Man's Woman's World" 1966 -
1966 Napoleon XIV - "They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha-Haa" 4 Teddy & Darrel - "They Took You Away, I'm Glad, I'm Glad" 1966 -
Josephine XV - "I'm Happy They Took You Away Ha-Haaaa" 1966 -
1967 Royal Guardsmen - "Snoopy Vs The Red Baron" 8 Delicatessen - "Red Baron's Revenge" 1967 -
1968 The Beatles - "Revolution" (B-side of "Hey Jude") 1 The Rolling Stones - "Street Fighting Man" 1971 -
1969 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - "Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town" 2 Geraldine 'Dodie' Stevens - "Billy I've Got To Go To Town" 1969 -
1971 The Piglets - "Johnny Reggae" 3 Johnny Reggae - "Keep Your Knickers On" 1971 -
1971 Isaac Hayes - "Shaft" 4 R. B. Freeman - "I'm Shaft (You Ain't Shaft)" 1975 -
1972 Chuck Berry - "My Ding-A-Ling" 1 Miss Chuckleberry - "My Pussycat" 1972 -
1972 Neil Young - "Southern Man" - Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Sweet Home Alabama" (EP track)
(partial answer-back) 1976 31
1974 Paul Anka - "You're Having My Baby" 6 Sunday Sharpe - "I'm Having Your Baby" 1975 -
1983 Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean" 1 Lydia Murdoch - "Superstar" 1983 14
1984 Jocelyn Brown - "Somebody Else's Guy" 13 Frederic MC Count Linton- "I'm Somebody Else's Guy" 1984 -
1986 Janet Jackson - "What Have You Done For Me Lately" 3 King MC - "What Have I Done For You Lately?" 1986 -
1986 Madonna - "Papa Don't Preach" 1 Daniel Aiello - "Papa Only Wants The Best" 1986 -
1986 Gwen Guthrie - "Ain't Nothing Goin' On But The Rent" 5 Wally Jump Jr. - "Ain't Gonna Pay You One Red Cent" 1984 -
1986 Oran 'Juice' Jones - "The Rain" 4 Miss Thang - "Thunder And Lightning" 1986 -
1991 Color Me Badd - "I Wanna Sex You Up" 1 TCF Crew - "If You Want To Sex Me Up" 1991 -
1999 TLC - "No Scrubs" 3 Sporty Thievz - "No Pigeons" 1999 21
2000 Eminem - "The Real Slim Shady" 1 Emily Ellis - "Will the Real Slim Shady Please Shut Up (My Reply)" (performed from the perspective of Christina Aguilera) 2000 -
2001 Shaggy featuring Rikrok - "It Wasn't Me" 1 Lady Saw featuring Marsha "Son Of A b****" 2001 -
2003 50 Cent - "21 Questions" 6 Lil' Mo featuring Free - "21 Answers" 2003 -
2004 Eamon - "F**k It (I Don't Want You Back)" 1 Frankee - "FU Right Back"

[qx17417]

i knew there were a few reply songs but not that many

thanks for the list
very interesting

[Admin]

Cheers Robin, not many have charted have they?
This is my fave...
2000 Eminem - "The Real Slim Shady" 1 Emily Ellis - "Will the Real Slim Shady Please Shut Up (My Reply)" (performed from the perspective of Christina Aguilera) 2000 - ;D

[Robin]

1966 Napoleon XIV - "They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha-Haa" 4
Teddy & Darrel - "They Took You Away, I'm Glad, I'm Glad" 1966 -
Josephine XV - "I'm Happy They Took You Away Ha-Haaaa" 1966 -

These answer songs sound quite amusing! ;D

Most answer songs do tend to be to the same tune as the original but not always.