| 词条 | You Better Sit Down Kids | ||||||||||
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| name = You Better Sit Down Kids | cover = cher_you_better_sit_down_kids_alt.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Cher | album = With Love, Cher | B-side = {{ubl|"Mama (When My Dollies Have Babies)"|alternate "Elusive Butterfly"}} | released = 1967 | format = Vinyl | recorded = 1966 | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop | length = {{Duration|m=3|s=42}} | label = Imperial | writer = Sonny Bono | producer = Sonny Bono | prev_title = Hey Joe | prev_year = 1967 | next_title = The Click Song | next_year = 1968 }} "You Better Sit Down Kids" is a major hit single release by American singer/actress Cher in 1967 from her fourth studio album With Love, Chér, released on November 1967 by Imperial Records. The song was written by her then-husband Sonny Bono. Sung from a father's perspective, the lyrics tell the story of a divorce as explained to the couple's children. The song is featured on the compilation albums Cher's Golden Greats (1968), Superpack Vol. 1 (1972) and Gold (2005). The song was well received by music critics. It also reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Cher's second top ten single after "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)", and number twelve in Canada. "You Better Sit Down Kids" was covered by Roy Drusky, Liza Minnelli, Glen Campbell and Bono himself on All I Ever Need Is You (1971). BackgroundThe year of 1967 was full for Sonny & Cher. They released their third studio album In Case You're In Love in March which yielded the U.S. top ten single "The Beat Goes On" and the U.K. top five single "Little Man". In April, they promoted the musical comedy Good Times along with its soundtrack. Both of them were commercial failures. During the fall of year, they also released the compilation albums The Best of Sonny & Chér and Sonny & Cher's Greatest Hits.[1] In November 1967, "You Better Sit Down Kids" was released as a single alongside With Love, Chér. Cher later recorded an Italian version of the song titled "Bambini Miei Cari (Sedetevi Attorno)".[2] CompositionThough a woman, Cher recorded the song without changing its explicitly masculine perspective.[3] Like her other solo hits "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" and "Where Do You Go", this song was written by Bono. The lyrics are from the perspective of a father informing his children that he and their mother are separating.[3] The song starts slow, then, after a few stanzas, a fast bridge section has the father giving some orders to the kids, including to "Say your prayers before you go to bed, and be sure to get to school on time". The song starts in the key of B, and goes up a half step on each stanza, except during the Bridge section, which is in the key of B-Flat. The last stanza and the Coda are done in the key of F. ReceptionMark Bego, author of Cher: If You Believe, praised Cher's performance on "You Better Sit Down Kids", saying that "she turned it into a soap-opera storytelling, at which she vocally excelled".[3] Joe Viglione from Allmusic also wrote a favorable review of the song, calling it "the moment in the sun" of the album and describing it as a "tremendous performance".[4] A Billboard article listing Cher's biggest songs, ranked the "You Better Sit Down Kids" as the seventeenth.[5] "You Better Sit Down Kids" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated October 28, 1967 at number 79.[6] The song eventually peaked at number nine on the chart dated December 23, becoming Cher's second solo top ten song after "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" a year earlier. In Canada, the song entered the RPM at number 78 on the chart dated November 4, 1967.[7] It then reached number twelve.[11] "You Better Sit Down Kids" appeared on the 1967 year-end chart at number sixty.[12] Cover versionsMany artists covered "You Better Sit Down Kids" shortly after its release. In 1968, Roy Drusky brought the song to country music audiences. His version peaked at number 28, spending 10 weeks on the Billboard country chart.[8] The same year, Liza Minnelli covered the song on her self-titled studio album released by A&M Records.[9] Glen Campbell covered the song on his twelfth album Wichita Lineman, released by Capitol Records.[10] The jazz group The Raymonde Singers Etcetera included the song on their album "Feelin'".[11] Gary Puckett & The Union Gap also released a version of the song on their 1968 album, Woman, Woman.[12] Later, Sonny Bono himself recorded a solo version on their 1971 album All I Ever Need Is You.[13] Track listing and formats{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}
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Notes1. ^{{harvnb|Larocque|2013|pp=67–69}} 2. ^{{harvnb|Larocque|2013|p=74}} 3. ^1 2 {{harvnb|Bego|2001|p=53}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/with-love-cher-mw0000373039 |title=With Love, Cher music review |author= Joe Viglione |date= |website= Allmusic |publisher= |accessdate=2017-04-01}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Cher's Biggest Billboard Hits|author=Caulfield, Keith|accessdate=2017-04-04|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=2016-05-20|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/1563030/chers-biggest-billboard-hits}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1967-10-28 |title=Music: Top 100 Songs - The Week of October 28, 1967 |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=2017-04-01}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.100111&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.100111.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.100111 |title=The RPM 100 - Week of November 4, 1967 |publisher=RPM |accessdate=2017-04-01}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1968-05-18|title=Top Country Songs Chart - The Week of May 18, 1968|work=Billboard|publisher=Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group|accessdate=2017-03-26}} 9. ^{{cite web|last=Griffith |first=JT |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/liza-minnelli-1968-mw0000847062 |title=Liza Minelli [1968] - Liza Minnelli |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2017-04-01}} 10. ^{{cite web|last=Eder |first=Bruce |title=Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell |publisher=Allmusic |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/wichita-lineman-mw0000611196 |accessdate=2017-04-01}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/feelin-mw0000925609 |title=Feelin' - The Raymonde Singers Etcetera & The Union Gap |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2017-04-01}} 12. ^{{cite web|last=Viglione |first=Joe |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/woman-woman-r47317 |title=Woman, Woman - Gary Puckett | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2017-04-01}} 13. ^{{harvnb|Bego|2001|p=73}} 14. ^{{cite AV media notes | title = You Better Sit Down Kids | others = Cher | date = 1967 | type = US 7" Vinyl Single | publisher = Imperial Records | location = US | id = 66261}} 15. ^{{cite AV media notes | title = You Better Sit Down Kids | others = Cher | date = 1967 | type = Spanish 7" Vinyl Single | publisher = Liberty Records | location = Spain | id = H 235}} 16. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.100135&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=v2a76h62to0aart05gg0u3agj2 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date= |accessdate=2016-10-01}} 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://98.130.35.56/archives/60s_files/19671223.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 12/23/67 |accessdate=2017-03-28}} 18. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.100151&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=dtlhqtcdftn9t40n27r4hds2h0 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date= |accessdate=2017-04-01}} References
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