"Johnny Get Angry" is a song written by

Hal David Harold Lane David (May 25, 1921 – September 1, 2012) was an American lyricist. He grew up in New York City. He was best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach and his association with Dionne Warwick. Early life David ...

and

Sherman Edwards Sherman Edwards (April 3, 1919 – March 30, 1981) was an American composer, jazz pianist, and songwriter, best known for his songs from the 1969 Broadway musical '' 1776'' and the 1972 film adaptation. Early life Edwards was born in the Ea ...

and performed by

Joanie Sommers Joanie Sommers (born Joan Drost, February 24, 1941) is an American singer and actress with a career concentrating on jazz, standards and popular material and show-business credits. Once billed as "The Voice of the Sixties", and associated with to ...

. It reached #7 on the U.S. pop chart in 1962. It was featured on her 1962 album ''Johnny Get Angry''. The song was arranged and produced by

Stan Applebaum Stanley Seymour Applebaum (March 1, 1922 – February 23, 2019) was an American composer, arranger, musician and conductor. He arranged the orchestration on many pop hit records, most notably in the early 1960s, including The Drifters' " Sav ...

. This version featured a bass guitar, rhythm guitar, drums, horns, jazz piano, strings, a wordless female chorus, plus an ensemble of kazoos, that are heard during the instrumental section of the song. In the song, the girl challenges Johnny by saying that they were through, wanting to see how Johnny would react by wanting him to get angry, by having him give her a big lecture, and to act like a brave caveman, to show that he cared for her. She references that when a guy cut into her dancing with Johnny, that he took no action against this. The song ranked #56 on ''Billboard'' magazine's Top 100 singles of 1962.

Other charting versions

* Carol Deene released a version of the song in 1962 which reached #32 on the

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Other versions

Shelley Fabares Michele Ann Marie "Shelley" Fabares (; born January 19, 1944) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her television roles as Mary Stone on the sitcom '' The Donna Reed Show'' (1958–1963) and as Christine Armstrong on the sitco ...

released a version of the song on her 1962 album '' The Things We Did Last Summer''. * Motor Totemist Guild released a version of the song entitled "Get Angry" on their 1984 album ''Infra Dig''.

In popular culture

*Vinnie Monte released an

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entitled "Joanie Don't Be Angry" in October 1962. *Sommers' version was included in the 1991 film ''

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''. * K.d. lang and The Reclines performed the song on ''

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'' on December 2, 1989. *Anne Bobby's character Lori Winston performs the song in a deleted scene from 1990's Nightbreed.

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1962 songs 1962 singles Songs with lyrics by Hal David Songs written by Sherman Edwards Shelley Fabares songs Warner Records singles {{1960s-single-stub

Other charting versions

Other versions

In popular culture

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