"Johnny Get Angry" is a song written by

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

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 East ...

and performed by

Joanie Sommers Joanie Sommers (born Joan Drost, February 24, 1941) is an American singer and actress. Her career has focused on jazz, standards and popular song. Early in her career she was billed as "The Voice of the Sixties"; she also collaborated with promin ...

. It reached No.7 on the U.S. pop chart in 1962 and No. 4 on Canada's

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. It was featured on her 1962 album ''Johnny Get Angry''. The track 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' "Save ...

. 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. In the song, the girl challenges Johnny to get angry with her by telling him that they're through. She wants him to lecture her, act like a "brave man" and a "cave man" which, in her eyes, would show her that he cares for her. She refers to occasions when they are dancing and Johnny allows another guy to keep cutting in. She asks him, "Must you always be so meek?" The song ranked No.56 on ''Billboard'' magazine's Top 100 singles of 1962.

Other charting versions

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, in 1962 - which reached No.32 on the UK Singles Chart.

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

, on her 1962 album ''

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''. *

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recorded a rendition entitled "Get Angry" for 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 it on ''

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'' on December 2, 1989. * Anne Bobby's character Lori Winston sings it in a deleted scene from 1990's

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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

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In popular culture

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