I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself
1964 hit single for Dusty Springfield From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1964 hit single for Dusty Springfield From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and lyricist Hal David.
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Solid centre variant of the UK single | ||||
| Single by Dusty Springfield | ||||
| from the album Dusty | ||||
| B-side | "My Colouring Book" | |||
| Released | June 1964 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:01 | |||
| Label | Philips | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Burt Bacharach and Hal David | |||
| Producer(s) | Johnny Franz | |||
| Dusty Springfield singles chronology | ||||
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The song's life began in 1962 when Bacharach and David were songwriters at the New York songwriting factory the Brill Building.[2]
"I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself" was first recorded by Chuck Jackson in 1962.[2] This version was shelved and remained unreleased until it appeared on a 1984 compilation on the Kent record label called Mr. Emotion. According to the sleeve notes of that album, Jackson's vocals were substituted for Tommy Hunt's while the original backing track was retained.
The 1962 release by Tommy Hunt, which featured Hunt singing over the original Chuck Jackson backing track, listed Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller as producers. It was released as single Scepter 1236 (B-side "And I Never Knew") in May 1962, but did not chart. The song served as the title track for Hunt's sole album release on Scepter released in April 1963. The U.K. success of Dusty Springfield's June 1964 cover version led to Scepter's re-releasing the Tommy Hunt recording, at which time it reached the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in Billboard with a number 119 peak.
Dusty Springfield recorded "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" in a session at Olympic Studios in Barnes, London with production credited to Philips Records owner Johnny Franz - although Springfield later stated her solo Philips tracks were self-produced - and arranged by Ivor Raymonde who conducted his orchestra; personnel on the session included Big Jim Sullivan on guitar and Bobby Graham on drums. Springfield, whose first solo recordings had included covers of the Bacharach/David compositions "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "Wishin' and Hopin'" - had brought back "I Just Don't Know..." from an overnight trip to New York City where she met up with Bacharach in February 1964.
The third UK single release of Springfield's solo career - following the "Brill Building" Sound-alikes "I Only Want to Be With You" and "Stay Awhile" - "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" was Springfield's first UK single release to display her signature vocal style; rising to number 3 in the summer of 1964 the track remained Springfield's highest UK Singles Chart hit until she reached number 1 in 1966 with "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me", which was Springfield's only UK solo hit to chart higher than "I Just Don't Know...".
A concurrent US release of Springfield's "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" was preempted by the presence of Springfield's "Wishin' and Hopin'" in the US Top Ten over the summer of 1964. Springfield's "I Just Don't Know..." received a belated US release in October 1965 featured on a single with Springfield's current UK hit "Some of Your Lovin'"; that month Springfield made a promotional junket to the US which included performances of both of the single's tracks on the TV shows Hullabaloo and Shindig but neither side reached the Billboard Hot 100.
| "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" | ||||
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 Side A of the US single | ||||
| Single by Dionne Warwick | ||||
| from the album Here Where There Is Love | ||||
| B-side | "In Between the Heartaches" | |||
| Released | 1966 | |||
| Recorded | 1966 | |||
| Studio | Bell Sound (New York City) | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:50 | |||
| Label | Scepter | |||
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| Dionne Warwick singles chronology | ||||
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Dionne Warwick recorded "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" at Bell Sound Studios in August 1966 with Burt Bacharach producing; released that September the track is from her third album, Here Where There Is Love on Scepter Records. The song was a moderate success reaching number 26 on the US Hot 100 and number 20 on US Hot R&B with its strongest evident regional success in Detroit going Top Ten there.
Warwick released three consecutive Bacharach/David songs as singles: "Message to Michael", "Trains and Boats and Planes", and "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself". Warwick's next Top 40 single, "Alfie", was also a Bacharach/David song; three of the four songs appeared on Warwick's 1967 album Here Where There Is Love.[8][original research?]
Notes
| Chart (1966) | Peak position |
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| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[10] | 36 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[11] | 26 |
| US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[12] | 20 |
| US Cashbox Top 100[13] | 24 |
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| Single by Marcia Hines | ||||
| from the album Shining | ||||
| B-side | "Trilogy" | |||
| Released | 1976 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:08 | |||
| Label | Wizard Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Robie Porter | |||
| Marcia Hines singles chronology | ||||
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Marcia Hines recorded a version of the track and released it as the lead single from her second studio album, Shining (1976). The B-side "Trilogy" was included on her debut studio album, Marcia Shines (1975).
7-inch Single (ZS-153)
| Chart (1975–76) | Position |
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| Australian Kent Music Report[14] | 10 |
| Chart (1976) | Position |
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| Australian (Kent Music Report)[14][15] | 23 |
| "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" | ||||
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| Single by the White Stripes | ||||
| from the album Elephant | ||||
| B-side | "Who's to Say..." | |||
| Released | 1 September 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 7–13 November 2001[16][17] | |||
| Studio | Maida Vale Studios | |||
| Genre | Punk rock[1] | |||
| Length | 2:46 | |||
| Label | V2, XL | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | |||
| Producer(s) | Jack White | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" on YouTube | ||||
In September 2003, "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" was released as a single by American alternative rock band the White Stripes. It was the second single released from their album Elephant, reaching the top 40 in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
The black-and-white music video, directed by Sofia Coppola, cinematographed by Lance Acord and choreographed by Robin Conrad, features Kate Moss pole dancing in black underwear.[18][19]
UK CD single[20]
UK 7-inch single[21]
UK DVD single[22]
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[23] | 54 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[24] | 92 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[25] | 34 |
| Scotland (OCC)[26] | 9 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[27] | 13 |
| UK Indie (OCC)[28] | 2 |
| US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[29] | 25 |
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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| United Kingdom | 1 September 2003 |
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XL | [30] |
| United States | 19 January 2004 | Active rock radio | V2 | [31] |
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