I'm Telling You Now

"I'm Telling You Now" is a 1963 song by Freddie Garrity and Mitch Murray, originally performed by Freddie and the Dreamers, which, in 1965, reached number one on the American Billboard Hot 100.^[2]

"I'm Telling You Now"
Single by Freddie and the Dreamers
B-side	"What Have I Done to You?"
Released	September 1963 (1963-09) (UK) March 1965 (1965-03) (US)
Genre	Merseybeat[1]
Length	2:05
Label	Columbia (EMI) DB 7086 (UK) Tower 125 (USA)
Songwriter(s)	Freddie Garrity, Mitch Murray
Producer(s)	John Burgess
Freddie and the Dreamers singles chronology
"If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody" (1963) "I'm Telling You Now" (1963) "You Were Made for Me" (1963)

"I'm Telling You Now" was first released in the United Kingdom in August 1963 on EMI's Columbia label and went to number two in the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's biggest hit. Two years later, Capitol's subsidiary, Tower Records, re-released the song in the United States, which propelled Freddie and the Dreamers to international stardom.

The dancing by Freddie and the band during this song spawned (via video) a minor dance fad, the Freddie.^[3]

Chart history

Weekly charts Chart (1963) Peak position UK[4] 2 Chart (1965) Peak position Canada RPM Top Singles[5] 1 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 1 U.S. Cash Box Top 100[7] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1963) Rank UK [8] 40 Chart (1965) Rank U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] 42 U.S. Cash Box [10] 48

See also

• Hot 100 number-one hits of 1965 (United States)