Shame, Shame, Shame (Shirley & Company song)

"Shame, Shame, Shame"
File:SandC Shame.jpg
Single by Shirley & Company
from the album Shame, Shame, Shame
B-side	"More Shame" (U.K., Europe) "Shame, Shame, Shame" (Instrumental) (U.S.)
Released	1974
Format	CD single, 7" single, 12" single
Recorded	1974
Genre	Disco, soul
Length	4:00
Label	Philips
Writer(s)	Sylvia Robinson
Shirley & Company singles chronology
"Shame, Shame, Shame" (1974) "Cry, Cry, Cry," (1975)

"Shame, Shame, Shame"
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Single by Sinitta
from the album Naughty Naughty
B-side	"Maybe Someday"
Released	1992
Format	7" single
Recorded	1974
Genre	Pop, soul
Length	4:00
Label	Arista
Producer(s)	Mark Taylor, Terry Adams
Sinitta singles chronology
"Love and Affection" (1990) "Shame, Shame, Shame" (1992) "Aquarius" (1993)

"Shame, Shame, Shame" is a 1974 hit song written by Sylvia Robinson and performed by American disco band Shirley & Company. The lead singer is Shirley Goodman, the male vocalist is Jesus Alvarez.

The track, with its prominent use of the Bo Diddley beat, was one of the first international disco hits and reached number 12 on the Billboard charts. It also hit number one on the soul singles chart for one week. "Shame, Shame, Shame also went number one on the disco/dance charts for four weeks. It was however the sole success of this one-hit wonder band: the song was first released and the full-length LP Shame, Shame, Shame was recorded subsequently and came out in 1975.

The lead singer Shirley Goodman, was one half of the duo Shirley and Lee who had a mega hit 18 years earlier, in 1956, writing and recording the song "Let The Good Times Roll" for Aladdin Records.

Cover versions

Linda Fields & The Funky Boys covered a nearly identical sounding version, released as a single (7") in 1975. Rereleased in 1983 as a 12" EP. This version appears on several disco compilations and is often confused with the original. Polish-Swedish singer Izabella Scorupco recorded a cover version of the song in 1992 which was a charted hit in a number of European countries. It appears on an extended version of her 1991 album Iza. Also in 1992, the song was covered by British-American singer Sinitta. It was released as a single and peaked at number 28 in the United Kingdom. It was later included on her third studio album Naughty Naughty (1995). The A-Teens recorded a cover of the song for their album New Arrival (2003). Henri Salvador recorded a French version of the song, with the title "J'aime tes g'noux" ("I like your knees"). The song was also sung on the Cher show by Cher and Tina Turner in the mid-1970s. It was recorded by The Rolling Stones in 1974 but never released.

See also

• List of number-one hits of 1975 (Germany)
• List of number-one dance singles of 1975 (U.S.)
• List of number-one R&B singles of 1975 (U.S.)

References

Preceded by "I'll Be Holding On" by Al Downing	Billboard Disco Action number-one single (Shirely & Company version) January 18 – February 8, 1975	Succeeded by "Hijack" by Herbie Mann
Preceded by "Lady Marmalade" by Labelle	Billboard Hot Soul Singles number-one single (Shirley & Company version) March 1, 1975	Succeeded by "Express" by B. T. Express
Preceded by "Fox on the Run" by Sweet	German Singles Chart number-one single (Shirley & Company version) 18 April – 2 May 1975	Succeeded by "Fox on the Run" by The Sweet