The Searchers: Needles & Pins
The prompt for this week at Song Lyrics Sunday is “search.” This is the song that came to mind first.
The Searchers version (1964)
“Needles and Pins”
The Searchers heard British performer Cliff Bennett perform “Needles and Pins” at a club in Hamburg, Germany[citation needed], and instantly wanted it to be their next single. The Pye Records single was released in January 1964.[7] It was number one in the United Kingdom,[7] Ireland and South Africa and peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States. Soon after, in April 1964, “Needles and Pins” appeared on the Searchers’ next album, It’s the Searchers.
Audible during the Searchers’ recording of “Needles and Pins” is a faulty bass drum pedal, which squeaks throughout the song. It is particularly noticeable during the opening of the number.
Part of The Searchers’ version can be heard as the intro of the song “Use the Man” from Megadeth’s Cryptic Writings album, although it does not appear on the remastered version.
A German version sung by The Searchers is called Tausend Nadelstiche. (Wikipedia.org)
NEEDLES AND PINS
(Jack Nitzsche / Sonny Bono)
I saw her today, I saw her face
It was the face I loved and I knew
I had to run away and get down on my knees and pray
That they’d go away
But still they begin
Needles and pins
Because of all my pride
The tears I gotta hide
Hey, I thought I was smart, I wanted her
Didn’t think I’d do, but now I see
She’s worse to him than me
Let her go ahead, take his love instead
And one day she will see
Just how to say please
And get down on her knees
Yeah, that’s how it begins
She’ll feel those needles and pins
a-hurtin her, a-hurtin her
Why can’t I stop and tell myself I’m wrong, I’m wrong, so wrong
Why can’t I stand up and tell myself I’m strong
Because I saw her today, I saw her face
It was the face I loved and I knew
I had to run away and get down on my knees and pray
That they’d go away
But still they begin
Needles and pins
Because of all my pride
The tears I gotta hide
Ah, needles and pins
Needles and pins
Needles and pins
Here’s the video:
Del Shannon and the Searchers are carrying the challenge this week. LOL! Thanks for the share. 🙂
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Great minds – as you say!
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I remember Needles and Pins, I was in college and we had just started the campus radio station. Interesting that Sonny Bono was one of the writers.
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Yes, I was surprised to learn Sonny Bono was one of the writers too. Great song!
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