Shout!

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"Shout!"

Single by The Isley Brothers
from the album Shout!
Released	September 21, 1959
Format	7" single
Recorded	RCA Studios, New York, 1959
Genre	Soul/rock
Length	4:22
Label	RCA 7588
Writer(s)	Rudolph Isley Ronald Isley O'Kelly Isley, Jr.
Producer(s)	Hugo Peretti Luigi Creatore
Chart positions
#47 (US Pop Singles)
The Isley Brothers singles chronology
"I'm Gonna Knock At Your Door" (1959)	"Shout!" (1959)	"Respectable" (1960)

"Shout" is also a song by Tears for Fears.

"Shout!" is a popular and influential record by The Isley Brothers. Released in 1959, it was written by the brothers themselves as a call-and-response answer to Jackie Wilson's seminal "Lonely Teardrops" which they interpreted after performing that exact song during a club date. While the song didn't reach higher than #47 on the Billboard Hot 100, it became their first gold single on the basis of its longevity and became a covered tune for them as British and American rock groups re-recorded the song including one hit cover by Joey Dee and the Starlighters in 1962.

The Scottish singer Lulu covered part 1 of the song for her first single release in 1964 when she was only 15 years old. When it was released in the spring of 1964, it became a smash hit and launched Lulu on the road to stardom. "Shout" went on to take the British Singles Chart by storm and finally reached No. 7. The Beatles also featured part 2 of the song in their stage act, and an appearance on Ready Steady Go!. While it was a crowd-pleaser, the studio version achieved little attention and was not released as a single. It finally appeared on The Beatles Anthology album. Interestingly, it appears to be one of the few songs, if not the only one, where all four Beatles share the lead vocals.

The song achieved its ultimate exposure in the cover version performed by Otis Day and the Knights in the movie Animal House. Though Day's voice was dubbed, both the musical and visual performances were unforgettable, and a record release also became a hit.

The song would go on to be the theme song in commercials for the Shout brand of detergent. It was also used as a song in Australian children's program Play School. It was the basis for the ABC TV network jingles for 1989 and 1990 seasons. A version of "Shout" is also played at the home games of the Buffalo Bills football team each time the Bills score, using the traditional "Let's Go Buffalo". The song has become a popular live-cover song for Green Day, which they perform exclusively at gigs. More recently, the original version was remixed by Matter Music for a memorable sequence in the 2005 blockbuster film Wedding Crashers.

The song was inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.