There's a Kind of Hush
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| "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)" | ||
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| Single by Carpenters | ||
| from the album A Kind of Hush | ||
| A-side(s) | "There's a Kind of Hush" | |
| B-side(s) | "I'm Caught Between (Goodbye and I Love You" | |
| Released | 1976 | |
| Format | 45 rpm record | |
| Recorded | 1976 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 03:04 | |
| Label | A&M Records | |
| Writer(s) | Geoff Stephens; Les Reed | |
| Producer(s) | Jerry Weintraub | |
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| Carpenters singles chronology | ||
| "Solitaire" (1975) | "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)" (1976) | "I Need To Be In Love" (1976) |
"There's A Kind Of Hush" is a popular song written by Les Reed and Geoff Stephens.
The best-known version of the song is by Herman's Hermits, who took it to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #6 in the United World Chart in 1967, eclipsing a cover version which had been released by Gary and the Hornets that had garnered regional success in the United States. Nine years later, the song was a worldwide smash for The Carpenters, who extended the title to include almost the entire first line of the lyric: "There's A Kind Of Hush (All Over The World)". However, Richard Carpenter explained in the liner notes to the Carpenters' 2004 best-of compilation, Gold, that although he and Karen Carpenter loved the song, he was not particularly pleased with how their remake turned out:
"...one of Karen's and my favorite songs from the '60s. In hindsight, however, even though our version was a hit, I wish we'd never recorded it. Here are three reasons why: (1) The original was, and is, perfectly fine. (2) Our foray into the oldies should have ended with the medley featured on side 2 of [the duo's hit LP] Now & Then, 1973. (3) The use of a synthesizer in some of our recordings has not worn well with me, on this track, or just about any other track on which I used it."
In 2006, the experimental rock band Deerhoof covered the song on their self-released, internet-only Untitled E.P..
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