1-2-3 (song)

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“1-2-3”
Single by Len Barry
B-side	"Bullseye"
Released	October 1965
Format	7" single
Genre	blue-eyed soul, pop music
Label	Decca 31827 Brunswick 05942 (UK)
Writer(s)	John Medora, David White, Len Barry
Len Barry singles chronology
"Lip Sync" "1-2-3" (1965) "Like a Baby"

"1-2-3" is a hit 1965 song written and recorded by Len Barry. The song is actually a rework of "Ask Any Girl" released by The Supremes as the b-side to their single "Baby Love", and written by Holland-Dozier-Holland. It reached #2 in the U.S. Billboard chart and #3 on the UK Singles Chart.

[edit] Chart performances

• 2 - U.S. Billboard Chart
• 3 - UK Singles Chart

[edit] Legacy

• The song was featured on the soundtrack for the film, Mr. Holland's Opus.
• "1-2-3" was one of the songs that appeared in John Lennon's jukebox.
• Motown Records sued the songwriters, because "1-2-3" was a reworked copy of Holland-Dozier-Holland song "Ask Any Girl". The songwriters admitted to taking the composition which led to Holland-Dozier-Holland getting credit for writing "1-2-3".
• In December 2005, Welsh singer-songwriter Cerys Matthews recorded a new version of "1-2-3" in Nashville, Tennessee for a children's charity in the UK.^[1]
• Edwyn Collins sampled the opening for his single "A Girl Like You".

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.jmcreative.net/ Cerys Matthews: "1-2-3" (2005)