Wham Bam

"Wham Bam"

Artwork for Italian vinyl release
Single by Silver
from the album Silver
B-side "Right on Time"
Released June 1976
Format 7" single
Genre Pop
Length 3:25
Label Arista
Songwriter(s) Rick Giles
Producer(s) Tom Sellers, Clive Davis

"Wham Bam" is a 1976 pop hit by the American group Silver, written by country songwriter Rick Giles. It was the only charting song by the group. Lead vocals are by John Batdorf.[1]

The single's title, "Wham Bam", was shown as "Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang", and peaked at No. 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in the fall of 1976.[2] It is ranked as the 70th biggest hit of 1976.[3] The song also charted in Canada (No. 27), doing better on the Adult Contemporary chart (No. 17).[4]

Arista executives gave the band the song to record, after concluding that none of the other tracks on the album they produced had single potential. Arista head Clive Davis himself co-produced their single.

Chicago radio superstation WLS, which gave "Wham Bam" much airplay, ranked the song as the 80th biggest hit of 1976.[5] It peaked at number eight on their surveys of October 23 and 30, 1976.[6]

The song appears in the 2017 Marvel Studios sequel film, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and it is included on the movie's soundtrack.

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1976) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Top Singles[7] 27
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[4] 17
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 16
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[9] 22
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[10] 16

Year-end charts

Chart (1976) Rank
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 70
Canada RPM Top Singles[11] 189

References

  1. ↑ Airplay Direct: John Batdorf-Next Stop, Willoughby
  2. ↑ Billboard Charts Archive, Hot 100 -–1976
  3. 1 2 "Top 100 Hits of 1976/Top 100 Songs of 1976".
  4. 1 2 Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly".
  5. ↑ "WLS Musicradio Big 89 OF '76".
  6. ↑ WLS Forty-fives, October 23-30, 1976: Vol. 17, No. 4
  7. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  8. ↑ "Lyrics: Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang by Silver".
  9. ↑ "Top Adult Contemporary Songs of 1976 ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts".
  10. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, October 2, 1976
  11. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
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