But You're Mine
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{{Infobox song
| name = But You're Mine
| cover = But You're Mine by Sonny & Cher.jpg
| caption = Swedish picture sleeve
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Sonny & Cher
| album = The Wondrous World of Sonny & Chér
| B-side = Hello
| released = Late 1965
| format =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop
| length = 3:00
| label = Atco
| writer = Sonny Bono
| producer =
| prev_title = The Revolution Kind
| prev_year = 1965
| next_title = What Now My Love
| next_year = 1966
}}
"But You're Mine" is a 1965 pop song written by Sonny Bono and recorded by the duet Sonny & Cher. The lyrics tell about a hippie couple who do not fit into the society, but who are still happy because they have each other. The song reached the top 20 in the US and the United Kingdom.{{sfn|Bego|2001|p=43}}
Composition and recording
In mid-August{{nbsp}}1965, while returning to America from a two-week promotional tour of Britain, Bono noticed Cher repeatedly singing the Fortunes' "You've Got Your Troubles" to herself.{{sfn|Taraborrelli|1986|p=79}}{{harvnb|Hinman|2004|p=62}}: Saturday [July] 31st [1965]: ...{{nbsp}}Sonny & Cher{{nbsp}}... arrive in Britain to start a two-week promotional tour. He composed "But You're Mine" and quickly committed a demo recording of the song to tape. Convinced it would be a hit, he presented the tape to Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records, who was instead unimpressed.{{sfn|Taraborrelli|1986|pp=79–80}}
The American folk rock band the Lovin' Spoonful performed as studio musicians on the final recording.{{sfn|Edmonds|2002}} Atco Records issued it a single in late{{nbsp}}1965.{{cite magazine|title=Breakout Singles|date=October 9, 1965|magazine=Billboard|page=42|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HSkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42|via=Google Books}}
Billboard described the song as an "exciting rhythm ballad with offbeat message lyric."{{cite news|newspaper=Billboard|accessdate=2021-03-09|date=October 2, 1965|page=16|title=Spotlight Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1965/Billboard%201965-10-02.pdf}}
Charts
Cover versions
- Benny Quick and Petra Prinz released a German cover "Wir gehen unsern Weg allein" in 1965.{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-468008 |title=BENNY & PETRA {{!}} WIR GEHEN UNSERN WEG ALLEIN |publisher=offiziellecharts.de |access-date=2023-06-25 |language=de}}
- In 1966, Frank Alamo released a French cover "Ça ne fait rien car je t'aime" which reached no. 36 in the francophone part of Belgium.{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/6c78b/Frank-Alamo-Ca-ne-fait-rien-car-je-t'aime |title=Frank Alamo - Ça ne fait rien car je t'aime |publisher=Ultratop |access-date=2023-06-25 |language=fr}}
- The song was covered by Patty Pravo as "Ragazzo triste" ("Sad Boy") with Italian text written by Gianni Boncompagni.{{cite web |url=https://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Patty+Pravo&titel=Ragazzo+triste&cat=s |title=Patty Pravo - Ragazzo triste |publisher=italiancharts.com |access-date=2023-06-25}} It was released as her first single in 1966 and reached no. 13 in the Italian charts the following year.{{cite web |url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php |title=M&D: Classifiche |publisher=musicaedischi.it |access-date=2023-06-25 |language=it}} (Select "Singoli" in the "Tipo" field, enter "Patty Pravo" in the "Artista" field, and click "cerca".) The song later appeared on Pravo's debut self-titled LP.
References
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- {{cite book |last1=Bego |first1=Mark |author1-link=Mark Bego |title=Cher: If You Believe |date=2001 |publisher=Taylor Trade Publications |location=Lanham, Maryland |isbn=978-0-8154-1153-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zH6rkKoFLWkC |language=en |via=Google Books}}
- {{Cite AV media notes |last=Edmonds |first=Ben |title=Do You Believe in Magic |title-link=Do You Believe in Magic (album) |others=The Lovin' Spoonful |date=2002 |type=Liner notes|publisher=Buddha Records, Kama Sutra Records |id=74465 99730 2}}
- {{cite book |last1=Hinman |first1=Doug |title=The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night: Day-by-Day Concerts, Recordings, and Broadcasts, 1961–1996 |date=2004 |publisher=Backbeat Books |location=San Francisco, California |isbn=978-0-87930-765-3}}
- {{cite book |last1=Taraborrelli |first1=J. Randy |author1-link=J. Randy Taraborrelli |title=Cher: A Biography |date=1986 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York City |isbn=978-0-312-13170-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/cherbiography0000tara_b9v3/ |url-access=registration |via=the Internet Archive}}
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