Glad All Over
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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox song
| name =Glad All Over
| cover = Glad_All_Over_-_The_Dave_Clark_Five.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Dave Clark Five
| album = Glad All Over
| B-side = I Know You
| released = 15 November 1963 (UK)
27 December 1963 (US)
| venue =
| length = 2:43
| label = Columbia DB 7154 (UK){{cite book |first=Jo |last=Rice |year=1982 |title=The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits |edition=1st |publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd |location=Enfield, Middlesex |pages=74–5 |isbn=0-85112-250-7}}
Epic 9656 (US)
| writer = Dave Clark, Mike Smith
| prev_title = Do You Love Me
| prev_year = 1963
| next_title = Bits and Pieces
| next_year = 1964
}}
"Glad All Over" is a song written by Dave Clark and Mike Smith and recorded by the Dave Clark Five.
Released in 1963, it was a hit and formed part of the early British Invasion, becoming the first hit of the movement by a group other than the Beatles, whose song "I Want to Hold Your Hand" it displaced at number one on the UK Singles Chart. It was the second-highest selling single of 1964 in the UK, after the Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love".
The song is notable as the anthem of English football club Crystal Palace.
Overview
"Glad All Over" featured Smith leading unison group vocals, often in call and response style, a saxophone line used not for solo decoration but underneath the whole song, and a big, "air hammer"{{Explain|date=July 2024}} beat that underpinned the wall of sound production known as the "Tottenham Sound". The sound engineer was Adrian Kerridge.Adrian Kerridge. Tape's Rolling, Take One! (2016), Ch. 9, pp. 169-186
Reception
Billboard said of the song that "here's a rocking, romping group vocal effort much akin to the Liverpool sound and the Beatles' school," stating that the song has a "solid beat and echo quality."{{cite news|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=2021-05-01|date=January 18, 1964|page=27|title=Singles Reviews|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1964/Billboard%201964-01-18.pdf|archive-date=7 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307182412/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1964/Billboard%201964-01-18.pdf|url-status=live}} Cash Box described it as "a happy-go-lucky pounder...that sports that 'Mersey sound with the Liverpool beat.'"{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=January 18, 1964 |page=14 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohstory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1964/CB-1964-01-18.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}
In January 1964, it became the British group's first big hit, reaching No.1 on the UK Singles Chart and promptly kicked off the DC5 vs Beatles rivalry, removing the massively successful "I Want To Hold Your Hand" from the UK No.1.See List of number-one singles from the 1960s (UK). In April 1964, it reached No.6 on the American US Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the first British Invasion hit by a group other than The Beatles. It was also No.1 in Ireland, No.3 in Australia{{cite book
| last=Kent
| first=David
| year=2009
| author-link=David Kent (historian)
| title=Australian Chart Book:Australian Chart Chronicles (1940–2008)
| page=202
| publisher=Australian Chart Book
| location=Turramurra
| isbn=9780646512037
}}{{cite web |url=http://www.thedc5.com/discog.html |title=DC5 Worldwide Discography |publisher=Thedc5.com |access-date=5 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209201944/http://www.thedc5.com/discog.html |archive-date=9 December 2013 |url-status=dead}} and No.2 in Canada. It reached No.4 in the Netherlands{{Cite web|url=http://home.kpn.nl/kjoe65/1964.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206012933/http://home.kpn.nl/kjoe65/1964.html|title=1964 |archive-date=6 February 2010|website=home.kpn.nl}} and No.16 in Germany.{{cite web |url=http://www.killersoft.at/Hitparaden/TopHitsGer_1964.html |title=Jahreshitparade Deutschland 1964 |publisher=Killersoft.at |access-date=5 April 2014 |archive-date=5 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205041250/http://www.killersoft.at/Hitparaden/TopHitsGer_1964.html |url-status=live }}
"Glad All Over" was the No.2 selling single of 1964 in the UK (behind "Can't Buy Me Love" by The Beatles),{{cite web |url=http://www.sixtiescity.net/charts/64chart.htm#top100 |title=The 100 Best-Selling Singles of 1964 |access-date=16 January 2015 |archive-date=1 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801083335/http://www.sixtiescity.net/charts/64chart.htm#top100 |url-status=live }} and also had sufficient UK sales in November and December 1963 to make it the 58th best-selling single of 1963;{{cite web |url=http://www.sixtiescity.net/charts/63chart.htm#top100 |title=The 100 Best-Selling Singles of 1963 |access-date=15 June 2015 |archive-date=10 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110025843/http://www.sixtiescity.net/charts/63chart.htm#top100 |url-status=live }} put together these statistics suggest UK sales for "Glad All Over" of around 1,000,000 units by the end of 1964.
Use by football and rugby teams
=Crystal Palace=
The song is most prominently known as the anthem of English football club Crystal Palace. It is played in its entirety at the start of all home games and after full-time if Palace win. Its chorus is played after home goals, once the goalscorer's name is read out, and the song has also been appropriated by fans as a chant.{{cite web|url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/club/glad-all-over-dave-clark-five-crystal-palace-history/|title='So glad you're mine': 60 years since Glad All Over hit No. 1|date=16 January 2024|website=Crystal Palace F.C.}} The song was reportedly first played at Crystal Palace's home stadium Selhurst Park by radio producer John Henty in a match against Peterborough United on 25 January 1964, the match programme of which contains the club's first mention of it.{{cite web|url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/features/john-henty-crystal-palace-glad-all-over-gold-record/|title=John Henty: The man who made Crystal Palace 'Glad All Over'|date=15 November 2023|website=Crystal Palace F.C.}} On 10 February 1968, The Dave Clark Five performed the song live at Selhurst Park.
As part of Crystal Palace's run to the 1990 FA Cup final, the club released a cover version on 26 May 1990, sung by the squad at the time. The cover, notably featuring a "Fab Four" of Alan Pardew, Andy Gray, Gary O'Reilly and Mark Bright, reached no. 47 on the UK Singles Chart, and was performed by the squad on Derek Jameson's show Jameson Tonight on Sky TV. The original golden disc of the song was purchased by the club in 2014, and sits in the Selhurst Park trophy cabinet.
=Other football clubs=
Across the rest of England, Blackpool have also used Glad All Over, played after a home goal is scored, with other English Football League teams including Rotherham United, Barrow, Macclesfield, Port Vale, Swindon Town, Working and Yeovil Town all known to have used it.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} Arsenal have used the song following wins against rivals Tottenham Hotspur.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63104127 | title='It's beginning to feel like the real thing at Arsenal' | work=BBC Sport | access-date=1 October 2022 | archive-date=1 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001224311/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63104127 | url-status=live }}
In Scotland, Rangers used the song to sing about their striker Joe Garner with its fans trying to get it to Christmas number one in 2016. The song reached No. 31 on the UK Christmas charts, but topped the Scottish Singles Chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20161223/7501/|title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 23 December 2016 – 29 December 2016|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=12 July 2018|archive-date=8 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908111730/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20161223/7501/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20161223/41/|title=Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 23 December 2016 – 29 December 2016|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=12 July 2018|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202004116/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20161223/41/|url-status=live}} It has also been used by Scottish Football League clubs Partick Thistle and Dunfermline Athletic when they score a goal.{{cite web |url=http://songsofthestands.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/crystal-palace-fc-glad-all-over.html |title=Songs of the Stands: Crystal Palace F.C. – "Glad All Over" |publisher=Songsofthestands.blogspot.co.uk |date=23 April 2013 |access-date=5 April 2014 |archive-date=6 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106032854/http://songsofthestands.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/crystal-palace-fc-glad-all-over.html |url-status=live }} In Ireland, it has been used by Shamrock Rovers.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}
=Rugby=
{{As of|2014}}, Wigan Warriors rugby league team have used it at the end of a home game at the DW Stadium if they have won.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}
Covers and reissues
American heavy metal band Quiet Riot covered the song on their debut album, released exclusively in Japan in 1978.
Australian band Hush covered the song in 1975; it reached No. 8 on the Australian Singles Chart and was the 64th biggest selling single in Australia in 1975.{{cite web |url= https://imgur.com/a/8a2fnGs |title= National Top 100 Singles for 1975 |publisher= Kent Music Report |issue= 79 |via= Imgur |date= December 29, 1975 |access-date= January 15, 2022 |archive-date= 11 January 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230111104626/https://imgur.com/a/8a2fnGs |url-status= live }} It was also included on their 1975 album Rough Tough 'n' Ready.
In 1990, the squad of football club Crystal Palace released a cover version to celebrate their run to the FA Cup final that year.
In 1993, the original Dave Clark Five version of "Glad All Over" was reissued as a single in the UK and reached No.37 on the UK Singles Chart.{{Cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/10856/dave-clark-five/ |title=UK Official Charts: Dave Clark Five |date=2019 |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=2 February 2019 |archive-date=3 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203085206/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/10856/dave-clark-five/ |url-status=live }}
American punk rock band Descendents covered the song on their eighth studio album, 9th & Walnut, released in 2021.
Personnel
Partial credits.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mixonline.com/recording/classic-track-glad-all-over-dave-clark-five-424148|title=Classic Track: "Glad All Over," The Dave Clark Five|date=1 April 2015|website=Mixonline|access-date=2 March 2020|archive-date=8 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808035627/https://www.mixonline.com/recording/classic-track-glad-all-over-dave-clark-five-424148|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://web.musicaficionado.com/|title=Music Aficionado|website=Music Aficionado|access-date=2 March 2020|archive-date=26 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126070643/https://web.musicaficionado.com/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/articles/the-rhythm-kings-part-one?fbclid=IwAR2T0h9XeH4BILFkfaUSwGLa5wZFYEjInebFviOuBZJS8_YkD-JoZ05U3UY|title=The Rhythm Kings – Part One – Record Collector Magazine|website=recordcollectormag.com|access-date=2 March 2020|archive-date=16 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316142552/https://recordcollectormag.com/articles/the-rhythm-kings-part-one?fbclid=IwAR2T0h9XeH4BILFkfaUSwGLa5wZFYEjInebFviOuBZJS8_YkD-JoZ05U3UY|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bobby-graham-session-drummer-who-played-on-around-15000-records-1791653.html|title=Bobby Graham: Session drummer who played on around 15,000 records|date=23 September 2009|website=The Independent|access-date=26 May 2020|archive-date=4 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104130540/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bobby-graham-session-drummer-who-played-on-around-15000-records-1791653.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://blog.oup.com/2009/09/bobby-graham/|title=You Really Got Me, Bobby Graham: In Memory|date=16 September 2009|website=OUPblog|access-date=2 March 2020|archive-date=2 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302201613/https://blog.oup.com/2009/09/bobby-graham/|url-status=live}}
- Dave Clark – backing vocals, drums, producer
- Mike Smith – double-tracked lead/harmony vocals, Vox Continental organ
- Lenny Davidson – backing vocals, guitars
- Rick Huxley – backing vocals, bass
- Denis Payton – backing vocals, saxophone
with
- Bobby Graham – drums
- Adrian Kerridge – engineer, co-producer
Chart history
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=Weekly charts=
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| Chart (1993)
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| UK
| style="text-align:center;"|37 |
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=Year-end charts=
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| Chart (1963)
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| UK
| style="text-align:center;"|58 |
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References
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External links
- [http://home.kpn.nl/kjoe65/LYRICS/1964/6402150419.html Text of the song]
- {{YouTube|vzarjpK55_o|Listen to "Glad All Over"}}
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