I'm Telling You Now

{{Infobox song

| name = I'm Telling You Now

| cover = I'm_Telling_You_Now_-_Freddie_and_the_Dreamers.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Freddie and the Dreamers

| album =

| B-side = What Have I Done to You?

| released = *{{Start date|1963|9|df=yes}} (UK)

  • {{Start date|1965|3|df=yes}} (US)

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Merseybeat{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Freddie And The Dreamers' "I'm Telling You Now"|website= Stereogum |date= July 27, 2018 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/2007474/the-number-ones-freddie-and-the-dreamers-im-telling-your-now/columns/the-number-ones/|quote= “I’m Telling You Now,” the one Freddie And The Dreamers song that crossed over to America, was strictly entry-level Merseybeat.|accessdate= June 12, 2023}}

| length = 2:05

| label = Columbia (EMI) DB 7086 (UK)
Tower 125 (USA)

| writer = Freddie Garrity, Mitch Murray

| producer = John Burgess

| prev_title = If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody

| prev_year = 1963

| next_title = You Were Made for Me

| next_year = 1963

}}

"I'm Telling You Now" is a 1963 song by Freddie Garrity and Mitch Murray, originally performed by Freddie and the Dreamers, which, in 1965, reached number one on the American Billboard Hot 100.{{cite magazine |title=Billboard Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |date=April 10, 1965 |volume=77 |issue=15 |page=26 |publisher=Nielsen Company |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ligEAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+magazine+april+10+1965 |accessdate=15 January 2014}}

"I'm Telling You Now" was first released in the United Kingdom in August 1963 on EMI's Columbia label and went to number two in the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's biggest hit. Two years later, Capitol's subsidiary, Tower Records, re-released the song in the United States, which propelled Freddie and the Dreamers to international stardom.

The dancing by Freddie and the band during this song spawned (via video) a minor dance fad, the Freddie.Freddie and the Dreamers- "I'm Telling You Now" live, Merv Griffin Show 1965

Chart history

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable"
Chart (1963)

!Peak
position

UK{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/i'm-telling-you-now/ |title=Official Charts Company |website=Officialcharts.com |date=1963-08-14 |accessdate=2019-02-10}}

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class="wikitable"
Chart (1965)

!Peak
position

Canada RPM Top Singles{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5663&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5663.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5663|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1965-05-03 |accessdate=2019-01-04}}

| style="text-align:center;"|1

U.S. Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}

| style="text-align:center;"|1

U.S. Cash Box Top 100{{cite web|url=https://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/19650417.html|title=Cash Box Top 100 4/17/65|website=Tropicalglen.com|accessdate=28 April 2019}}

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable"
Chart (1963)

! style="text-align:center;"|Rank

UK {{cite web|url=http://www.sixtiescity.net/charts/63chart.htm#top100|title=Sixties City - Pop Music Charts - Every Week Of The Sixties|website=Sixtiescity.net|accessdate=28 April 2019}}

| style="text-align:center;"|40

class="wikitable"
Chart (1965)

! style="text-align:center;"|Rank

U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=https://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1965.htm|title=Top 100 Hits of 1965/Top 100 Songs of 1965|website=Musicoutfitters.com|accessdate=28 April 2019}}

| style="text-align:center;"|42

U.S. Cash Box {{cite web|url=https://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/1965YESP.html|title=Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1965|website=Tropicalglen.com|accessdate=28 April 2019}}

| style="text-align:center;"|48

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See also

References