Two Faces Have I
{{short description|1963 single by Lou Christie}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Two Faces Have I
| cover = "Two_Faces_Have_I"_Single_by_Lou_Christie.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Lou Christie
| album = Lou Christie
| B-side = All That Glitters Isn't Gold
| released = March 1963
| format =
| recorded = 1963
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=44}}
| label = Roulette Records 4481
| writer = Twyla Herbert, Lou Christie
| producer = Nick Cenci
| prev_title = The Jury
| prev_year = 1963
| next_title = How Many Teardrops
| next_year = 1963
}}
"Two Faces Have I" is a song written by Twyla Herbert and Lou Christie and performed by Christie in his signature falsetto. The song was produced by Nick Cenci[http://www.45cat.com/record/r4481us Lou Christie, "Two Faces Have I" single release] Retrieved August 4, 2014 and was featured on his 1963 album, Lou Christie.[http://www.discogs.com/Lou-Christie-Lou-Christie/release/1573083 Lou Christie, Lou Christie] Retrieved August 4, 2014 It reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #11 on the R&B chart.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=119}} Outside of the US, "Two Faces Have I" peaked at #20 in Australia.[http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Two+Faces+Have+I+by+Lou+Christie&id=26528 Lou Christie, "Two Faces Have I" Chart Positions] Retrieved August 4, 2014
The song was ranked No. 44 on Billboard{{'}}s end of year ranking "Top Records of 1963"."[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1963/Billboard-1963-12-28-II-Whos-Who.pdf Top Records of 1963]", Billboard, Section II, December 28, 1963. p. 30. Retrieved February 17, 2018. the song was recorded at Gateway Studios in Pittsburgh on February 6, 1963. Ronnie Cochrane (a local Pittsburgh based guitar player) is playing guitar on the track and a local Pittsburgh band called Johnny Wilson's Debonaires provide the song's instrumental backing along with the song's co writer (Twyla Herbert) playing piano on the track.{{cite web |title=Lou Christie & The Tammys: Egyptian Shumba Home Page ** |url=http://egyptianshumba.com/ |website=egyptianshumba.com |access-date=31 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208020045/http://egyptianshumba.com/ |archive-date=2011-02-08 |language=en |url-status=live}}
This song was the inspiration behind Bruce Springsteen's "Two Faces", which featured on his 1987 album Tunnel of Love.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hhgF6KD7BlcC&dq=two+faces+bruce+springsteen+lou+christie&pg=PA116 |title=The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen |isbn= 9780275989385|access-date=September 22, 2014|last1= Kirkpatrick|first1= Rob|year= 2007}}
Ol' 55 version
{{Infobox song
| name = Two Faces Have I
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Ol' 55
| album = The Vault
| B-side = The Fool
| released = June 1980
| format =
| recorded =
| studio = Leo Recorders, Sydney
| venue =
| genre = Rock and roll, Classic rock
| length =
| label = Leo Records, Polydor Records
| writer = Twyla Herbert, Lou Christie
| producer = Tony Spencer
| prev_title = Comic Book World
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = Anywhere the Girls Are
| next_year = 1980
}}
Australian band Ol' 55 released a version of "Two Faces Have I" as the lead single from their fourth studio album The Vault (1980). The song peaked at number 15, becoming the band's fifth top twenty single
=Track listing=
; 7" (2079 148)
- Side A "Two Faces Have I"
- Side B "The Fool"
=Charts=
==Weekly charts==
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1980)
!scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|page=222|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
| style="text-align:center;"| 15 |
==Year-end charts==
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! Chart (1980) ! Position |
| scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/kTGdGUZ|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1980|publisher= Kent Music Report |issue= 341 |via= Imgur |date= 5 January 1981 |access-date= 17 January 2022 }}
| 67 |
|---|
Other versions
- Frank Alamo released a version in 1963 entitled "Tout Se Sait Un Jour" as part of the EP Surf![http://www.45cat.com/record/70579 Frank Alamo, Surf!] Retrieved August 4, 2014
- The Thai band {{ill|Royal Sprites|th|รอยัลสไปรท์ส}} released a version in 1983 under the title Nah Aai ({{langx|th|น่าอาย}}).
- American rock band Garbo's Daughter covered the song on their 2010 7" single on Italy's Surfin' Ki Records.
References
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Category:Songs written by Twyla Herbert
Category:Songs written by Lou Christie
Category:Roulette Records singles
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