Seldy-Shelly - When You Walk In The Room
Seldy-Shelly
Feb 16, 2025 03:20pm
<p>"<strong>When You Walk in the Room</strong>" is a song written and recorded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_DeShannon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jackie DeShannon</a>. It was initially released as a single on November 23, 1963,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_You_Walk_in_the_Room#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[1]</sup></a> as the B-side to "Till You Say You'll Be Mine". It was re-released as an A-side in September 1964, and later included on the album <em>Breakin' It Up on the Beatles Tour</em>. The single charted on the US <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em> Hot 100</a>, peaking at number 99.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_You_Walk_in_the_Room#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[2]</sup></a></p><p>The song has been <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_version" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">covered</a> by many other artists including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Searchers_(band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Searchers</a>, whose version reached number 3 in the UK in 1964. Other versions, all of which made the British charts though less successfully, were recorded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Carrack" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paul Carrack</a> in 1987, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_Quo_(band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Status Quo</a> in 1996, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnetha_F%C3%A4ltskog" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agnetha Fältskog</a> in 2004.</p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">In 1994, country music artist </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Tillis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pam Tillis</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> recorded a version for her album </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweetheart%27s_Dance" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><em>Sweetheart's Dance</em></a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. It was released as a single, peaking at No. 2 on the US </span><em style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Billboard</em><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Country_Singles_%26_Tracks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Hot Country Singles & Tracks</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> chart. It was accompanied by a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_video" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">music video</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> (featuring </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Clark" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dick Clark</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">), and depicting Tillis in a mid-1960s appearance on </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Bandstand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><em>American Bandstand</em></a><em style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">.</em></p>