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<p><img src="https://www.waybackattack.com/images/jamestommyandtheshondells-mirag.jpg" alt="Tommy James and the Shondells | Way Back Attack"></p><p><br></p><p>"<strong>Mirage</strong>" is a song by the American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rock and roll</a> group <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_James_and_the_Shondells" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tommy James and the Shondells</a>, released as a single on 5 January 1967<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage_(Tommy_James_and_the_Shondells_song)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roulette_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Roulette </a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roulette_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Records</a> label.</p><h2>Background</h2><p>"Mirage" was recorded for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Think_We%27re_Alone_Now_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>I Think We're Alone Now</em></a> album.</p><p>During a songwriting session producer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Gentry" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bo Gentry</a> accidentally inserted a master copy of the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Think_We%27re_Alone_Now" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I Think We're Alone Now</a>" song backwards in his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reel-to-reel_audio_tape_recording" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">reel-to-reel</a> tape player. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_James" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tommy</a> and the group instantly liked the reverse chord progression and recorded it as "Mirage" with new lyrics by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritchie_Cordell" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ritchie Cordell</a>, who had also written "I Think We're Alone Now".</p><h2>Charts</h2><p>"Mirage" debuted on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hot 100</a> on Tommy's 20th birthday, eventually reaching number 10<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage_(Tommy_James_and_the_Shondells_song)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a> on 17 June 1967, number 2 on the Canadian charts on 24 June 1967,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage_(Tommy_James_and_the_Shondells_song)#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a> and number one on Chicago AM radio stations <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCFL_(AM)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WCFL</a> on 18 May 1967<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage_(Tommy_James_and_the_Shondells_song)#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[5]</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WLS_(AM)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WLS</a> on 19 May 1967.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage_(Tommy_James_and_the_Shondells_song)#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[6]</a></p>