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"(You've Got Me) Dangling on a String"
"(You've Got Me) Dangling on a String"
Single by Chairmen of the Board
from the album Chairmen of the Board
B-side	"I'll Come Crawling"
Released	April 1970
Studio	HDH Studios, Detroit, Michigan
Genre	Pop-soul
Length	3:00
Songwriter(s)	Ronald Dunbar and Edythe Wayne
Chairmen of the Board singles chronology

"(You've Got Me) Dangling on a String" is a 1970 soul music song by the Chairmen of the Board. The single reached No. 38 on the US Billboard Hot 100,^[2] No. 19 on the US Billboard R&B chart, and No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart.^[3] Ronald Dunbar and Edythe Wayne wrote the song.

Live performances

The group performed "Dangling on a String" on American Bandstand on May 16, 1970.

Chart (1970)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles^[4]	58
UK (The Official Charts Company)^[3]	5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[2]	38
U.S. Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles^[5]	19
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 ^[6]	30

Chart (1977)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100^[7]	109
U.S. Cash Box ^[8]	99

The song was covered by Donny Osmond, and released as a single from the August 1977 album Donald Clark Osmond, "bubbling under" the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 109.^[2] Catalogue number PD 14417, Int'l. # 2066 847 77 NP 2827. It was produced by Brian Holland.
A version with substantially altered music was also recorded by the UK post-punk band C Cat Trance, on their album Play Masenko Combo and as the B-side of their 1984 single "Dreams Of Leaving" (Ink INK123).^[9]
In 1988, "Danglin' on a String" was also covered by Boys Club for their eponymous debut album^[10] and released as their third and final single, in 1989, on MCA Records (MCA-53649).^[11]

^ Unterberger, Richie (January 1, 1997). "Various Artists - Soulful Pop (1996)". In Bogdanov, Vladimir; Erlewine, Michael; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas; Unterberger, Richie; Woodstra, Chris (eds.). AllMusic Guide to Rock. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, Inc. p. 1091.
^ ^a ^b ^c Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004
^ ^a ^b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 99. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1970-06-20. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 108.
^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, June 20, 1970". Archived from the original on June 8, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1977YESP.html Archived 2018-10-20 at the Wayback Machine Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, October 1, 1977
^ "C Cat Trance Dreams Of Leaving UK 12" vinyl single (12 inch record / Maxi-single) (501110)". Eil.com. 2002-03-14. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
^ "Boys Club – Boys Club". Discogs.com. 1988. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
^ "Boys Club – Danglin' On A String". Discogs.com. 1988. Retrieved 2023-03-05.