Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)

"Double Shot"
Single by Dick Holler And The Holidays
B-side"Yea-Boo"
Released1963 (1963)
Genre
Length1:57
LabelComet Records
Songwriter(s)
  • D. Smith
  • C. Vetter
Dick Holler And The Holidays singles chronology
"Mooba-Grooba / Hey Little Fool"
(1962) 		"Double Shot"
(1963) 		"Grand Strand Gold"
(1998)

"Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)" is a song first recorded by Dick Holler & the Holidays, written by Don Smith and Cyril Vetter.[2] It was later recorded by the Swingin' Medallions who released it as their second single in 1966. Peaking at #17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100,[3] the recording became a hit although banned on many radio stations due to lines referring to drinking and sex: "worst hangover I ever had" and "she loved me so hard".[4]

The song has since been recorded by numerous artists, including the Residents, Joe Stampley, and the Cockroaches.[5]

List of versions

Year Artist Notes
1963 Dick Holler And The Holidays
Dale & Grace
1966 Swingin' Medallions
The K-Otics
Harry Deal and the Galaxies
1967 Clifford Curry And The C. C. Drivers
The Uniques
The Invaders
1968 The Tams
1974 The Residents The Residents' first version, featured in a medley on The Third Reich 'n Roll.
1975 Harry Deal and the Galaxies
1982 Joe Stampley Joe Stampley was a member of The Uniques.
Clifford Curry
1983 Rick Dees
1986 The Basement Wall
1987 The Cockroaches Peaked at number 32 on the Australian chart.[6]
1988 The Highliners
The Residents Their second use of the song, released as a single alongside God in Three Persons (on which the organ riff is a recurring motif).
1997 Dick Holler
1999 George Thorogood
2010 Dale & Grace
2011 Better Than Ezra

References

  1. ^ Segretto, Mike (2022). "1965". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. pp. 74–75. ISBN 9781493064601.
  2. ^ "Double Shot of My Baby's Love - Bayou Boys". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  3. ^ Billboard Singles, Allmusic.com
  4. ^ At the request of Smash Records, a sanitized version substituting "worst morning after I ever had" and "she kissed me so hard" was created that ended up on some, but not all, pressings of the group's first album.[citation needed]
  5. ^ "Double Shot of My Baby's Love - Search results". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 68. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.


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