Out in the Streets
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| "Out in the Streets" | ||||
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| Single by the Shangri-Las | ||||
| from the album Shangri-Las-65! | ||||
| B-side | "The Boy" | |||
| Released | April 1965 | |||
| Length | 2:39 | |||
| Label | Red Bird | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry | |||
| Producer(s) | Shadow Morton | |||
| The Shangri-Las singles chronology | ||||
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"Out in the Streets" is a song written by Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry. It was first recorded by the American girl group the Shangri-Las in 1965 and released as their fifth single. The song was produced by Shadow Morton, arranged by Artie Butler and released on Red Bird Records (RB 10-025) with the Morton composition "The Boy" on the B-Side.[1] It reached number 53 on the US Billboard Top 100.[2]
The Shangri-Las performed "Out in the Streets" on the TV show Shindig! in 1965.[3] Later that year, the song was added to their second album, Shangri-Las-65![4]
The song was covered by Blondie in 1975;[5] but this cover was not released until 1994, when it was included on The Platinum Collection. Blondie subsequently covered it again in 1999 for their album No Exit.[6]
The song was used in artist Elizabeth Price's 2012 Turner Prize winning video installation The Woolworths Choir of 1979.
The song is sampled in Sharleen Spiteri's song All the Times I Cried.
