2:25
single, 1957
Written by Melvin Endsley
Fun fact: this is the song the Clash are referencing in the final line of "London Calling" when Strummer fades out stuttering, "I never felt so much like-a, like-a..." A neat bridge between punk apocalypse and old-school heartbreak. Anyway, this song's message is pop's most common, a lost love lament: "Well I never felt more like crying all night / Cause everything's wrong and nothing ain't right / Without you, you got me singing the blues." The words are deeply maudlin, but the music is bright and effervescent, with a cheery piano bouncing along as Robbins pipes out the lyrics in his velvet voice, sounding pleased as punch. I guess even despair can swing.
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