"Glad All Over"
Single by The Dave Clark Five
from the album Glad All Over
B-side"I Know You"
Released15 November 1963 (UK)
27 December 1963 (US)
Recorded1963
GenreBeat, pop rock
Length2:43
LabelColumbia DB 7154 (UK)[1]
Epic 9656 (US)
Songwriter(s)Dave Clark, Mike Smith[1]
Producer(s)Dave Clark[1]
The Dave Clark Five singles chronology
"Do You Love Me"
(1963) 		"Glad All Over"
(1963) 		"Bits and Pieces"
(1964)

"Glad All Over" is a song written by Dave Clark and Mike Smith and recorded by The Dave Clark Five.[1]

Overview

"Glad All Over" featured Smith leading unison group vocals, often in call and response style, a saxophone line used not for solo decoration but underneath the whole song, and a big, "air hammer" beat that underpinned the wall of sound production known as the "Tottenham Sound".

Reception

Billboard said of the song that "here's a rocking, romping group vocal effort much akin to the Liverpool sound and the Beatles' school," stating that the song has a "solid beat and echo quality."[2] Cash Box described it as "a happy-go-lucky pounder...that sports that 'Mersey sound with the Liverpool beat.'"[3]

In January 1964, it became the British group's first big hit, reaching No.1 on the UK Singles Chart and promptly kicked off the DC5 vs Beatles rivalry, removing the massively successful "I Want To Hold Your Hand" from the UK No.1.[4] In April 1964, it reached No.6 on the American US Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the first British Invasion hit by a group other than The Beatles. It was also No.1 in Ireland, No.3 in Australia[5][6] and No.2 in Canada.[6] It reached No.4 in the Netherlands[7] and No.16 in Germany.[8]

"Glad All Over" was the No.2 selling single of 1964 in the UK (behind "Can't Buy Me Love" by The Beatles),[9] and also had sufficient UK sales in November and December 1963 to make it the 58th best-selling single of 1963;[10] put together these statistics suggest UK sales for "Glad All Over" of around 1,000,000 units by the end of 1964.

Reissue

In 1993, "Glad All Over" was reissued as a single in the UK and reached No.37 on the UK Singles Chart.[11]

Personnel

Partial credits.[12][13][14][15][16]

with

Chart history

Use by football and rugby teams

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Crystal Palace F.C. adopted the song as their anthem in the 1960s. It is played at the start of all home games, and after full-time (when Palace win). The chorus is played after home goals, after the goal scorer's name is read out. It is also sung by fans as a chant. On Saturday 10 February 1968, The Dave Clark Five played "Glad All Over" live at Crystal Palace's home, Selhurst Park. A cover version, sung by the squad at the time, was released as part of their FA Cup run (where they reached the final of the competition) in 1990.[26]

Arsenal have used the song against Tottenham Hotspur.[27] Blackpool have also used Glad All Over, played after a home goal is scored, and other English Football League teams including Rotherham United, Barrow, Port Vale, Swindon Town and Yeovil Town have followed suit. It has also been used by Scottish Football League clubs Partick Thistle and Dunfermline Athletic F.C. when they score a goal. Woking F.C. have also played the song as part of their celebrations on scoring a goal.[28]

As of 2014, Wigan Warriors rugby league team have used it at the end of a home game at the DW Stadium if they have won.

Irish team Shamrock Rovers F.C. use it as their anthem.

Rangers F.C. used the song to sing about their striker Joe Garner with its fans trying to get it to Christmas number one in 2016. The song reached No.31 on the UK Christmas charts, but topped the Scottish Singles Chart.[29][30]

Macclesfield F.C. also play the song as their post-match anthem when they win.

Manchester City supporters use the song in honour of their manager, Pep Guardiola, replacing the chorus line: "I'm feelin' glad all over" with "We've got Guardiola."

Arsenal fans sing "we've got Granit Xhaka to the tune of the chorus.

Covers

American heavy metal band Quiet Riot covered the song on their debut album, released exclusively in Japan in 1978.

The Australian band Hush, in 1975; it reached No. 8 on the Australian singles chart and was the 64th biggest selling single in Australia in 1975.[31] It was also included on their 1975 album Rough Tough 'N' Ready. Olivia Pascal also covered this song in the year 1980.

The American punk rock band the Descendents covered the song on their eighth studio album, 9th & Walnut, released in 2021.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 74–5. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  2. ^ "Singles Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. 18 January 1964. p. 27. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 18 January 1964. p. 14. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. ^ See List of number-one singles from the 1960s (UK).
  5. ^ a b Kent, David (2009). Australian Chart Book:Australian Chart Chronicles (1940–2008). Turramurra: Australian Chart Book. p. 202. ISBN 9780646512037.
  6. ^ a b c "DC5 Worldwide Discography". Thedc5.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  7. ^ a b "1964". home.kpn.nl. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010.
  8. ^ a b "Jahreshitparade Deutschland 1964". Killersoft.at. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  9. ^ "The 100 Best-Selling Singles of 1964". Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  10. ^ a b c "The 100 Best-Selling Singles of 1963". Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
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  15. ^ "Bobby Graham: Session drummer who played on around 15,000 records". The Independent. 23 September 2009. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  16. ^ "You Really Got Me, Bobby Graham: In Memory". OUPblog. 16 September 2009. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
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  19. ^ "flavour of new zealand – search lever". www.flavourofnz.co.nz. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
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  21. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 – ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  22. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 4/25/64". tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  23. ^ "Australian Chart Book". archive.is. 5 March 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  24. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1964/Top 100 Songs of 1964". www.musicoutfitters.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
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  26. ^ "Crystal Palace are Glad All Over to have gold disc". Croydon Advertiser. 25 November 2013. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  27. ^ "'It's beginning to feel like the real thing at Arsenal'". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
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