Here Comes the Judge (Shorty Long song)
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| Single by Shorty Long | ||||
| from the album Here Comes the Judge | ||||
| B-side | "Sing What You Wanna" | |||
| Released | 1968 (U.S.) | |||
| Format | Vinyl | |||
| Genre | Comedy, Soul | |||
| Length | 2:33 | |||
| Label | Tamla Motown Soul 35044 |
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| Writer(s) | Billie Jean Brown, Suzanne de Passe, Shorty Long | |||
| Producer(s) | Shorty Long | |||
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"Here Comes the Judge" is a 1968 song written by Shorty Long, Billie Jean Brown and Suzanne de Passe, and performed by Long. The song was Long's biggest hit, reaching #4 on the U.S. R&B chart and #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It held #10 on Cashbox for two weeks. The song stayed on the Hot 100 for 11 weeks and Cashbox for 9 weeks.[1][2] The song also entered the UK chart in July 1968, but only reached #30 as its highest position.[3]
"Here Comes the Judge" was inspired by a comic act on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In about a judge by Pigmeat Markham, whose own "Here Comes the Judge" - a completely different song - charted two weeks after Long's did in June 1968, and became a Top 20 hit.
Personnel
- Lead vocals by Shorty Long
- Background vocals by The Andantes (Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, Louvain Demps) and The Originals (Freddie Gorman, Walter Gaines, Hank Dixon, C.P. Spencer)
- Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers.
Chart run
Billboard Hot 100[1] (11 weeks, entered June 1): Reached #8
Cashbox[2] (9 weeks, entered June 1): 89, 72, 46, 13, 10, 10, 14, 18, 31
