Just One Look (song)

"Just One Look" is a song co-written by American R&B singers Doris Troy and Gregory Carroll. The recording by Doris Troy was a hit in 1963. The Hollies, Anne Murray and Linda Ronstadt recorded hit versions of their own. There have also been many other versions of this song.

"Just One Look"
album cover
Single by Doris Troy
B-side"Bossa Nova Blues"
ReleasedMay 1963
Recorded1963[1]
GenreRhythm and blues
Length2:25
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Gregory Carroll, Doris Payne
Producer(s)Artie Ripp[1]
Doris Troy singles chronology
"What a Wonderful Lover"
(1960)		 "Just One Look"
(1963)		 "What'cha Gonna Do About It"
(1963)

Doris Troy version

Background

Details vary as to how the Doris Troy version came to be released on Atlantic Records. According to the book Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders,[2] James Brown saw Troy performing in a nightclub (under her then-stage name Doris Payne), and introduced her to Atlantic.[3] According to a more recent and detailed story in Soulful Divas,[4] Payne recorded a studio demo of the song and took it to Sue Records first, but their lack of response led her to offer it to Jerry Wexler at Atlantic, where the label released the demo unchanged. The personnel on this song included Ernie Hayes on piano, Wally Richardson on guitar, Bob Bushnell on bass and Bernard Purdie on drums.[5]

The single's release was the first time she started using "Doris Troy" as her stage name, though her pen name remained Doris Payne.[3] The album also lists the surname Payne in the songwriting credits.

Reception

In 1963, Doris Troy scored her only hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Just One Look". The song spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 10,[6] while reaching No. 3 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart,[7] No. 8 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade",[8] and No. 1 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.[9] The song also charted at No. 9 on the Cash Box Top 100, in a tandem ranking with the version by Andy and the Marglows, with Troy's version marked as a bestseller.[10]

The song was ranked No. 70 on Billboard's end of year ranking "Top Records of 1963",[11] while being ranked No. 80 on Cash Box's "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1963",[12] and No. 11 on Billboard's "Top R&B Singles for 1963".[13]

Chart performance

In television advertisements

Doris Troy's version of the song was featured in a 1991 Pepsi commercial starring Cindy Crawford, which was reaired during Super Bowl XXXV in 2001.[15] An updated version of the ad, still featuring Cindy Crawford and Troy's version of the song aired in 2002.[16] In 2015, Troy's version of the song was featured in an ad for Aspartame Free Diet Pepsi.[17] The song was also used in a series of commercials for Mazda beginning in 1979 and continuing into the early 1980s, using a different version recorded for the ads.[18][19][20]

The Hollies version
"Just One Look"
Single by The Hollies
from the album Here I Go Again
B-side"Keep Off That Friend of Mine"
ReleasedFebruary 1964
Recorded27 January 1964
Abbey Road Studios[21]
GenreRock
Length2:30
LabelParlophone
Songwriter(s)Gregory Carroll, Doris Payne
The Hollies singles chronology
"Stay"
(1963)		 "Just One Look"
(1964)		 "Here I Go Again"
(1964)

Background

"Just One Look" became a hit in the United Kingdom via a cover version by the Hollies which reached No. 2 on the Record Retailer chart in April 1964.[22] It became the 37th biggest hit of the year.[23] Although not a major U.S. hit in its original release, the Hollies' "Just One Look" marked the first appearance of the Hollies on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 98.[24] A U.S. re-issue in 1967 reached No. 44 on the Billboard Hot 100.[25]

Weekly charts
Chart (1964) Peak
position
Australia 29
Ireland (Evening Press)[26] 6
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade)[27] 4
Norway (VG-lista)[28] 11
Sweden 8
UK (Record Retailer) 2
Chart (1967) Peak
position
Canada (RPM 100)[29] 30
United States (Billboard Hot 100)[25] 44

Anne Murray version

Background

Anne Murray remade "Just One Look" for her 1974 Love Song album. The track was produced by Brian Ahern and issued as a single that October. Her cover reached No. 11 on Canada's RPM Top Singles chart,[30] No. 12 on Canada's CHUM 30,[31] and spent two weeks on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 86.[32] It also reached No. 50 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart.[33][34]

The song's B-side, "Son of a Rotten Gambler", reached No. 1 on RPM's Adult Contemporary chart[35] and No. 3 on RPM's Country chart in 1974.[36]

Linda Ronstadt version
"Just One Look"
Single by Linda Ronstadt
from the album Living In The USA
B-side"Love Me Tender"
ReleasedJanuary 23, 1979
Recorded1978
GenreRock
Length3:20
LabelAsylum Records
Songwriter(s)Gregory Carroll, Doris Payne
Producer(s)Peter Asher
Linda Ronstadt singles chronology
"Ooh Baby Baby"
(1978)		 "Just One Look"
(1979)		 "Alison"
(1979)

Background

Linda Ronstadt remade "Just One Look" for her 1978 album Living in the USA. Her cover of the song was issued on Asylum Records as the album's third single on January 23, 1979 and was produced by Peter Asher. Ronstadt's single spent eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 44,[37] while reaching No. 5 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart.[38][39] It also peaked at No. 46 on the Cash Box Top 100[40] and No. 54 on the Record World Singles chart.[41]

Weekly charts
Chart (1979) Peak
position
Australia[42] 38
Canada RPM 100 Singles[43] 46
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[44] 4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [37] 44
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening [38] 5
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[40] 46
U.S. Record World Singles[41] 54

Year-end charts
Chart (1979) Rank
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[45] 256

Other versions

See also
  • One-hit wonders in the United States
  • List of 1960s one-hit wonders in the United States

References
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