Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 3rd 1968, 'Simon Says' by the 1910 Fruitgum Co.On the same 'Bandstand' the New Jersey quintet also performed 'May I Take A Giant Step (Into your Heart)' and the following month on April 14th, 1968 it entered the Top 100, eventually it peaked at #63 and spent 9 weeks on the chart. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 9th 1968, the 1910 Fruitgum Company performed 'Simon Says' on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'.Īt the time the song was at #4 on Billboard’s Hot Top 100 chart.no ones mentioned it yet on here but it cant be a coincidence. Kevin from Oregon I can't confirm it for sure but the way they say Simple Simon sounds alot like psilocybin: the psychoactive ingredient to many psychedelic mushrooms.No underlying psychedelic meaning, no mushrooms or any other vegetables involved at all.

Teacher would say, Simon says put your hands on your knees (head, toes, touch your nose, touch your ears etc.) if you got it wrong your were out. We used to play it at the end of the school day.

Jan from DevonKevin from Oregon: Simple Simon was a game way, way before the song.

Whatever the hell you're on Kevin, get off it! 99.9% of people who listen to this song hear Simple Simon Says as.Simple Simon Says! Only you have made that connection to an hallucinogenic most people never heard of.

Perry from OttawaDear Kevin from Oregon.

But I remember that song on her car radio :)

But it was kind of cold on that day, early June 1968, and I think she finally gave up. I was in a summer recreation program, and my teacher/coach was driving us around town trying to find a place where we kids could run around and be kids.

Kev from Rogers, ArI remember this song from 1968.

Ralphm from Sebring FlKevin from Oregon: Get off the stuff NOW! NO one hears that or ever has.except you, who obviously partakes.

Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind Retrieved 25 April 2011.The name of the game is Simple Simon says Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.

Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. ^ 'Patrice Eyries/David Edwards/Mike Callahan'.Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. ^ 'flavour of new zealand - search listener'.This is supported by former Super K Productions staff writer and producer, Steve Dworkin, who, in an email to Unofficial 1910 Fruitgum Company Home Page creator Jonathan Gatarz, has listed the names of the session musicians.

This does not seem to be the case for this album, as Oppenheimer receives a writing credit on the album but also does not perform on it as Marcus has explained that a number of session musicians were brought in to record new backing tracks for Mark Gutkowski to sing over while the band was out touring. Original drummer Floyd Marcus has stated that he still played on the records even when a new drummer, Rusty Oppenheimer, was brought in. The title song written by Sal Trimachi and Bobbi Trimachi, was the albums' only hit single for the band, peaking at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100, with both the album and the single just barely missing the success of their first release.Īs with their previous album there has been questions about who played what. 1, 2, 3, Red Light, the second album by American bubblegum pop group the 1910 Fruitgum Company, was released six months after their debut album, Simon Says.

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