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The song was released as the album's third and final single. "I'd Rather" became a top twenty hit on Billboard ' s Adult Contemporary chart and reached the top forty on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. [1] It also topped the US Adult R&B Songs chart, the second single from Luther Vandross to do so. [2]
O'Connor asked Reed and Barry Mason write a song for him, which the duo complied and wrote "I Pretend" in an hour. They gave the song to O'Connor, who then asked Geoff Love to arrange the song so he could record it in two days' time. [6] The song was released and it reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in July 1968. [7]
"I'd Rather Go Blind" is a blues song written by Ellington Jordan [2] with co-writing credits to Billy Foster and Etta James. It was first recorded by Etta James in 1967, released the same year, [ 3 ] and has subsequently become regarded as a blues and soul classic.
The entire album (with the exception of "I'd Rather Go Blind") and the rest of the Christine Perfect sessions while on the Blue Horizon label were made available on the CD compilation Christine Perfect – The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (2008). This compilation included an album outtake "Tell Me You Need Me" written by Perfect.
"I'd Rather Jack" reached the top ten in all the European countries it was released. It peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1989 where it remained for 12 weeks, [4] [5] number 6 in Ireland, [6] number 6 in Finland, [7] number 8 in the Netherlands, [8] number 7 in the Flanders region of Belgium, [9] and number 43 in Australia. [10]
The song's lyrics establish a threatening tone towards the singer's unnamed girlfriend (referred to throughout the song as "little girl"), claiming "I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man." The line was taken from an early Elvis Presley song, "Baby Let's Play House" (written by Arthur Gunter). [2] [3]
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In January 2020, Tina Fey stated that a film adaptation of the Mean Girls stage musical, which is based on Mark Waters' 2004 comedy film, was in active development. [1]In January 2023, it was announced that Jeff Richmond and Nell Benjamin returned to rework their songs from the stage musical for the film adaptation, while Richmond also composed the film's score. [2]