In The Mood

by

Glenn Miller

Album: In The Mood      Released: 1939

US Chart: 1     UK Chart: 13

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This is one of the most recognizable and popular Big Band songs. When Billboard published its very first sales chart in July 1940, Miller was the top band leader in the world and had 3 of the top 10 places.

"In The Mood" is an expression that indicates a desire to have sex. It's pretty innocent now, but was a little racy at the time.

This was a US #1 for 13 weeks and was Glenn Miller's biggest ever hit.

Miller wrote this based on a song he wrote 9 years earlier called "Tar Paper Stomp."

In 1977, The Henhouse Five Plus Two (an alias novelty singer Ray Stevens) had a top 40 hit in both the UK and US with his version of this song, which was basically a group of chickens clucking the tune. (thanks, Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England, for above 3)

Beatles producer George Martin had the orchestra play a little bit of this song at the end of "All You Need Is Love." (thanks, Chet - Greenfield Center, NY)

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Further backup for my previous statement can be found here: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_songs_did_Glenn_Miller_write
- Briana, Vashon Island, WA

Regarding "fact" #4, most sources say that Joe Garland & Andy Razaf wrote the version of "In the Mood" that Glenn Miller recorded.
- Briana, Vashon Island, WA

You can call this an everlasting song; it sounds so good!
- Teresa, Mechelen, Belgium

This songs always reminds me of the movie Cannery Row with Nick Nolte and Debra Winger. It is one of my favorite movies. I can still see the two of them trying to learn to dance to this song and how he keeps dropping her.
- Phil, Tucson, AZ

It was the first ever Gold Record. It was presented to Glenn Miller in 1941 for his recording of Chattanooga Choo Choo which sold about 1.4 million after it debuted in the 20th Century Fox film "Sun Valley Serenade." I have a gut feeling that by now "In the Mood" has sold quite a lot more.
- Ken Tidwell, Seattle, WA

I don't know if the scene in the movie where the band keeps playing during the Nazi air attack is true. It's great theater and great propaganda, but most of the movie is highly fictional. However, this song is the first to have a "false" ending -- several in fact. It sounds like the song is over, there is a pause -- and then, back to the last four bars! I understand that it drove DJs crazy back in the 40s when they first started playing this on the air.
- Jerry, Brooklyn, NY

the best song ever! i also watched the movie of glenn's life - Glenn Miller's story (from 50's) - where he and his orchestra play this song to english soldiers, while they are attacked by nacist aeroplanes, and englishmen don't give a damn, they just listen on the music. If glenn would survive the war, i'm sure we would have much more of his good music!
- zabavnik, ljubljana, Europe

I heard the Ernie Fields version a lot, and I have B.Bumble and The Stingers version too.
- Melissa, Fairborn, OH

This song was played at actor Peter Sellers' (the Pink Panther, just for one) funeral; The reason ? Peter insisted that Glen Miller's In The Mood was played, not only because he detested it, but also because he considered its ricky-ticky-ticky-ticky-ticky-tick-tick "wonderfully inappropriate - hence, wonderfully appropriate - for solemn occasions."
- Jay, Geneva, Cheezland

Jive Bunny and the Master Mixers came out with a song by the same name, with the same tune but also with samples of different songs - Wake Up, Little Susie by Ricky Nelson was one of them. I thought it was really good and it's why I'm interested in Glenn Miller and his music today. That, and I just enjoy good music - period. :)
- Tamalee, Cornelius, OR

Wasn't this the first ever "golden record"?
- Tim, Grebin, Germany

Glenn Miller wrote the song during the war to entertain the soldiers a little bit, to make them think of something different. He wrote many songs during war.
- Manuel, Austria, United States

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