What About Me

Album: What About Me (1968)
Charted: 64
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Songfacts®:

  • This song is written from the perspective of a singer's significant other. "What about me," she asks. "I'd like to have a song to sing, too."

    Songwriters have plenty of opportunities to express themselves, but the subjects of their songs often don't.
  • Anne Murray's first single, "What About Me" is the title to her 1968 debut album. It failed to chart, but five years later she released a live version that hit the mark, going to #64 in the US. It did even better in Murray's native Canada, where it reached #1 on the Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary chart.
  • Murray recorded the live version, which was included on her 1973 album Danny's Song, in Ottawa, Ontario, at the National Arts Centre.
  • Scott McKenzie, best known for " San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)," wrote the song.
  • Joni Mitchell, John Denver, Ian and Sylvia, and Ken Tobias all recorded versions of the song.

Comments: 1

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1973 {June 17th} "What About Me" by Anne Murray peaked at #2 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Easy Listening chart, for the two weeks it was #2, the #1 record for both those weeks was "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" by Bette Midler...
    As noted above, "What About Me" reached #64 on Billboard's Top 100 chart...
    From 1970 to 1987, the Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada native had forty-one records on the Easy Listening/Adult Contemporary chart, nineteen made the Top 10 with eight reaching #1 ...
    One of her forty-one charted records was a duet with Dave Loggins, "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do", it reached #10 in 1984...
    Anne Murray, born Morna Anne Murray, will celebrate her 76th birthday in three days on June 20th, 2021.
    And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of the Easy Listening Top 10 on June 17th, 1973:
    At #3. "My Love" by Paul McCartney and Wings
    #4. "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)" by George Harrison
    #5. "Kodachrome" by Paul Simon
    #6. "You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" by The Stylistics
    #7. "And I Love You So" by Perry Como
    #8. "Daniel" by Elton John
    #9. "Yesterday Once More" by The Carpenters
    #10."Behind Closed Doors" by Charlie Rich

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