Did You Ever Have to Make up Your Mind?

Album: Do You Believe In Magic (1965)
Charted: 2
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  • Did you ever have to make up your mind?
    And pick up on one and leave the other behind?
    It's not often easy and not often kind
    Did you ever have to make up your mind?

    Did you ever have to finally decide?
    And say yes, to one and let the other one ride?
    There's so many changes and tears you must hide
    Did you ever have to finally decide?

    Sometimes there's one with big blue eyes, cute as a bunny
    With hair down to here, and plenty of money
    And just when you think she's that one in the world
    Your heart gets stolen by some mousy little girl

    And then you know you'd better make up your mind
    And pick up on one and leave the other behind
    It's not often easy and not often kind
    Did you ever have to make up your mind?

    Sometimes you really dig a girl the moment you kiss her
    And then you get distracted by her older sister
    When in walks her father and takes you in line
    And says, "Better go on home, son, and make up your mind"

    Then you bet you'd better finally decide
    And say yes to one and let the other one ride
    There's so many changes and tears you must hide
    Did you ever have to finally decide? Writer/s: John Sebastian
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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Comments: 5

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn June 25th 1966, the Lovin' Spoonful performed at the ‘Beach Boys Summer Spectacular’ concert* at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles...
    At the time the NYC quartet's "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" was at #4 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; the two previous weeks it was at #2* and that was its peak position on the chart {See next post below}...
    * Must have been a great concert; besides the Beach Boys other acts were the Byrds, Percy Sledge, Chad & Jeremy, the Leaves, Love, the Outsiders, and Capt. Beefheart.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn May 1st 1966, "Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?" by the Lovin' Spoonful entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 at position #65; and on June 5th it peaked at #2 (for 2 weeks) and spent a 11 weeks on the Top 100 (and for 6 of those 11 weeks it was on the Top 10)...
    The two weeks it was at #2, the #1 record for both those weeks was "Paint It Black" by the Rolling Stones...
    It reached #6 on the Canadian RPM Singles chart...
    It was their 2nd straight #2 record, "Daydream" also reached #2 for 2 weeks; but their next release, "Summer In The City", did peak at #1 (for 3 weeks)...
    Guitarist Zal Yanovsky passed away on December 13th, 2002 at the young age of 57...
    May he R.I.P.
  • Jorge from Medellin, South AmericaDoes anybody know other versions of this song? artists that have already performed this song, even with different names? most important: any of you have the mp3 for the cover made by vonda sheppard for Ally McBeal?
  • Brandon from Seattle, WaThere is a song by the Monkees called "Look out Here Comes Tomorrow", of which also has a narrator who explains his dilemma between two girls, but even though I really like both of the songs, I personally think the Monkees tune is more heart felt.
  • Henry from Kingston, NyThere's something about this song, maybe just the way it's sung, that makes it one of favorite songs ever. I still don't know what.
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