![]() The song, as performed by Otis Day and the Knights, was also prominently featured in the 1978 comedy film National Lampoon's Animal House. Tommy James and the Shondells recorded a version of the song on their 1967 album, I Think We're Alone Now. The Shangri-Las included a version of the song in their debut LP Leader of the Pack in 1965. Scottish pop singer Lulu had a #7 UK hit with the song in 1964 (attributed to Lulu and the Luvvers), and a #8 UK hit with a re-recorded version in 1986. Joey Dee and the Starlighters reached #6 with their recording of the song in 1962, while the Isley Brothers' version re-charted that same year at #94. He re-recorded the song in 1964, but it was only a minor hit. Just one month after the initial release Johnny O'Keefe covered it in his Australian TV show Six O'Clock Rock reaching #3 in Australia. and international artists recording the song. While the song did not reach higher than #47 on the Billboard Hot 100, it became their first gold single on the basis of its longevity and became a much-covered tune, with many U.S. Released in 1959, it was written by the brothers themselves as a call-and-response answer to Jackie Wilson's seminal " Lonely Teardrops" which they interpreted after performing that song during a club date. ![]() " Shout" is an influential popular song, originally recorded by The Isley Brothers. August 5, 1959, RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World, New York, 1959
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