Worst That Could Happen
"Worst That Could Happen" | ||||
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Single by the Brooklyn Bridge | ||||
from the album Brooklyn Bridge | ||||
B-side | "Your Kite, My Kite" | |||
Released | December 1968 | |||
Genre | Rock, pop rock | |||
Length | 2:58 | |||
Label | Buddah | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jimmy Webb | |||
Producer(s) | Wes Farrell | |||
The Brooklyn Bridge singles chronology | ||||
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"Worst That Could Happen" is a song with lyrics and music written by singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb. Originally recorded by the 5th Dimension on their 1967 album of nearly all-Jimmy Webb songs, The Magic Garden, "Worst That Could Happen" was later recorded by the Brooklyn Bridge and reached the Billboard Hot 100's top 40, at #38 on January 4, 1969, peaking at #3 on February 1-8, 1969.[1]
The song tells about a man wishing well to a woman with whom he is still in love, but because the man was unwilling to settle down, she left him and is about to marry someone else who is more stable; the singer accepts the marriage but still feels that it is "the worst (thing) that could happen to (him)". It has been stated that, along with "MacArthur Park" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Worst That Could Happen" is about a relationship that Webb had with a woman named Susan.[2]
The song quotes Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" from the incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream at the end.
The Brooklyn Bridge version appeared on the list of songs deemed inappropriate by Clear Channel following the September 11, 2001, attacks.[3]
Chart history
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Notable cover versions
- Hajji Alejandro recorded a Tagalog version titled “Panakip-Butas” in 1977 in his Hajji album. It was released as a single and was a big hit in the Philippines. The melody was also used by Tito, Vic & Joey as one of the parody songs in their 1977 album, called "Kajjo Department" with different lyrics.[11]
See also
References
- ^ Joel Whitburn (1 July 1995). Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts, The Sixties. Record Research Inc. ISBN 978-0898200744.
- ^ "Worst That Could Happen by Brooklyn Bridge". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ Here Are The 164 Songs That Were Banned From American Radio After 9/11 - We look at the songs deemed too “lyrically questionable” to play on the radio right after the 9/11 attacks. Published by online music site Kerrang and Posted on September 11th 2019, 5:00pm. Accessed online May 5, 2020
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - February 17, 1969" (PDF).
- ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ [1][permanent dead link]
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Hits of 1969 - January 10, 1970" (PDF).
- ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1969/Top 100 Songs of 1969". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1969". Tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ "tito vic & joey - kajjo dept | Ghostarchive". ghostarchive.org. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
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- Words and Music (1970)
- And So: On (1971)
- Letters (1972)
- Land's End (1974)
- El Mirage (1977)
- Angel Heart (1982)
- Suspending Disbelief (1993)
- Ten Easy Pieces (1996)
- Twilight of the Renegades (2005)
- Live and at Large (2007)
- Just Across the River (2010)
- Still Within the Sound of My Voice (2013)
- SlipCover (2019)
- Up, Up, and Away (1966)
- The Magic Garden (1967)
- Rewind (1967)
- A Tramp Shining (1968)
- The Yard Went On Forever (1968)
- Sunshower (1969)
- The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb (1972)
- Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (1974)
- Earthbound (1975)
- Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1977)
- Watermark (1977)
- Breakwater Cat (1980)
- The Last Unicorn (1983)
- The Animals' Christmas (1986)
- Light Years (1988)
- Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind (1989)
- Only One Life: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (2003)
- This Kind of Love (2008)
- Cottonwood Farm (2009)
- Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb: In Session (2012)
- Tribute to Burt Bacharach and Jim Webb (1972)
- And Someone Left the Cake Out in the Rain... (1998)
- Archive (1994)
- Reunited with Jimmy Webb 1974–1988 (1999)
- Tunesmith: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (2003)
- The Moon's a Harsh Mistress: Jimmy Webb in the Seventies (2004)
- Archive & Live (2005)
- "All I Know"
- "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
- "Didn't We"
- "Galveston"
- "The Girls' Song"
- "Highwayman"
- "Honey Come Back"
- "MacArthur Park"
- "Still Within the Sound of My Voice"
- "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress"
- "Up, Up and Away"
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