Artist
The Shangri-Las
Lyrics
(Written by George ""Shadow"" Morton)
Seems like the other day
My baby went away
He went away 'cross the sea
It's been two years or so
Since I saw my baby go
And then this letter came for me
It said that we were through
He found somebody new
Oh, let me think, let me think, what can I do?
Oh no, oh no, oh no no no no no
(Remember) walkin' in the sand
(Remember) walkin' hand in hand
(Remember) the night was so exciting
(Remember) smile was so inviting
(Remember) then he touched my cheek
(Remember) with his fingertips
Softly, softly we'd meet with our lips
Whatever happened to
The boy that I once knew?
The boy who said he'd be true
Oh, what will happen to
The life I gave to you?
What will I do with it now?
(Remember) walkin' in the sand
(Remember) walkin' hand in hand
(Remember) the night was so exciting
(Remember) smile was so inviting
(Remember) then he touched my cheek
(Remember) with his fingertips
Softly, softly we'd meet with our lips
Seems like the other day
My baby went away
He went away 'cross the sea
It's been two years or so
Since I saw my baby go
And then this letter came for me
It said that we were through
He found somebody new
Oh, let me think, let me think, what can I do?
Oh no, oh no, oh no no no no no
(Remember) walkin' in the sand
(Remember) walkin' hand in hand
(Remember) the night was so exciting
(Remember) smile was so inviting
(Remember) then he touched my cheek
(Remember) with his fingertips
Softly, softly we'd meet with our lips
Whatever happened to
The boy that I once knew?
The boy who said he'd be true
Oh, what will happen to
The life I gave to you?
What will I do with it now?
(Remember) walkin' in the sand
(Remember) walkin' hand in hand
(Remember) the night was so exciting
(Remember) smile was so inviting
(Remember) then he touched my cheek
(Remember) with his fingertips
Softly, softly we'd meet with our lips
RS500_rank
395
Length
2:17
BPM
110.7
Released Year
1987
Genre Era
Genre
Key
A m
Produced By
Morton
Released Info
Aug. '64 on Red Bird
Chart Weeks
11 weeks
Chart Top
No. 5
Musicbrainz ID
65d292f2-f8ee-9ba6-8cad-221d6fff684a
Song Note Source
Rolling Stone 500
Song of Day Date
Written By
George ""Shadow"" Morton
Album
The Best of the Shangri-Las (Mercury)
Song Status
The Shangri-Las, two sets of sisters from Queens, New York, were in high school when producer Morton hired them to record "Remember" -- a tune he claimed to have written in twenty minutes on the way to the studio. Legend has it that a fifteen-year-old Billy Joel played piano on the session. Morton went on to produce the New York Dolls.