Fun Music Information -> Them
This is the most recent information about Them that has been submitted to amIright. If we have more information about Them , then we provide a link to the section where it appears (the actual page whenever possible).
Misspellings and other Alternate Names:
These are the alternate spellings of the performer's name we've had to correct in submissions to amIright.
Them/Shadows of NightBand Name Origins:
- Van Morrison and his bandmates named themselves after a horror film about giant ants. Submitted by: Brian Kelly
Better Off Solo:
Name | New Career | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Van Morrison" | "After Morrison left Them, no one really knew about Them." | - Paul Warren |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "Baby Please Don't Go" | "Goodbye," Mary Hopkin | FussBudget |
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Gloria" | "Pacquiao (The Pacman Song)" | The Jeff Gordon Racing Network |
| "Gloria" | "Narnia" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "Gloria" | "F-L-O-R-I-O" | Bob Gomez |
Untapped Commercial Ideas:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Gloria | Nestlè's Gloria (UHT milk) | pickle* |
Misheard Lyrics:
"Gloria"
Misheard Lyrics: She's about 5 feet 4
Ah probably had the dog clowned Original Lyrics: She's about 5 feet 4
From her head to the ground |
Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Gloria"
Misheard Lyrics: She's about 5 feet 4
Ah probably had the dog clowned Original Lyrics: She's about 5 feet 4
From her head to the ground |
Story about this misheard lyric by: Patrick Kennedy Back in 64,65 we asked a friend to write down the lyrics for our band, as he had a working record player. Our singer sang the incorrect lyrics for a number of years (even though we knew they must have been wrong) until we came across the sheet music and enlightenment. |
Songs That Are Banned:
"Gloria"
In 1966, Chicago's WLS radio commissions a local group to re-record the Them's hit because they object to the lyrics. Station management feels the lyric, "she comes in my room" is too suggestive to broadcast. The local band, the Shadows of Knight, re-record the song and that version becomes a national top ten hit. The Them's original stalls at #71 on the charts.
Submitted by: Peter
