Roddy Doyle
The Commitments
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
TO MY MOTHER AND FATHER
— Honour thy parents, Brothers and Sisters.
They were hip to the groove too once
you know. Parents are soul.
Joey The Lips Fagan ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to reprint previously published material:
ABKCO Music, Inc. : Excerpts from the lyrics to “Chain Gang,” written by Sam Cooke. Copyright © 1960, renewed 1988 by ABKCO Music, Inc. Excerpts from the lyrics to “Good News,” written by Sam Cooke. Copyright © 1964 by ABKCO Music, Inc.
Almo Publications: Excerpts from the lyrics to “Knock on Wood,” lyrics and music by Eddie Floyd and Steve Cropper. Copyright © 1966, 1973 by East/Memphis Music Corp. Copyright assigned to Irving Music, Inc. (BMI), 1982. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Rights outside the U. S. controlled by Cotillion Music, Inc. Used by permission of Almo Publications and Cotillion Music, Inc.
Jobete Music Co. , Inc. : Excerpts from the lyrics to “Reach Out I’ll Be There” by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland Jr. Published by Stone Agate Music. Copyright © August 1966; Excerpts from the lyrics to “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted” by James Dean, Paul Riser, and William Weatherspoon. Published by Stone Agate Music. Copyright © March 1966.
Screen Gems — EMI Music, Inc. : Excerpts from the lyrics to “Walking in the Rain” by B. Mann, C. Weil, and P. Spector. Copyright © 1964 by Screen Gems — EMI Music, Inc.
Excerpts from the lyrics to “At the Dark End of the Street” by Dan Penn and Chips Moman. Copyright © 1967, 1977 by Screen Gems — EMI Music, Inc.
Silverman, Shulman and Slotnick, P. C. : Excerpts from the lyrics to “Night Train” by Jimmy Forrest, Oscar Washington, and Lewis C. Simpkins. Copyright 1952, © 1980 by Frederick Music Company. Used with the permission of Frederick Music Company.
Tickson Music: Excerpts from the lyrics to “I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better” by Gene Clarke. Copyright © 1964 by Tickson Music. All rights reserved.
Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. : Excerpts from the lyrics to “Get Up (I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine)” by James Brown, Bobby Byrd and Ronald Lenhoff. Copyright © 1970, 1973 by Dynatone Publishing Co. , administered by Unichappell Music, Inc. Excerpts from the lyrics to “Super Bad Super Slick” by James Brown. Copyright © 1975 by Dynatone Publishing Co. , administered by Unichappell Music, Inc. Excerpts from the lyrics to “Out of Sight” by James Brown. Copyright © 1969 by Dynatone Publishing Co. , administered by Unichappell Music, Inc. Excerpts from the lyrics to “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” by James Brown and Betty Newsome. Copyright © 1966 by Dynatone Publishing Co. and Clamike Records Music. All rights on behalf of Dynatone Publishing Co. administered by Unichappell Music, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
THE COMMITMENTS
— SOMETIMES I FEEL SO NICE —
GOOD GOD ——
I JUMP BACK —
I WANNA KISS MYSELF ——!
I GOT —
SOU — OU — OUL —
AN’ I’M SUPERBAD ——
James Brown, Superbad
