"Two Faces Have I" is a song written by Twyla Herbert and Lou Christie and performed by Christie in his signature falsetto. The song was produced by Nick CenciLou Christie, "Two Faces Have I" single release Retrieved August 4, 2014 and was featured on his 1963 album, Lou Christie. It reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #11 on the R&B chart. Outside of the US, "Two Faces Have I" peaked at #3 in Canada, #6 on the New Zealand Lever Hit Parade Charthttps://web.archive.org/web/20210208152631/http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=Lever%20hit%20parades&qyear=1963&qmonth=Aug&qweek=08-Aug-1963#n_view_location and #20 in Australia.Lou Christie, "Two Faces Have I" Chart Positions Retrieved August 4, 2014
The song was ranked No. 44 on Billboards end of year ranking "Top Records of 1963"."Top Records of 1963", Billboard, Section II, December 28, 1963. p. 30. Retrieved February 17, 2018. the song was recorded at Gateway Studios in Pittsburgh on February 6, 1963. Ronnie Cochrane (a local Pittsburgh based guitar player) is playing guitar on the track and a local Pittsburgh band called Johnny Wilson's Debonaires provide the song's instrumental backing along with the song's co writer (Twyla Herbert) playing piano on the track.
This song was the inspiration behind Bruce Springsteen's "Two Faces", which featured on his 1987 album Tunnel of Love.
Ol' 55 version
Australian band Ol' 55 released a version of "Two Faces Have I" as the lead single from their fourth studio album The Vault (1980). The song peaked at number 15, becoming the band's fifth top twenty single
Track listing 7" (2079 148) Side A "Two Faces Have I" Side B "The Fool"
Charts Weekly charts Chart (1980) Peakposition Australia (Kent Music Report) NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. 15
Year-end charts Chart (1980) Position Australia (Kent Music Report) 67
Other versions Frank Alamo released a version in 1963 entitled "Tout Se Sait Un Jour" as part of the EP Surf!Frank Alamo, Surf! Retrieved August 4, 2014 The Thai band released a version in 1983 under the title Nah Aai (). American rock band Garbo's Daughter covered the song on their 2010 7" single on Italy's Surfin' Ki Records.
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