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"Gimme Your Money Please"
Single by Bachman–Turner Overdrive
from the album Bachman–Turner Overdrive
A-side"Little Gandy Dancer"
ReleasedJune 1973
GenreHard rock, Boogie rock
Songwriter(s)C. F. Turner
Producer(s)Randy Bachman
Bachman–Turner Overdrive singles chronology
"Gimme Your Money Please" / "Little Gandy Dancer"
(1973)
"Blue Collar"
(1973)

"Lookin' Out for #1"
(1976)

"Gimme Your Money Please/Little Gandy Dancer"
(1976)

"My Wheels Won't Turn"
(1977)

"Gimme Your Money Please" is a song by the Canadian rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive. It appears as the first track on their 1973 eponymous debut album. It was also the first single from the album, as a double a-side with Little Gandy Dancer. The song is about someone getting mugged.[1][2]

Release

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The single was reissued in 1976 to promote the album The Best of B.T.O. (So Far).[3]

Reception

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Goldmine Magazine critic Martin Popoff ranked it number 3 in his list of the top 20 "pounding-est" sounding BTO songs, recalling that he had fond memories of spinning it.[4]

Record World described the song as "a hard hitting rocker."[5]

Personnel

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According to the liner notes of Bachman–Turner Overdrive.[6]

Charts

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Original 1973 issue

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Chart (1973) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles[7] 45

1976 reissue

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Chart (1976) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles[8] 47
US Hot 100 (Billboard)[9] 70

References

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  1. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
  2. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Bachman–Turner Overdrive". www.robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  3. ^ Billboard 1976-08-07.pdf. "Gimme Your Money Please" now available as a single.
  4. ^ Popoff, Martin (2023-02-16). "The Top 20 pounding-est Bachman-Turner Overdrive songs". Goldmine Magazine: Record Collector & Music Memorabilia. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  5. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. June 9, 1973. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  6. ^ Overdrive, Bachman–Turner (17 May 1973). Bachman–Turner Overdrive (booklet).
  7. ^ "Gimme Your Money Please"/"Little Gandy Dancer": "Top Singles – Volume 20, No. 2, August 25, 1973" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  8. ^ "Gimme Your Money Please": "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 4, October 23, 1976" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  9. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1994). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1993. Record Research. p. 27. ISBN 9780898201048.