"Here Comes the Judge" | ||||
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Single by Shorty Long | ||||
from the album Here Comes the Judge | ||||
B-side | "Sing What You Wanna" | |||
Released | 1968 (U.S.) | |||
Format | Vinyl | |||
Genre | Comedy, Soul | |||
Length | 2:33 | |||
Label |
Tamla Motown Soul 35044 |
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Songwriter(s) | Billie Jean Brown, Suzanne de Passe, Shorty Long | |||
Producer(s) | Shorty Long | |||
Shorty Long singles chronology | ||||
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"Here Comes the Judge" is a 1968 song written by Shorty Long, Billie Jean Brown and Suzanne de Passe, and performed by Long. The song was Long's biggest hit, reaching #4 on the U.S. R&B chart and #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It held #10 on Cashbox for two weeks. The song stayed on the Hot 100 for 11 weeks and Cashbox for 9 weeks. The song also entered the UK chart in July 1968, and was a Top 30 hit, peaking at #30.
"Here Comes the Judge" was inspired by a comic act on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In about a judge by Pigmeat Markham, whose own "Here Comes the Judge" - a completely different song - charted two weeks after Long's did in June 1968, and became a Top 20 hit.
Billboard Hot 100 (11 weeks, entered June 1): Reached #8
Cashbox (9 weeks, entered June 1): 89, 72, 46, 13, 10, 10, 14, 18, 31