Brand New Me (Dusty Springfield song)

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"Brand New Me"

Single by Dusty Springfield

from the album A Brand New Me

B-side

"Bad Case Of The Blues"

Released

October 15, 1969

Recorded

October 6, 1969

Studio

Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Length

2:29

Label

Atlantic (North America)
Philips (international)

Songwriter(s)

Thom Bell, Jerry Butler, Kenneth Gamble

Dusty Springfield singles chronology

"In the Land of Make Believe"
(1969)

"Brand New Me"
(1969)

"Silly, Silly Fool"
(1970)

"Brand New Me", also A Brand New Me, is a 1969 song performed by Dusty Springfield written by Kenneth Gamble, Thom Bell and Jerry Butler. Butler's version had previously been issued as the B-side of "What's the Use of Breaking Up." The single reached a peak position of 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Background

Billboard described the single as "a potent rhythm item that should quickly bring her back to the 'Windmills of Your Mind' selling bag." and also praised the song's arrangement.^[1]

Charts

Date	Chart	Peak position
December 19, 1969	US Billboard Hot 100^[2]	24
January 9, 1970	US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[3]	3

Cover versions

It was covered by Aretha Franklin.^[4]

References

^ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. October 25, 1969. p. 91. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
^ "Dusty Springfield Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
^ "Dusty Springfield Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
^ William Clark, Jim Cogan Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios -2003 Page 156 "For his material, Butler joined forces writing with Gamble, Huff, and Thom Bell. Huff or Bell worked out the melodies. Gamble and Butler assembled the words. They penned "Hey Western Union Man." "Brand New Me," and "Never Give You

v t e Dusty Springfield
UK studio albums (1964–68)	A Girl Called Dusty (1964) Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty (1965) Where Am I Going? (1967) Dusty... Definitely (1968)
US studio albums (1964–68)	Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You (1964) Dusty (1964) Ooooooweeee!!! (1965) You Don't Have to Say You Love Me (1966) The Look of Love (1967)
Studio albums (1969–)	Dusty in Memphis (1969) A Brand New Me/From Dusty with Love (1970) See All Her Faces (1972) Cameo (1973) Longing (unreleased, recorded 1974) It Begins Again (1977) Living Without Your Love (1979) White Heat (1982) Reputation (1990) A Very Fine Love (1995) Faithful (2015, recorded 1971)
Compilation albums	Dusty – The Silver Collection The Very Best of Dusty Springfield
Singles	"I Only Want to Be with You" "Stay Awhile" "Wishin' and Hopin'" "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" "Goin' Back" "I'll Try Anything" "The Look of Love" "I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten" "Son of a Preacher Man" "Breakfast in Bed" "The Windmills of Your Mind" "Am I the Same Girl?" "Brand New Me" "How Can I Be Sure" "Your Love Still Brings Me to My Knees" "It Goes Like It Goes" "Something in Your Eyes" (with Richard Carpenter) "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" (with Pet Shop Boys) "Nothing Has Been Proved" "In Private" "Wherever Would I Be" (with Daryl Hall) "I Just Fall in Love Again"
Other	Discography

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