Peak
1
Weeks
15
Score
3,718
Chart Year
1969
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In this song, Tommy Roe gets a touch of vertigo every time he is near a girl who captivates him. At first, he's not sure what to do because other guys are always after her, but when he gets his chance and tells her how he feels, she kisses him and melts his heart. At this point, he's so dizzy he might need medical help. This was a rare pop song with strings. The Beatles used strings on their 1965 hit "Yesterday," but it wasn't until the disco era when strings became common in pop. Roe wrote this with Freddy Weller, who went on to become a country singer after a spell as one of Paul Revere's Raiders. In 1962, Roe had his first, and only other US #1 hit with "Sheila," which he wrote when he was 14. He had another hit in 1970 with "Jam Up Telly Tight," then started recording country songs. Tommy Roe (from 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh): "Freddy Weller and I had known each other in Atlanta. I was on a TV show with Paul Revere & The Raiders. They had lost their guitarist and I suggested Freddy as a replacement. He moved to California to be with them, and we started writing together. I showed him 'Dizzy.' I had written the chorus but couldn't complete it. Freddy loved it and said, 'Let's finish it,' and we did that on a tour bus late at night. Jimmy Haskell wrote the string arrangement and we had Hal Blaine on drums, Joe Osborn on bass, Ben Benay on guitar and Larry Knechtel on keyboards. You can't get better than that. It sold 6 million copies, 4 million of them in the States, and it was my biggest hit of all." In 1991 British comedian Vic Reeves teamed up with the band The Wonder Stuff to record a cover version of this. In Britain it topped the charts for two weeks, one more week than Tommy Roe's original version.
Dizzy I'm so dizzy, my head is spinning Like a whirlpool, it never ends And it's you, girl, making it spin You're making me dizzy First time that I saw you, girl, I knew that I just had to make you mine But it's so hard to talk to you with fellas hanging round you all the time I want you for my sweet pet But you keep playing hard to get I'm going around in circles all the time Dizzy I'm so dizzy, my head is spinning Like a whirlpool, it never ends And it's you, girl, making it spin You're making me dizzy I finally got to talk to you and I told you just exactly how I felt Then I held you close to me and kissed you and my heart began to melt Girl, you've got control of me 'Cause I'm so dizzy I can't see I need to call a doctor for some help Dizzy I'm so dizzy, my head is spinning Like a whirlpool, it never ends And it's you, girl, making it spin You're making me dizzy My head is spinning Like a whirlpool, it never ends And it's you, girl, making it spin You're making me dizzy You're making me dizzy
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 1, 1969 | 86 | 40 |
| 2 | Feb 8, 1969 | 44 | 82 |
| 3 | Feb 15, 1969 | 39 | 87 |
| 4 | Feb 22, 1969 | 25 | 101 |
| 5 | Mar 1, 1969 | 10 | 116 |
| 6 | Mar 8, 1969 | 4 | 122 |
| 7 | Mar 15, 1969 | 1 | 125 |
| 8 | Mar 22, 1969 | 1 | 125 |
| 9 | Mar 29, 1969 | 1 | 125 |
| 10 | Apr 5, 1969 | 1 | 125 |
| 11 | Apr 12, 1969 | 3 | 123 |
| 12 | Apr 19, 1969 | 5 | 121 |
| 13 | Apr 26, 1969 | 9 | 117 |
| 14 | May 3, 1969 | 11 | 115 |
| 15 | May 10, 1969 | 22 | 104 |