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(You've Got Me) Dangling on a String
"(You've Got Me) Dangling on a String"
Single by Chairmen of the Board
from the album Chairmen of the Board
B-side"I'll Come Crawling"
ReleasedApril 1970 (1970)
StudioHDH Studios, Detroit, Michigan
GenrePop-soul[1]
Length3:00
SongwritersRonald Dunbar and Edythe Wayne
Chairmen of the Board singles chronology
"Give Me Just a Little More Time"
(1970) 		"(You've Got Me) Dangling on a String"
(1970) 		"Everything's Tuesday"
(1970)

"(You've Got Me) Dangling on a String" is a 1970 soul music song by the Chairmen of the Board. The single reached No. 38 on the US Billboard Hot 100,[2] No. 19 on the US Billboard R&B chart, and No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart.[3] Ronald Dunbar and Edythe Wayne wrote the song.

Live performances

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The group performed "Dangling on a String" on American Bandstand on May 16, 1970.

Chart history

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Chairmen of the Board
Chart (1970) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[4] 58
UK (The Official Charts Company)[3] 5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] 38
U.S. Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles[5] 19
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [6] 30
Donny Osmond
Chart (1977) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100[7] 109
U.S. Cash Box [8] 99

Cover versions

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  • The song was covered by Donny Osmond, and released as a single from the August 1977 album Donald Clark Osmond, "bubbling under" the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 109.[2] Catalogue number PD 14417, Int'l. # 2066 847 77 NP 2827. It was produced by Brian Holland.
  • A version with substantially altered music was also recorded by the UK post-punk band C Cat Trance, on their album Play Masenko Combo and as the B-side of their 1984 single "Dreams Of Leaving" (Ink INK123).[9]
  • In 1988, "Danglin' on a String" was also covered by Boys Club for their eponymous debut album[10] and released as their third and final single, in 1989, on MCA Records (MCA-53649).[11]
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