Singing My Song
Written By - Wes Farrell and Diane Hilderbrand.
Singin' it out to the people...singin' it out to them all
Singin' my song and they're singin' along
All of my problems are oh so small
All of my problems are so small
I sing it um ba de dum ba de da dee dee
Dum ba de dum ba de dum ba de dada
Ba de dum ba de dum ba de da dee dee
Dum ba de dum ba de dum ba de da
Singin' it out in the mornin'...singin' it out in the night
Makin' it clear 'cause I want them to hear
We can make everything quite all right
We can make everything all right
I sing it um ba de dum ba de da dee dee
Dum ba de dum ba de dum ba de dada
Ba de dum ba de dum ba de da dee dee
Dum ba de dum ba de dum ba de da
Doo doo...
Yes, I know! I know when a heart sinks low, so low, so low
We can talk to one another; for the love is strong
And it can't go wrong
I sing it um ba de dum ba de da dee dee
Dum ba de dum ba de dum ba de dada
Ba de dum ba de dum ba de da dee dee
Dum ba de dum ba de dum ba de da
I sing it um ba de dum ba de da dee dee
Dum ba de dum ba de dum ba de dada
Ba de dum ba de dum ba de da dee dee
Dum ba de dum ba de dum ba de da
As David explains in the following excerpt from the book “C’mon Get Happy…Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus” by David Cassidy & Chip Deffaa, his voice on the first two of The Partridge Family records, his voice was altered.
“Wes had some problem with the way I naturally sounded. He had me double-track vocals (the way Neil Sedaka had so often done) to give my voice added pop-ness. And by altering the tape speed, he was able to raise the pitch of my voice a half-tone above what it actually was, so that on records I sounded a little younger, lighter than in real life.”
The following two recordings highlight this. The first recording is a small part of the original recording from 1970 LP “The Partridge Family Album”. The second recording has been provided by John Gomolka who altered the original track to better reflect David’s true voice.
"Singing My Song" - Part of original recording
"Singing My Song" - altered to reflect David’s true voice.
On: The Partridge Family Album, Only A Moment Ago
