Make Your Own Kind of Music (song)

"Make Your Own Kind of Music" is a pop song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, first recorded in 1968 by the New York City-based trio the Will-O-Bees (Janet Blossom, Steven Porter, and Robert Merchanthouse), who regularly performed Mann/Weil compositions. After Cass Elliot had a hit in the summer of 1969 with Mann/Weil's "It's Getting Better", she recorded "Make Your Own Kind of Music" as the follow-up single, and her album Bubblegum, Lemonade, and... Something for Mama was re-released as "Make Your Own Kind Of Music/It's Getting Better," the title cut having been added to the original track listing. However, Elliot's "Make Your Own Kind of Music" single only reached No. 36. The similar chart impact of the follow-up single, another Mann/Weil composition entitled "New World Coming," which reached No. 42, signaled Elliot's challenges in maintaining a profile as a current hitmaker, as the 1960s turned into the 1970s. The Cass Elliot track is in the key of E major.

"Make Your Own Kind of Music"
Single cover
Single by Mama Cass Elliot
from the album Make Your Own Kind Of Music / It's Getting Better
B-side"Lady Love"
ReleasedSeptember 1969
GenrePop
Length2:25
LabelDunhill
Songwriter(s)Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
Producer(s)Steve Barri
Mama Cass Elliot singles chronology
"It's Getting Better"
(1969)		 "Make Your Own Kind of Music"
(1969)		 "New World Coming"
(1970)

The song was used prominently in the television show Lost, first appearing in the episode "Man of Science, Man of Faith", and rated as one of Spin magazine's "Best Musical Moments From TV's Latest Golden Age".[1] It was also used as the theme for Swedish documentary show I en annan del av Köping.[2]

The song was also used to great effect in the episode of the television show The Middle entitled The Graduate, used as a score to a flashback montage of Sue during her high school graduation ceremony. Additionally, the song was also used multiple times in the TV show, Dexter, including an episode under the same title as the song. The song also appears on the soundtrack to the film Beautiful Thing.[3]

Chart performance
Chart (1969) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[4] 20
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[5] 7
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 36
US Billboard Adult Contemporary 6
US Cash Box Top 100[7] 25

Remixes

A remixed version of the Cass Elliot track was featured in the 1997 Dance compilation Dance Across The Universe (Part 1), which was released by Universal Records,[8] along with a separate club-only promo which featured four different mixes (one of them dubbed "The Mama Cass Mix").[9]

Paloma Faith version
"Make Your Own Kind of Music"
Single by Paloma Faith
from the album The Architect
Released19 March 2018
Length2:43
LabelSony
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Paloma Faith singles chronology
"Lullaby"
(2018)		 "Make Your Own Kind of Music"
(2018)		 "Warrior"
(2018)
Music video
"Make Your Own Kind Of Music" on YouTube

In March 2018, Paloma Faith released a cover of the song, which was also featured in a TV commercial for Škoda, promoting the Karoq crossover vehicle.[10] It made it to No. 28 on the UK Singles Chart.[11] It was later confirmed in April 2018 that the song would be included on the digital track listing of her fourth studio album The Architect as one of the album's singles. It was included in the tracklist of the album on sites like Spotify and Apple Music on 20 April 2018.[12]

Charts
Chart (2018) Peak
position
Scotland (OCC)[13] 8
UK Singles (OCC)[14] 28
UK Download (OCC)[15] 4

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[16] Silver 200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Other versions

In 1972, Barbra Streisand released "Make Your Own Kind of Music" as a single in a medley with "Sing", which became an Easy Listening hit (No. 28) but only reached No. 94 on the Billboard Hot 100. Streisand also recorded parts of the song as a medley with The World is a Concerto for Barbra Streisand...And Other Musical Instruments.

Another version was recorded by Bobby Sherman, and a happy hardcore cover of the track was released in 1997 by DJ Daydream.

References
  1. "SPIN's 30 Best Musical Moments From TV's Latest Golden Age: Mama Cass Elliot's "Make Your Own Kind of Music" on Lost". Spin. 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
  2. Stefan Lindqvist (11 February 2008). "En feelgoodserie som värmer alla hjärtan" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs dagblad. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  3. https://imdb.com/title/tt0115640/soundtrack
  4. "Image : RPM Weekly". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  5. "Item". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  6. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002
  7. "Cash Box Top 100 11/29/69". Tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  8. "Various - Dance Across The Universe Volume 1 (CD)". Discogs.com. 1997-10-21. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  9. "Mama Cass - Make Your Own Kind Of Music (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  10. "Paloma Faith features in Škoda TV commercial". Sounds-familiar.info. 26 March 2018.
  11. "make your own kind of music - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  12. "The Architect by Paloma Faith on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  13. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  14. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  15. "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  16. "British single certifications – Paloma Faith – Make Your Own Kind Of Music". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 3 May 2019. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Make Your Own Kind Of Music in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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