Am I The Same Girl?
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| "Am I The Same Girl?" | ||
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| Single by Dusty Springfield | ||
| Released | 1969 | |
| Format | 7" single | |
| Recorded | 1969 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Writer(s) | Record/Sanders | |
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| "Am I The Same Girl?" | ||
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| Single by Swing Out Sister | ||
| from the album Get In Touch With Yourself | ||
| Released | 1992 | |
| Format | 7" single | |
| Recorded | 1991 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 4:05 | |
| Label | Fontana | |
| Writer(s) | Record/Sanders | |
| Producer(s) | Paul Staveley O'Duffy | |
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| Swing Out Sister singles chronology | ||
| "Windmills Of Your Mind" (1989) | "Am I The Same Girl?" (1992) |
"Notgonnachange" (1992) |
In the UK, the first artist to have success with "Am I The Same Girl?" was singer Dusty Springfield in 1969. Springfield's version reached number 43 on the UK charts. In the US, soul singer Barbara Acklin reached number 79 pop and number 33 R&B with her version of the song in 1969.
In the US, "Am I The Same Girl?" was also released instrumentally as "Soulful Strut" by Young-Holt Unlimited, which replaced Acklin's vocal on the track with a piano solo. "Soulful Strut," which reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968, remains the most popular version of the song to have charted in the United States.
The song was later covered by UK jazz-pop/sophisti-pop duo Swing Out Sister in 1992 on their third album Get In Touch With Yourself. It would be their first cover song. The track begins with lead singer Corinne Drewery giggling and yelping, and vocal asides were provided by Derrick Johnson and Myke Wilson. Swing Out Sister's version reached number 48 on the US pop charts, their final song to reach the Billboard Hot 100, made #21 on the UK Top 40 and went all the way to number one on the Adult Contemporary chart.
In September 2005, Martha Stewart fresh out of US Federal Prison, began to use the Swing Out Sister version in her promo commercials for her show Martha on NBC TV Networks in America and then at the opening introduction theme song of her TV show Martha. Each show starts with the song playing over a montage of images and photos of Martha Stewart growing up.
Also in 2005 British teenage soul singer Joss Stone used the Young-Holt version as a starting point for her song "Don't cha wanna ride?" and accordingly credited the composers of "Am I the same girl?" as co-composers of her song.
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