Here Comes the Judge (Shorty Long song)
| "Here Comes the Judge" | ||||
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| Single by Shorty Long | ||||
| from the album Here Comes the Judge | ||||
| B-side | "Sing What You Wanna" | |||
| Released | 1968 (U.S.) | |||
| Genre | Comedy, Soul, Funk | |||
| Length | 2:33 | |||
| Label | Tamla Motown Soul 35044 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Billie Jean Brown, Suzanne de Passe, Shorty Long | |||
| Producer(s) | Shorty Long | |||
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"Here Comes the Judge" is a 1968 song written by Shorty Long, Billie Jean Brown and Suzanne de Passe, and performed by Long. The song was Long's biggest hit, reaching No. 4 on the U.S. R&B chart and No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. It held the No. 10 spot on Cashbox for two weeks. The song stayed on the Hot 100 for 11 weeks and Cashbox for 9 weeks. The song also entered the UK chart in July 1968, and was a Top 30 hit, peaking at #30.
"Here Comes the Judge" was inspired by a comic act on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In about a judge by Pigmeat Markham, whose own "Here Comes the Judge" - a completely different song - charted two weeks after Long's did in June 1968, and became a Top 20 hit.