Worried About Ray

"Worried About Ray" is the debut single by British pop rock band The Hoosiers. The song utilises parts of The Turtles' 1967 hit "Happy Together", and its writers, Alan Gordon and Garry Bonner, are credited as co-writers.[1][2][3]

"Worried About Ray"
Single by The Hoosiers
from the album The Trick to Life
B-side"We Didn't Start the Fire"
ReleasedJune 25, 2007
Format
Genre
Length2:46
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
  • Garry Bonner
  • Alan Gordon
  • Alan Sharland
  • Martin Skarendahl
  • Irwin Sparkes
Producer(s)
The Hoosiers singles chronology
"Worried About Ray"
(2007)		 "Goodbye Mr A"
(2007)

It was the first single to be released from the band's debut album, The Trick to Life.

Commercial performance

It reached #16 on the UK Singles Chart on 24 June 2007 on downloads alone. The single climbed to #6 the following week with CD sales included, and the song climbed one place to its peak chart position of #5 the following week. It also reached #4 on the download charts. The music video for the song is inspired by the American special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen.

Music video

In the music video, the band are with "Ray", a monster movie director and creator. When creating another monster, that monster talks with him and tries to go after The Hoosiers, but The Hoosiers defeat the monster.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Worried About Ray"
  • Garry Bonner
  • Alan Gordon
  • Alan Sharland
  • Martin Skarendahl
  • Irwin Sparkes
2:46
2."We Didn't Start the Fire" (Billy Joel cover)
  

Chart positions

Weekly charts
Chart (2008) Peak
position
Irish Singles Chart 38
German Top100 Singles 94
Swiss Singles Top 100 85
UK Singles Chart 5

Year-end charts
Chart (2007) Position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[4] 31

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[5] Silver 200,000*

^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

References
  1. "The Hoosiers, ICA, London". The Independent. 24 September 2007.
  2. "The Hoosiers, ICA, London". The Guardian. 15 September 2007.
  3. "BBC - Chart Blog: The Hoosiers - 'Worried About Ray'". BBC Radio 1. 21 June 2007.
  4. "The Official UK Singles Chart 2007" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  5. "British single certifications – Hoosiers – Worried About Ray". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Worried About Ray in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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