Title: There Is A Kind Of Hush
Artist: The Carpenters
There's a kind of a hush, all over the world, tonight,
all over the world you can hear the sound of lovers in love!
You know what I mean?
Just the two of us, with nobody else in sight,
and I'm feelin' good just holdin' you tight!
So, listen very carefully, closer now and you will see
what I mean ( see what I mean? ) it isn't a dream ( I mean, it isn't a dream! )
the only sound that you will hear is when I whisper in your ear
"I love you!" ( I love you! ) forever and ever!
There's a kind of a hush, all over the world, tonight,
all over the world you can hear the sound of lovers in love!
There's a kind of a hush ( kind of a hush! )
all over the world! ( all over the world, tonight! )
All over the world ( you can hear the sound of lovers in love! )
You know what I mean?
Just the two of us ( two of us! ) and nobody else in sight,
there's nobody else and I'm feelin' good,
just holdin' you tight ( ever so tightly! )
So, listen very carefully, closer now and you will see
what I mean ( see what I mean? ) it isn't a dream ( I mean, it isn't a dream! )
the only sound that you will hear is when I whisper in your ear
"I love you!" forever and ever!
There's a kind of a hush ( kind of a hush! )
all over the world (a hush, all over the world, tonight! )
all over the world you can hear the sound
of lovers in love! ( I love you! )
You know what I mean? ( I love you! )
It isn't a dream! ( I love you! )
You know what I mean? ( La, la la la! )
I love you!
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"There's a Kind of Hush" is a popular song written by Les Reed and Geoff Stephens.
The best-known version of the song is by Herman's Hermits, who took it to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #6 in the United World Chart in 1967, eclipsing a cover version which had been released by Gary and the Hornets that had garnered regional success in the United States.
Nine years later, the song was a worldwide smash for The Carpenters, who extended the title to include almost the entire first line of the lyric: "There's a Kind Of Hush (All Over The World)". However, Richard Carpenter explained in the liner notes to the Carpenters' 2004 best-of compilation, Gold, that although he and Karen Carpenter loved the song, he was not particularly pleased with how their remake turned out:
"...one of Karen's and my favorite songs from the '60s. In hindsight, however, even though our version was a hit, I wish we'd never recorded it. Here are three reasons why: (1) The original was, and is, perfectly fine. (2) Our foray into the oldies should have ended with the medley featured on side 2 of [the duo's hit LP] Now & Then, 1973. (3) The use of a synthesizer in some of our recordings has not worn well with me, on this track, or just about any other track on which I used it."
In 2006, the experimental rock band Deerhoof covered the song on their self-released, internet-only Untitled E.P..
Barry Manilow covered this song on his 2006 album The Greatest Songs of the Sixties.
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