Australian singles chart:
Hello It’s Me entered the Kent Music Report on 7 January 1974 and peaked at #68.
Album:
The song is on Todd’s album Something/Anything? which didn’t chart in Australia.
Songwriter:
Todd Rundgren
Producer:
Todd Rundgren
Record label of Australian release:
Bearsville
BONUS SONG BELOW – original version in 1969 by Todd’s band, Nazz
Songfacts:
Rundgren wrote this song, which takes us through a phone call where the singer breaks up with a girl. It’s a remarkably realistic account, devoid of sweeping metaphors typically found in breakup songs.
It was the first song Rundgren ever wrote. In his teens, Todd was an avid listener to music but it was only when he put The Nazz together at the age of 19 that the young musician realised he’d better start penning some material. He attributes the sophistication and success of this song to the vast amount of listening he’d done by the time he wrote it.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/todd-rundgren/hello-its-me
Lyrics:
Hello, it’s me
I’ve thought about us for a long, long time
Maybe I think too much but something’s wrong
There’s something here that doesn’t last too long
Maybe I shouldn’t think of you as mine
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Also on Bang a Gong from Todd Rundgren’s Something/Anything? album: I Saw the Light
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BONUS SONG
Hello It’s Me was originally recorded by Todd Rundgren’s group Nazz as a slow ballad, with lead vocals by Stewkey Antoni. It was released as the B-side of the band’s first single, Open My Eyes, in 1968. US radio stations preferred this B-side over the A-side, so Hello It’s Me peaked at #66 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was not released in Australia.
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