# Juke Box Jive > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Juke_Box_Jive > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Juke_Box_Jive.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juke_Box_Jive > Source revision: 1244245724 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Use British English|date=December 2012}} {{Infobox song | name = Juke Box Jive | cover = JukeBoxJive.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [The Rubettes](/source/The_Rubettes) | album = [We Can Do It](/source/We_Can_Do_It_(album)) | B-side = {{ubl|"When You're Falling in Love" (UK)|Forever (Outside UK)}} | released = November 1974 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = [Glam rock](/source/Glam_rock) | length = 3:00 | label = [Polydor](/source/Polydor_Records) | writer = [Wayne Bickerton](/source/Wayne_Bickerton), [Tony Waddington](/source/Tony_Waddington_(songwriter)) | producer = Wayne Bickerton | prev_title = '''[Tonight](/source/Tonight_(Rubettes_song))''' | prev_year = 1974 | next_title = [I Can Do It](/source/I_Can_Do_It) | next_year = 1975 }} "'''Juke Box Jive'''", by English band [The Rubettes](/source/The_Rubettes), was the lead single from their second album ''[We Can Do It](/source/We_Can_Do_It_(album))''. As with their two previous singles, it was written by the songwriting team of [Wayne Bickerton](/source/Wayne_Bickerton) and [Tony Waddington](/source/Tony_Waddington_(songwriter)) and produced by Bickerton. The single reached number 3 in the UK charts.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/15012/rubettes/|title=Rubettes UK Chart History|website=[Official Charts](/source/Official_Charts_Company) }} "Juke Box Jive" was one of the four [demonstration recordings](/source/Demo_(music)) recorded by session musicians and singers in October 1973 which led to the formation of the Rubettes - the others being "[Sugar Baby Love](/source/Sugar_Baby_Love)", "[Tonight](/source/Tonight_(Rubettes_song))" and "Sugar Candy Kisses" (which became a hit for [Mac and Katie Kissoon](/source/Mac_and_Katie_Kissoon)).{{cite book|last1=Rowett|first1=Alan|title=The Rubettes Story|date=1994|publisher=Alan Williams Entertainment Ltd|location=London|isbn=0952377209|page=27|edition=First}} The UK single featured non-album-track "When You're Falling in Love" as the b-side, while other markets featured "Forever" (from the band's debut album ''[Wear It's 'At](/source/Wear_It's_'At)'') as the b-side.{{cite web|title=Rubettes Discography|url=http://www.rubettes.com/discography/|website=Rubettes Official Website|accessdate=24 September 2017}}{{cite web|title=Jukebox Jive Single|year=1974 |url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Rubettes-Juke-Box-Jive/master/87284|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=24 September 2017}} ==Charts== ===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1974–1975) !Peak
position |- |Australia ([Kent Music Report](/source/Kent_Music_Report)){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=261}} |align="center"|46 |- {{single chart|Austria|8|artist=The Rubettes|song=Juke Box Jive|accessdate=14 August 2021}} |- {{single chart|Flanders|1|artist=The Rubettes|song=Juke Box Jive|accessdate=14 August 2021}} |- {{single chart|Wallonia|1|artist=The Rubettes|song=Juke Box Jive|accessdate=14 August 2021}} |- |France ([SNEP](/source/SNEP)){{cite web | url=https://chartssinglestop40france.blogspot.com/2017/06/4-mai-1975.html | title=Charts singles Top 50 en France: 4 Mai 1975 | date=2017 }} |align="center"|2 |- {{single chart|Dutch40|2|year=1975|week=3|accessdate=14 August 2021}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|2|artist=The Rubettes|song=Juke Box Jive|accessdate=14 August 2021}} |- {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|3|artist=Rubettes|accessdate=14 August 2021}} |- {{single chart|West Germany|4|songid=21111|artist=The Rubettes|song=Juke Box Jive|accessdate=14 August 2021}} |} ===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1975) !Position |- |Belgium (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1975|title=Jaaroverzichten 1975|publisher=Ultratop|accessdate=14 August 2021}} |align="center"|19 |- |Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1975|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1975|publisher=Dutch Top 40|accessdate=14 August 2021}} |align="center"|54 |- |Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1975&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1975|website=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=14 August 2021}} |align="center"|66 |- |West Germany (Official German Charts){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1975|title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts|language=German|work=[GfK Entertainment](/source/GfK_Entertainment)|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|accessdate=14 August 2021}} |align="center"|14 |} ==Later Uses== * Cover versions project [Top of the Pops](/source/Top_of_the_Pops_(record_series)) featured a version of "Juke Box Jive" on ''Top of the Pops, Volume 42'' released in December 1974.{{cite web|title=Juke Box Jive - Top of the Pops, Vol 42|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/316140/versions|website=secondhandsongs.com|accessdate=25 September 2017}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{The Rubettes}} {{authority control}} Category:1975 singles Category:The Rubettes songs Category:Songs written by Wayne Bickerton Category:1975 songs Category:Songs written by Tony Waddington (songwriter) {{1970s-single-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Juke Box Jive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juke_Box_Jive) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juke_Box_Jive?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.