"Goin' Out of My Head" is a song written by Teddy Randazzo and Bobby Weinstein, initially recorded by Little Anthony & the Imperials in 1964. Randazzo, a childhood friend of the group, wrote the song especially for them, having also supplied the group with their previous Top 20 Hit "I'm On The Outside (Looking In)".[1] Their original version of the song was a Billboard Top 10 Pop smash, reaching #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 in the Canadian RPM-list in 1965. The song peaked at #8 on Cashbox magazine's R&B chart (Billboard was in a chart recess for R&B listings at that time). The Little Anthony/Imperials original recording remains the most commonly known version of the song, and the gold standard, though it's been covered numerous times by many other artists.
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