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"Better Use Your Head"
Single by Little Anthony & The Imperials
B-side	"Gonna Fix You Good"
Released	1976
Genre	Modern soul, funk
Length	2:49
Label	Silver Spotlight Series UP 36141
Songwriter(s)	Teddy Randazzo, Victoria Pike
Producer(s)	Teddy Randazzo

"Better Use Your Head" is a song and single by American R&B group, Little Anthony & The Imperials written by Teddy Randazzo, who also produced it, and his wife Victoria Pike.^[1][2]

Credits: The Imperials

• "Little Anthony" Gourdine (lead)
• Clarence "Wah-Hoo" Collins (baritone/bass)
• Ernest Wright (2nd tenor)
• Sammy Strain (1st tenor)

Other credits

• Producer: Teddy Randazzo
• Orchestra: Don Costa

Chart performance

"Better Use Your Head", was originally released in the US on the Veep label in 1966 with "The Wonder of It All" as the B-side,^[3] it reached # 54 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[4] It was later re-released in 1976 following its gain in popularity after having been played in clubs on the Northern soul scene in the UK. It made number 42 in the UK charts in July 1976 and was Little Anthony & The Imperials only UK chart success.^[5]

References

External links

• The Imperials (Little Anthony, Sammy , Ernest, & Clarence)- "Better Use Your Head" (YouTube Video - 1966)