Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?

The Lovin' Spoonful recorded "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" in September1965 at Bell Sound Studios in New York City. It was the final song completed for the band's debut album, Do You Believe in Magic, which Kama Sutra Records issued on October23, 1965. The song was sequenced as the opening track of side two. Though "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" was an album track, Canadian radio stations played it extensively in December1965. The song's radio play prompted Quality Records to issue it as a single in Canada, and it reached number 10 on the national charts in February1966. Due to the song's Canadian success, A second Canadian release peaked that July at number six, Billboard called the song an "easy rockin' ballad" that would be an "off-beat winner for the hot group." Cash Box described the song as an "easy-going, lyrical blues-tinged item which claims that romantic decisions are extremely difficult to make." ==Charts==

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• Bud Shank on his 1967 album A Spoonful of Jazz • Dick Rosmini recorded it for his 1969 album A Genuine Rosmini • The Good Brothers included it on their 1980 album Best of the Good Brothers: Live • Curtis Stigers included it on his 2003 album You Inspire Me • Thao with the Get Down Stay Down on the 2009 Thao/The Thermals Record Store Day Split 7" ==References==