Some Kind-A Earthquake

"Some Kind-A Earthquake"
Single by Duane Eddy
from the album $1,000,000.00 Worth of Twang
B-side "First Love, First Tears"
Released October 1959
Genre Rockabilly
Length 1:17
Label Jamie Records 1130
Writer(s) Duane Eddy, Lee Hazlewood
Producer(s) Lee Hazlewood, Lester Sill
Duane Eddy singles chronology
"Forty Miles of Bad Road"
(1959)
"Some Kind-A Earthquake"
(1959)
"Bonnie Came Back"
(1959)

"Some Kind-A Earthquake" is a song written by Duane Eddy and Lee Hazlewood and performed by Eddy. The song reached #12 on the UK Singles Chart and #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959.[1] The song appeared on his 1960 album, $1,000,000.00 Worth of Twang.[2]

The single's B-side, "First Love, First Tears", reached #59 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3]

The song was produced by Lee Hazlewood and Lester Sill.[4]

At 1:17, it is the shortest song to have ever hit the Top 40.

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