362 – Chuck Berry – Nadine (1964)

Escrita por Chuck Berry, foi gravada em Novembro de 1963, no Chess Studios, em Chicago e lançada em Fevereiro de 1964, em um compacto que tinha O Rangutang como Lado B. Foi a primeira música que Berry lançou depois que saiu da cadeia em Outubro de 1963. 

Berry havia sido preso em Fevereiro de 1962 e ficou por lá até Outubro de 1963. No mesmo dia que gravou Nadine, ele gravou You never can tell. É bem parecida com seu primeiro hit de 1955, Maybellene.

Chegou ao numero 23 nos charts pop americanos, numero 7 nos charts de R&B e numero 27 nos charts britanicos. 

Foi regravada por Waylon Jennings, Dion, Dire Straits, Motorhead, entre outros. 

A letra:

As I got on a city bus and found a vacant seat
I thought I saw my future bride walking up the street
I shouted to the driver, "Hey conductor, you must slow down
I think I see her, please, let me off this bus"

Nadine, honey is that you?
Oh, Nadine, honey is that you?
Seems like every time I see you darling
You got something else to do

I saw her from the corner when she turned and doubled back
And started walkin' toward a coffee colored Cadillac
I was pushin' through the crowd tryin' to get to where she's at
And I was campaign shouting like a southern diplomat

Nadine, honey is that you?
Oh, Nadine, honey where are you?
Seems like every time I catch up with you
You're up to something new

Downtown searching for her looking all around
Saw her getting in a yellow cab, heading up town
I caught a loaded taxi, paid up everybody's tab
Flipped a twenty dollar bill told him, “Catch that yellow cab”

Nadine, honey is that you?
Oh, Nadine, honey is that you?
Seems like every time I catch up with you
You're up to something new

She moves around like a wave of summer breeze
Go, driver, go, go, catch her for me please
Moving through the traffic like a mounted Cavalier
Leanin' out the taxi window tryin' to make her hear

Nadine, honey is that you?
Oh, Nadine, honey is that you?
Seems like every time I see you darling
You're up to something new

A gravação original de Chuck, de 1964:

Chuck com Keith Richards e amigos em 1986:

A versao de Dion: