Billboard ranks the 1961 smash No. 3 on its Greatest of All Time Songs of the Summer chart, placing it behind only Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112's "I'll Be Missing You" and Brandy and Monica's "The Boy Is Mine." The ranking compares the biggest Songs of the Summer across multiple decades, building on Billboard's annual Songs of the Summer chart, which measures cumulative performance on the Hot 100 during the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
The song tells the familiar story of a man lying awake because he can't stop thinking about his lover. Yet its pounding beat, handclaps and jubilant saxophone solo transform sleepless frustration into something irresistibly danceable.
Originally written by Ritchie Adams and Malou René, "Tossin' and Turnin'" was first intended for singer Jackie Wilson before Lewis recorded it for the independent Beltone label. The gamble paid off spectacularly, giving Lewis the defining hit of his career.
His success on the pop charts proved brief. Lewis scored one more Top 10 hit later in 1961 with "One Track Mind," but never again reached the heights of "Tossin' and Turnin'." Even so, the song endured through appearances in films including Animal House, introducing it to new generations of listeners.
Lewis continued performing into his 80s despite becoming virtually blind, often saying that, as Stevie Wonder once observed, inner vision could matter just as much as eyesight. He died in 2020 at age 95.
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