The band, from London, UK, started out as The Dave Clark Quintet in 1957, with Dave Clark on drums, Dave Sanford on lead guitar, Chris Walls on bass, Don Vale on piano (and arranger) and a saxophone player. By 1962, the band had changed its name to The Dave Clark Five and settled on the line-up that continued until the band called it a day in 1970: Dave Clark (drums, vocals; born December 15, 1939), Lenny Davidson (guitar; born May 30, 1944), Rick Huxley (bass; born August 5, 1942; died February 11, 2013), Denis Payton (saxes, harmonica, vocals; born August 11, 1943, died December 17, 2006), Mike Smith (keyboards, vocals; born December 6, 1943, died February 28, 2008).
Between 1964 and 1967, the band had 17 records in the US Billboard Top 40, with 12 Top 40 United Kingdom hits.
The DC5 disbanded in 1970, having placed three singles on the UK chart that year, two of which reached the Top Ten. That same year, Davidson, Huxley and Payton left and Alan Parker and Eric Ford joined on lead guitar and bass; this line-up, renamed "Dave Clark & Friends", lasted until 1973.
Bits and Pieces
The Dave Clark Five Lyrics
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Since you left me and you said goodbye
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
All I do is sit and cry
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
You went away and left me misery
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
And that's the way it'll always be
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
You said you loved me and you'd always be mine
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
We'd be together 'til the end of time
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
Now you say it was just a game
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
But all you're doin' is leavin' me pain
Time goes by and goes so slow (oh, yeah)
It just doesn't seem true
Only just a few days ago
You said you'd love me, never make me blue
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
Now you've gone and I'm all alone
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
And you're still way up there on your throne
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
Nothin' seems to ever go right
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
'Cause night is day and day is night
The Dave Clark Five's song "Bits and Pieces" is a breakup song that captures the feelings of pain and misery that come with a separation. The lyrics openly portray the anguish one undergoes when they're in love with someone who doesn't reciprocate the same feelings. The main character in the song is in complete disarray and is left in fragments after being left by his lover. He is trying to come to terms with the fact that his partner has left him high and dry, and he is left with nothing but bits and pieces of his relationship.
Throughout the song, the character reminisces about the time he had with his partner and how she gave him hope and assurance of their forever love. However, things changed, and now he's left in pieces. He expresses the difficulty of coping with the fact that his beloved has abandoned him in pain. He portrays the feeling of loneliness and the fact that everything seems to be going wrong, night and day are reversed, and time seems to be passing slowly since he was left.
Line by Line Meaning
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
I am shattered, broken into fragments of myself
Since you left me and you said goodbye
Since you departed and bade me farewell
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
I am still in disarray, in tatters and fragments
All I do is sit and cry
I can only weep, and lament my loss
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
My life is shattered, in fragments and shards
You went away and left me misery
You left me in agony, in despair and distress
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
I am still in fragments and tatters
And that's the way it'll always be
This is how it will always remain, a mess
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
I am still a broken and shattered version of myself
You said you loved me and you'd always be mine
You professed your love for me and vowed to always be mine
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
Yet still, I remain shattered and fragmented
We'd be together 'til the end of time
We would be together forever
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
But now, I am just fragments and tatters of myself
Now you say it was just a game
Now you claim that it was all a mere game
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
But I am left to pick up the shattered pieces
But all you're doin' is leavin' me pain
But all you have left me with is agony and distress
Time goes by and goes so slow (oh, yeah)
Time creeps by, ever so slowly
It just doesn't seem true
It feels surreal, like a bad dream
Only just a few days ago
It was only a short time ago
You said you'd love me, never make me blue
You promised to love me forever and never sadden me
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
But I am still shattered and fragmented
Now you've gone and I'm all alone
Now you have departed, and I am left alone
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
Still broken and scattered, with no hope of fixing
And you're still way up there on your throne
And you are up high, still in your throne of power
Nothin' seems to ever go right
Everything is going wrong, and nothing is working out
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
Still shattered and broken, my life in shambles
'Cause night is day and day is night
Because everything is upside down, and nothing is as it should be
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Dave Clark, Mike Smith
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