<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Where Do You Go" (1965) </Td> <Td> "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (1966) </Td> <Td> "Alfie" (1966) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Where Do You Go" (1965) </Td> <Td> "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (1966) </Td> <Td> "Alfie" (1966) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" is the second single by American singer - actress Cher from her second album, The Sonny Side of Chér . Written by her then - husband Sonny Bono and released in 1966, the song reached No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a single week (behind "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" by The Righteous Brothers), eventually becoming one of Cher's biggest - selling singles of the 1960s . </P> <P> The single proved successful, charting high in several countries worldwide . It became Cher's first million - selling single and her first top 3 hit in the UK (and her last until "The Shoop - Shoop Song" reached No. 1 in 1991). Critic Tim Sendra, in his album review of The Sonny Side of Cher, gave the song a mixed review: "The only track that has any real zest is the Bono - written novelty' Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down),' the kind of dramatic song Cher could knock out in her sleep but also a song with no real heart ." </P>

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