"Sad Mood" is a song by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, released on November 8, 1960 by RCA Victor.
[2] Cooke gave it another go on October 1, 1960, this time with "strings, an all-star rhythm section, an assured vocal, and a Sammy Lowe arrangement.
[1] "He had established a way of working with arranger René Hall out on the Coast, and even though Sammy Lowe's string arrangements were not all that different from some of René's, the song still did not say Sam Cooke in the way that some of his earlier Keen hits indelibly, if indefinably, had," said biographer Peter Guralnick.
[1] Hugo & Luigi were nonetheless satisfied, and set themselves on making it the follow-up single to "Chain Gang".
[2] "Sad Mood" charted well, but sold only 150,000 copies, roughly one-quarter of the sales of its predecessor.