<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> `` 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>
who wrote bang bang i shot you down
who wrote bang bang i shot you down
Sonny Bono
Sonny Bono