I'll Never Find Another You
"I'll Never Find Another You" is a 1964 single by The Seekers, which reached No. 1 in the United Kingdom in February 1965.[1] It was The Seekers' first UK-released single,[1] and was the second-best selling single of 1965 in the UK.[2] The song was also popular in the United States, reaching peaks of No. 4 pop and No. 2 easy listening on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.[3]
"I'll Never Find Another You" | ||||
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Single by The Seekers | ||||
from the album The Best of The Seekers | ||||
B-side | "Open Up Them Pearly Gates" | |||
Released | December 1964 | |||
Recorded | 4 November 1964 at Abbey Road Studios London | |||
Length | 2:40 | |||
Label | EMI Columbia DB 7431,[1] Capitol | |||
Songwriter(s) | Tom Springfield[1] | |||
Producer(s) | Tom Springfield[1] | |||
The Seekers singles chronology | ||||
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"I'll Never Find Another You" | ||||
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Single by Sonny James | ||||
from the album I'll Never Find Another You | ||||
B-side | "Goodbye Maggie Goodbye" | |||
Released | May 1967 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Songwriter(s) | Tom Springfield | |||
Producer(s) | Kelso Herston | |||
Sonny James singles chronology | ||||
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The track was written and produced by Tom Springfield,[1] who was also responsible for most of The Seekers' subsequent hits.
The tune received a 1967 US revival as a country music No. 1 by Sonny James.[4] In 2006, it received yet another revival with a folk rock cover from guitarist Les Fradkin on his CD Jangleholic.
In July 2018, the song was featured in a Westpac bank TV advertisement in Australia, covered by Julia Jacklin.[5]
The song was added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Sounds of Australia registry in 2011.[6]
Chart performance
The Seekers
Chart (1964–65) | Peak position |
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Australian Kent Music Report[7] | 1 |
UK Singles Chart[8] | 1 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] | 4 |
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening | 2 |
Ireland | 2 |
Sonny James
Chart (1967) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 97 |
References
- Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 89. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- "Top 100 1965". uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 218.
- Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 172.
- "YouTube". Westpac Banking. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- "Sounds of Australia // National Film and Sound Archive, Australia". Nfsa.gov.au. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- "Billboard Magazine, March 13, 1965". Billboard. 13 March 1965.
- Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 175. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- "Billboard Magazine, December 1982". Billboard. 25 December 1982.