Lady Willpower

"Lady Willpower" is a song written by Jerry Fuller and recorded by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap for their 1968 album Incredible. The single was awarded a million-selling Gold disc from the RIAA.[1]

"Lady Willpower"
1968 45 rpm dust cover
Single by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
from the album Incredible
B-side"Daylight Stranger"
ReleasedJune 1968
Recorded1967
GenrePop
Length2:48
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Jerry Fuller
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap singles chronology
"Young Girl"
(1968)		 "Lady Willpower"
(1968)		 "Over You"
(1968)

Song background

It is sung from the point of view of a man who is frustrated that the woman he loves will not agree to have sex with him. He coerces her, pledging to "shower [her] heart with tenderness" if she submits, but also issues an ultimatum ("It's now or never") if she does not.

Chart performance

In the U.S., the song hit No. 1 Cashbox Top 100 It ranked among Cashbox's Top 100 singles of 1968, where it hit the No. 1 position the week ending August 3, 1968.[2] "Lady Willpower" went No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968 (behind "Grazing in the Grass" by Hugh Masekela).[3] and reached No. 26 on the Easy Listening chart.[4] The song was the No. 34 song on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles in 1968.[5] Outside the US, "Lady Willpower" reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart during the year.[6]

References
  1. Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 232. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
  2. Cash Box Top Singles of 1968 Archived 2010-11-21 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 09-26-11
  3. Gary Puckett & The Union Gap charting singles Retrieved 09-26-11
  4. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 194.
  5. Billboard Top 100 Songs of 1968 Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 09-26-11
  6. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 442. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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