Post by UniPost by elaichPost by Classic Sixties FanNo, I am pointing out to You that you had the year wrong.
it charted in December 1966, not 1967.
Actually, the song's highest chart position was reached in January 1967.
So, Uni was right.
I had to double check what year I put on my site! :-)
it first entered the top 40 in December 1966. many songs don't automatically
reach their destination on the chart for several weeks.
some were imediate such as the Beatles hit "I feel fine" which took probably
about
three weeks. it was released in late November 1964 and number one before
years end.
some songs released the same month and year did not even appear in the top
forty until January 1965.
I usually go by when the song first received airplay and I do recall hearing
that song before Christmas
1966 so for me it was a hit from that year, not the following year.
you could debate over a song such as "Hello Goodbye" as being from 1968
because it was still in the highest
ranks of the charts during the month of January 1968, but it was released in
November 1967 and that was when
I first heard it.
also, take into account that the charts are published two or three weeks
after the data was originally received so a
song listed at number one for example June 8, 1968 would've probably peaked
by the middle of May.
also, consider that stations in the major U.S. cities and Europe might've
played a song a couple of weeks before it got
played on other stations.
the Easybeats megahit "Friday on my Mind" hit the Australian charts in the
fall of 1966 peaking that year, but it didn't even
get released until 1967 in the U.S.
when stating what year a song is from when corresponding on the web it is
best to use the year the song first charted regardless
of what country you reside in.. in the case of the Easybeats tune I would
use 1966 as the year since that is when it first charted.
hope this clears things up.