My Love (Petula Clark song)
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| "My Love" | ||
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| Single by Petula Clark | ||
| from the album 'My Love' | ||
| B-side(s) | "Where Am I Going?" | |
| Released | October 1965 | |
| Recorded | 1965 | |
| Label | Warner Bros. Records (US)/Vogue (UK) | |
| Writer(s) | Tony Hatch | |
| Producer(s) | Tony Hatch | |
| Chart positions | ||
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1 (US, Canada, Rhodesia), 4 (UK, Australia), 6 (South Africa, New Zealand, Ireland), 12 (France), 13 (Belgium, Holland, Germany) |
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| Petula Clark singles chronology | ||
| "Round Every Corner" | "My Love" | "A Sign of the Times" |
"My Love" is a song performed by Petula Clark which, like most of her hits of the era, was written by Tony Hatch.
Hatch was on a flight from London to Los Angeles, where he was joining Clark to record a new album, and was putting the finishing touches on a tune entitled "The Life and Soul of the Party," which was to be included on the LP and released as a single. The American seated next to him inexplicably claimed the phrase had no meaning in the States, so Hatch quickly dashed off the lyrics to "My Love" before landing and set them to music soon after arrival.
Although she detested the song on first hearing, Clark was coaxed into recording it. Unhappy with the result, she begged Warner Bros. Records not to release it, but executives there ignored her pleas. Ironically, it went on to become her second US chart-topper (reaching Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1966) and a major international hit. It remains a staple of her concert repertoire to this day.
| Preceded by: "We Can Work It Out" by The Beatles |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single February 5, 1966 |
Succeeded by: "Lightnin' Strikes" by Lou Christie |
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