I'll Never Find Another You

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"I'll Never Find Another You"
Single by The Seekers
from the album The Best of The Seekers
B-side"Open Up Them Pearly Gates"
ReleasedDecember 1964
Recorded4 November 1964 at Abbey Road Studios London
GenreFolk-pop[1]
Length2:40
LabelEMI Columbia DB 7431,[2] Capitol
Songwriter(s)Tom Springfield[2]
Producer(s)Tom Springfield[2]
The Seekers singles chronology
"I'll Never Find Another You"
(1964)
"What Have They Done to the Rain"
(1965)
"I'll Never Find Another You"
Single by Sonny James
from the album I'll Never Find Another You
B-side"Goodbye Maggie Goodbye"
ReleasedMay 1967
GenreCountry
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Tom Springfield
Producer(s)Kelso Herston
Sonny James singles chronology
"Need You"
(1967)
"I'll Never Find Another You"
(1967)
"It's the Little Things"
(1967)

"I'll Never Find Another You" is a 1964 single by The Seekers, which reached No. 1 in the United Kingdom in February 1965.[2] It was The Seekers' first UK-released single,[2] and it was the second-best-selling of 1965 in the UK.[3] 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.[4]

The track was written and produced by Tom Springfield,[2] who was also responsible for most of The Seekers' subsequent hits.

It received a 1967 US revival as a country music No. 1 by Sonny James.[5]

In July 2018, the tune was featured in a Westpac bank TV advertisement in Australia, covered by Julia Jacklin.[6]

The song was added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Sounds of Australia registry in 2011.[7]

Chart performance[edit]

The Seekers[edit]

Chart (1964–1965) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report[8] 1
UK Singles Chart[9] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10] 4
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 2
Ireland 2

Sonny James[edit]

Chart (1967) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 97

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dimery, Robery (2015). "The Seekers - "The Carnival Is Over". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die. New York: Universe. p. 163.
  2. ^ a b c d e f 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.
  3. ^ "Top 100 1965". uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 218.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 172.
  6. ^ "YouTube". Westpac Banking. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Sounds of Australia // National Film and Sound Archive, Australia". Nfsa.gov.au. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  8. ^ "Billboard Magazine, March 13, 1965". Billboard. 13 March 1965.
  9. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 175. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  10. ^ "Billboard Magazine, December 1982". Billboard. 25 December 1982.