Can't You See That She's Mine

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"Can't You See That She's Mine"
Single by The Dave Clark Five
from the album The Dave Clark Five Return!
B-side "No Time to Lose"
Released29 May 1964
Genre Beat
Length2:21
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Dave Clark, Mike Smith
Producer(s) Adrian Clark
The Dave Clark Five singles chronology
"Bits and Pieces"
(1964)
"Can't You See That She's Mine"
(1964)
"Because"
(1964)

"Can't You See That She's Mine" is the fourth single released in the United States by the Dave Clark Five. The song was written by Dave Clark and Mike Smith, and was the Dave Clark Five's fourth Gold Record. [1] The B-side "No Time To Lose" was taken from the previous Dave Clark Five album "Glad All Over". [2]

Contents

Background

The middle four bars start with the lyric "People talk and try to break us up. Well we know they don't understand", which is a direct lift from the 1960 Ray Charles song "Sticks And Stones".

Cash Box described it as a "sizzling rocker...that should move up the charts in jet -speed fashion.." [3]

Chart performance

"Can't You See That She's Mine" reached No.4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week of 18 July 1964. [4] In the UK, the single rose to No.10 in June 1964. [5] In Canada, the song reached No.5 on the CHUM Charts and No.3 on the RPM charts. [6] [7]

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References

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