Colour My World (Petula Clark song)

Last updated

"Colour My World"
Colormyworld.jpg
Single by Petula Clark
from the album Colour My World (UK)
Color My World/Who Am I (U.S.)
B-side "I'm Begging You (Take Me Home Again)" (non-LP track)
ReleasedDecember 1966
Recorded1966
Genre Pop, vocal
Length2:51
Label Pye 7N 17218 (UK)
Warner Bros. 5882 (US)
Vogue DV 14609 (GER)
Vogue STU 44460 (DEN)
Vogue VN 1004 (NOR)
Songwriter(s) Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent
Producer(s) Tony Hatch
Petula Clark singles chronology
"Who Am I?"
(1966)
"Colour My World"
(1966)
"This Is My Song"
(1967)

"Colour My World" (Color My World on U.S. Release) is a song written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent, and recorded by Petula Clark in 1966.

Contents

Background

While overall conforming to the hit formula Hatch had come up with for Clark with "Downtown" – and being especially reminiscent of Clark's 1965 #1 hit "My Love – "Colour My World" acknowledged the sound of the later 1960s by featuring a riff played on the sitar.

Recorded in New York City, [1] "Colour My World" was rush released in December 1966 in an attempt to counteract the disappointing performance of Clark's preceding single "Who Am I?" which had fallen short of the US Top 20 and more seriously had become the first Petula Clark single since "Downtown" (1964) to not rank in the UK Top 50.

Billboard magazine's original review of the song predicted it would make the top 20 of the Hot 100. "Chalk up another chart topper in this intriguing Hatch-Trent rhythm number featuring the popular Indian sitar sound and exceptional Clark vocal work."

Chart performance

Although it did return Clark to the top twenty on the US pop charts in early-1967 and was also an Australian top ten hit, "Colour My World" became the second consecutive single by Clark to fall short of the UK Top 50, peaking at number 52. [2]

Chart (1966–1967)Peak
position
Australia10
Canada14
New Zealand13
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 16
US Easy Listening (Billboard) [4] 10

Cover versions

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Petula Clark</span> British actress and singer

Petula Sally Olwen Clark, CBE is a British singer, actress, and songwriter. She has had one of the longest careers of any British singer, spanning more than seven decades.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Downtown (Petula Clark song)</span> 1964 single by Petula Clark

"Downtown" is a song written and produced by Tony Hatch. The 1964 version recorded by Petula Clark became an international hit, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the UK Singles Chart. Hatch received the 1981 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">This Is My Song (1967 song)</span> 1967 single by Petula Clark

"This Is My Song" is a song written by Charlie Chaplin in 1966, and performed by Petula Clark.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jackie Trent</span> English singer-songwriter and actress (1940–2015)

Yvonne Ann Gregory, better known by her stage name Jackie Trent, was an English singer-songwriter and actress. She was best known for co-writing several hits for Petula Clark in the 1960s and the theme tune to the Australian soap opera Neighbours in 1985.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tony Hatch</span> English composer

Anthony Peter Hatch is an English composer for musical theatre and television. He is also a songwriter, pianist, arranger and producer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sign of the Times (Petula Clark song)</span> 1966 single by Petula Clark

"Sign of the Times", also known as "A Sign of the Times", is a song performed by Petula Clark, featured on her album My Love and released as a single in March 1966. It was the follow-up to her #1 US hit "My Love," the title track from the aforementioned album, and it continued her association with writer/producer Tony Hatch and songwriter Jackie Trent. However, "Sign of the Times" had a more percussive sound than had been evident on Clark's previous singles, or than would become evident on her later ones. Clark discussed the song with Carl Wiser for Songfacts.com in 2013. "I loved it. It had a slightly different feel. 'A Sign of the Times,' I suppose you might expect some big political statement or something, but it was just a straight-ahead love song. I think Tony rather liked finding titles that made you think, like 'Don't Sleep in the Subway.' People would think, is it about drugs? Is it about this? And these were just straightforward songs. I like 'Sign of the Times.' I think it's a good song."

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Round Every Corner</span> 1965 single by Petula Clark

"Round Every Corner", with words and music by Tony Hatch, is a single release by Petula Clark released in 1965. Described by Clark herself as "an anti-protest song", "Round Every Corner" employs the musical structure of a children's singing game to present its message of optimism. It reached No. 21 on Billboard Hot 100 in the US.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">I Couldn't Live Without Your Love</span> 1966 single by Petula Clark

"I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" is a 1966 single written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent and recorded by Petula Clark. It was inspired by the affair the songwriters were having at the time. Clark has cited "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" along with "Don't Sleep in the Subway" as her favorites of her hits. “I still love that one; I do it onstage with great joy,” Clark told the "Montreal Gazette" in 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Who Am I (Petula Clark song)</span> 1966 single by Petula Clark

"Who Am I" is a 1966 single by Petula Clark written by Tony Hatch & Jackie Trent and produced by Tony Hatch. By virtue of its title, "Who Am I" has long been the standard opening number for Clark's concerts. It also served as the centerpiece for the "Who Am I Medley", which opened Clark's 1968 U.S. television special.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Don't Sleep in the Subway</span> 1967 single by Petula Clark

"Don't Sleep in the Subway" is a song written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent and recorded by British singer Petula Clark, for whom it was an April 1967 single release.

<i>Call Me</i> (Petula Clark song)

"Call Me" is a song composed by Tony Hatch for an original recording for Petula Clark. It was later an easy listening standard via a hit version by Chris Montez.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Where Are You Now (Jackie Trent song)</span> 1965 single by Jackie Trent

"Where Are You Now" is a 1965 song written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent. A ballad, it was commissioned for use in the Granada Television police drama It's Dark Outside. A recording by Trent, released due to demand from viewers of the series, became her only top 30 hit when it reached the top of the UK Singles Chart for one week in May 1965. She was the first female artist in the United Kingdom to be a credited writer on her own number one single.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">You're the One (Petula Clark song)</span> 1965 song by Petula Clark

"You're the One" is a song by Petula Clark with lyrics by Tony Hatch, recorded in 1965. It was later also included on the 1965 album I Know a Place. "You're the One" was a Top 30 hit on the UK Singles Chart for Clark, but was more successful as a top ten US single release by The Vogues.

<i>My Love</i> (Petula Clark album) 1966 studio album by Petula Clark

My Love is an album released by Petula Clark; her first album to feature recording done in the United States, My Love was produced, arranged, and conducted by Tony Hatch. In the US, it was her fourth album licensed to Warner Bros. Records. After the single release of "A Sign of the Times" charted, new pressings of the album were titled A Sign of the Times/My Love.

<i>Colour My World</i> (album) 1967 studio album by Petula Clark

Colour My World is the sixth album released by Petula Clark in the US on Warner Bros. Records. It combines cover versions of popular songs of the era and original material, much of it written by Clark and Tony Hatch, who produced the recording and arranged it along with Johnny Harris and Frank Owens.

<i>These Are My Songs</i> 1967 studio album by Petula Clark

These Are My Songs is a 1967 album released by Petula Clark. In a break with longtime collaborator Tony Hatch, Clark joined forces with producer Sonny Burke and arranger/conductor Ernie Freeman for this release.

<i>The Other Mans Grass Is Always Greener</i> (album) 1968 studio album by Petula Clark

The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener is the ninth album released by Petula Clark in the United States. It entered the Billboard 200 on February 17, 1968 and remained on the charts for 23 weeks, peaking at #93. It fared better in the United Kingdom, where it reached #37.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kiss Me Goodbye (Petula Clark song)</span> 1968 single by Petula Clark

"Kiss Me Goodbye" is a Les Reed/ Barry Mason composition recorded in 1968 by Petula Clark.

<i>Petula</i> (album) 1968 studio album by Petula Clark

Petula is a 1968 Pye Records album release by Petula Clark leased to Warner Bros. in the USA.

Colour My World or Color My World may refer to:

References

  1. "Big Jim Sullivan - The Hits". Overzeal.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  2. "Petula Clark On Vinyl - Pye/Vogue/Warner Bros. Years 1967-68". Petulaclark.net. Archived from the original on 19 December 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  3. "Petula Clark Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 56.
  5. "Two of Each - Here Comes The Sun / Colour My World - Pye - UK - 7N 17880". 45cat.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  6. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 118.
  7. "Rock & Roll Housewife". Renee Cologne. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  8. "COLOUR MY WORLD – NEW TELEVISION AD". PETULA CLARK. 19 May 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  9. "Colour My World Lyrics - Priscilla: Queen of the Desert musical". www.allmusicals.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  10. "Colour My World: The Tony Hatch Story - BBC Radio 2". BBC. Retrieved 15 May 2017.