Friday on My Mind

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"Friday on My Mind"
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Cover of the 1966 Australian single
Single by the Easybeats
from the album Good Friday
B-side "Made My Bed, Gonna Lie in It"
Released
  • 14 October 1966 (UK)
  • 17 November 1966 (Australia)
Recorded8 September 1966
Studio IBC, London
Genre
Length2:47
Label United Artists
Songwriter(s) Vanda & Young
Producer(s) Shel Talmy
The Easybeats Australiansingles chronology
"Sorry"
(1966)
"Friday on My Mind"
(1966)
"Who'll Be the One"
(1967)
The Easybeats UKsingles chronology
"Come and See Her"
(1966)
"Friday on My Mind"
(1966)
"Who'll Be the One"
(1967)

Other acts who have covered the song include: John Alan Daubert

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