I'll Never Find Another You

"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"
Released	December 1964
Recorded	4 November 1964
Studio	Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre	Folk-pop, [1] Gospel [2]
Length	2:40
Label	EMI Columbia DB 7431, [3] Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Tom Springfield [3]
Producer(s)	Tom Springfield [3]
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"
Released	May 1967
Genre	Country
Label	Capitol
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 Australian folk-influenced pop group the Seekers. It reached No. 1 in the United Kingdom in February 1965. ^[3] It was The Seekers' first UK-released single, ^[3] and the second-best-selling of 1965 in the UK. ^[4] 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. ^[5] The B-Side was the gospel song, "Open Up The Pearly Gates."

The track was written and produced by Tom Springfield, ^[3] who was also responsible for most of the Seekers' subsequent hits. ^[6]

It experienced a 1967 US revival as a country music No. 1 by Sonny James. ^[7]

In July 2018, the tune was featured in a Westpac bank TV advertisement in Australia, covered by Julia Jacklin. ^[8]

The song was added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Sounds of Australia registry in 2011. ^[9]

Chart performance

The Seekers

Chart (1964–1965)	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report [10]	1
Canada CHUM Charts [11]	6
Malaysia [12]	3
Norway VG-lista [13]	6
UK Singles Chart [14]	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [15]	4
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening	2
Ireland	2

Sonny James

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

See also

• List of best-selling singles of the 1960s in the United Kingdom

References

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. https://www.facebook.com/judithdurhamofficial/photos/thankyou-julie-houghton-for-this-wonderful-feature-on-judith-in-the-salvation-ar/1313060258714738/?_rdr ^{[ bare URL ]}
3. 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.
4. "Top 100 1965". uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
5. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 218.
6. "Make me an instrument of Your Peace - Judith Durham OAM AO". YouTube . 19 July 2024.
7. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 172.
8. "YouTube". Westpac Banking. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
9. "Sounds of Australia // National Film and Sound Archive, Australia". Nfsa.gov.au. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
10. "Billboard Magazine, March 13, 1965". Billboard. 13 March 1965.
11. "Billboard Magazine, May 1, 1965". Billboard. 1 May 1965.
12. "Billboard Magazine, August 28, 1965". Billboard. 28 August 1965.
13. "Billboard Magazine, March 27, 1965". Billboard. 27 March 1965.
14. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 175. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
15. "Billboard Magazine, December 1982". Billboard. 25 December 1982.