In the Country (song)

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"In the Country"
Cliff Richard In the Country.jpg
Cover of the single released in the Netherlands
Single by Cliff Richard and the Shadows
from the album Cinderella
B-side "Finders Keepers"
Released2 December 1966 (1966-12-02)
Recorded16 November 1966 [1]
Studio EMI Studios, London
Genre
Length2:38
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Norrie Paramor
Cliff Richard and the Shadows singles chronology
"Time Drags By"
(1966)		"In the Country"
(1966)		"It's All Over"
(1967)

"In the Country" is a song by Cliff Richard and the Shadows, released as a single in December 1966. It peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart. [2]

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Release and reception

"In the Country" was written by all four members of the Shadows and was included on the pantomime cast album Cinderella . The single was released with the B-side "Finders Keepers", which was the title track from the group's previous soundtrack album. [1]

Reviewed in Disc , "In the Country" was described as "so hideously catchy everyone will be bouncing off the walls to it, whether they want to or not". [3] Peter Jones for Record Mirror wrote that it was "a very strong song" with "the Shads contributing the vocal wordlessness behind Cliff, who fair swings through a rather typical show tune. Has strong grow-on-you appeal". [4]

Track listing

  1. "In the Country" – 2:38
  2. "Finders Keepers" – 2:36

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1967)Peak
position
Australia ( Go-Set ) [5] 8
Australia (Kent Music Report) [6] 10
Denmark (Danmarks Radio) [7] 12
Germany (Official German Charts) [8] 35
Ireland (IRMA) [9] 10
Malaysia (Radio Malaysia) [10] 3
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [11] 12
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [12] 14
New Zealand (Listener) [13] 3
Norway (VG-lista) [14] 7
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [15] 12
UK Singles (OCC) [2] 6

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  3. ↑ "Penny spins the discs" (PDF). Disc . 10 December 1966. p. 19. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "New Singles" (PDF). Record Mirror . 10 December 1966. p. 9. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Go-Set Australian charts - 8 March 1967". gosetcharts.com. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  6. ↑ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN   0-646-44439-5.
  7. ↑ "danskehitlister.dk". 16 April 2016. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Cliff Richard & the Shadows – In the Country" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
  9. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – In the Country". Irish Singles Chart.
  10. ↑ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard . 25 February 1967. p. 62. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  11. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Cliff Richard & the Shadows" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  12. ↑ "Cliff Richard & the Shadows – In the Country" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  13. ↑ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". www.flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  14. ↑ "Cliff Richard & the Shadows – In the Country". VG-lista.
  15. ↑ Johansson, Carl-Owe (1980). Rock Around the Clock - Saturday Night Fever 1955-1978. Vara, Sweden: Dominique muzic-club.
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