"Lady Willpower" | ||||
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![]() 1968 45 rpm record jacket | ||||
Single by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap | ||||
from the album Incredible | ||||
B-side | "Daylight Stranger" | |||
Released | June 1968 | |||
Recorded | April 9, 1968 [1] | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:48 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jerry Fuller | |||
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap singles chronology | ||||
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"Lady Willpower" is a song written by Jerry Fuller and recorded by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap for their 1968 album Incredible . The single was awarded a million-selling Gold disc from the RIAA. [2]
In the U.S., the song ranked among Cashbox's Top 100 singles of 1968, where it hit the No. 1 position the week ending August 3, 1968. [3] "Lady Willpower" reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968 (behind "Grazing in the Grass" by Hugh Masekela). [4] and reached No. 26 on the Easy Listening chart. [5] The song was the No. 34 song on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles in 1968. [6]
"Lady Willpower" reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart in 1968. [7] The song also peaked at #4 on the Kent Music Report (KMR) Chart in Australia, [8] spending 16 weeks on the KMR Top-100 after entering the chart on 22 June 1968.
Morrissey recorded his version of the song and included it on his 2019 album, California Son . [9]