"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" | ||||
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Single by Edison Lighthouse | ||||
from the album Already | ||||
B-side | "Every Lonely Day" | |||
Released | 9 January 1970 (UK) [1] 21 February 1970 (US) | |||
Recorded | November 1969 | |||
Studio | Wessex Sound, London [2] | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 2:51 | |||
Label | Bell | |||
Songwriter(s) | Tony Macaulay and Barry Mason | |||
Producer(s) | Tony Macaulay | |||
Edison Lighthouse singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" on YouTube |
"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" is the debut single by Edison Lighthouse. The song reached the No.1 spot on the UK Singles Chart on the week ending 31 January 1970, where it remained for a total of five weeks. [6] It also became the first No.1 single of the 1970s (not counting Rolf Harris's "Two Little Boys" which was a holdover from 1969).
"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" was written by Tony Macaulay and Barry Mason and was first recorded by Geoff Turton as "Jefferson" but not released until years later. Tony Burrows recorded it next, with session musicians. The track entered the UK top 40 at No.12 on 24 January 1970 [7] – an unusually high new entry for a debut act.
A week later, the song had climbed eleven places to No.1, becoming the first new UK chart-topper of the 1970s. After a five-week stay at the top, it dropped to No. 4, replaced by "Wand'rin' Star" by Lee Marvin. Whilst at No.1, Edison Lighthouse held off strong competition from Peter, Paul and Mary ("Leaving on a Jet Plane") and Canned Heat ("Let's Work Together"). After a 12-week run, "Love Grows" left the UK top 40 on 18 April 1970. [8]
Tony Burrows initially tried to get the single released under his own name but was turned down by the song's writer and producer Tony Macaulay. When "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" became a hit, a group needed to be assembled rapidly to perform the song on Top of the Pops . The pair found a group called Greenfield Hammer, who appeared on Top of the Pops a week later as "Edison Lighthouse" to mime the fastest-climbing No.1 hit record in history at that point.[ citation needed ]
Burrows sang the song on the programme on four separate weeks in January and February 1970 and he also appeared performing for either Brotherhood of Man ("United We Stand") or White Plains ("My Baby Loves Lovin'"), who also had hits during that same month-long stretch.[ citation needed ]
In the U.S., the Edison Lighthouse version of "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" came close to facing competition from a cover version that ABC-Dunhill Records wanted to cut with well-established top 40 hitmakers The Grass Roots. However, the latter group passed on the song, reportedly because Grass Roots frontman Rob Grill baulked at singing a love song that might be thought to refer to co-member Warren Entner's wife Rosemarie Frankland. [9] Issued in the U.S. in February 1970, "Love Grows" by Edison Lighthouse entered the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 dated 28 February 1970 at No.68, [10] to reach a peak position of No.5 on 28 March, remaining there for two weeks. After a 12-week run, the song exited the US top 40 on 23 May.
"Love Grows" reached No.3 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart and No.3 in South Africa in February 1970. [11]
Toward the end of 2021, the song saw a massive resurgence due to its popularity on TikTok. Between 25 December 2021 and 3 January 2022, there was a growth of 1,490% in its on-demand audio streams, and it moved into Spotify's U.S. Top 200 Chart. [12]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [33] Digital sales since 2007 | Gold | 400,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [34] | Gold | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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