Make Me an Island

"Make Me an Island"
Single by Joe Dolan
B-side	"If You Care a Little Bit About Me"
Released	May 9, 1969
Recorded	1969
Length	3:00
Label	Pye
Songwriter	Albert Hammond * Mike Hazlewood.

"Make Me an Island" is a 1969 hit song by Irish pop singer Joe Dolan, written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood. The song peaked at Number 2 in Ireland and the UK. A Canadian musician named Tom Northcott released a competing version of the song on Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Records and New Syndrome Records. It reached #8 on Canada's RPM CanCon charts, June 30, 1969. ^[1]

Charts

Charts (1969)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [2]	17
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [3]	2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [4]	16
Ireland (IRMA) [5]	2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [6]	10
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [7]	11
South Africa (Springbok) [8]	2
UK Singles Chart [9]	3
West Germany (GfK) [10]	15

Sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Ireland	—	6,000 [11]

Cover versions

Karel Gott - "Poslouchej Amore" (Make Me An Island)

References

1. "RPM Top 10 CanCon - June 30, 1969" (PDF).
2. "Joe Dolan – Make Me an Island" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
3. "Joe Dolan – Make Me an Island" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
4. "Joe Dolan – Make Me an Island" (in French). Ultratop 50.
5. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Make Me an Island". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
6. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Joe Dolan" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
7. "Joe Dolan – Make Me an Island" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
8. "SA Charts 1965–March 1989" . Retrieved 5 September 2018.
9. "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 1969-07-01. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
10. "Offiziellecharts.de – Joe Dolan – Make Me an Island" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 15, 2019. To see peak chart position, click "TITEL VON Joe Dolan"
11. Stewart, Ken (August 16, 1969). "Single Slump Hits Ireland". Billboard. p. 73. Retrieved August 8, 2023.