Morningtown Ride

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"Morningtown Ride"
Single by The Seekers
from the album Hide & Seekers
B-side "When the Stars Begin to Fall"
Released1966
Genre
Length2:36
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Malvina Reynolds
Producer(s) Tom Springfield
Music video
"Morningtown Ride" - (Stereo, 1966) on YouTube

"Morningtown Ride" is a lullaby, [3] written and performed by Malvina Reynolds. It was covered by The Seekers and their recording reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song tells the comforting story of the journey through nighttime made by all the "little travellers" (children), on board a train, with the Sandman as guard. [4]

Contents

The Seekers version

The song was performed by The Seekers with Bobby Richards and his Orchestra on the 1964 album Hide & Seekers (W&G Records WG-B-2362). [5] It was subsequently re-recorded and released as a single in 1966 (Columbia DB 8060), [6] produced by Tom Springfield. [7]

The song spent 15 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, reaching No. 2 on 28 December 1966. [6] In the United States, the song spent seven weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 44, [8] while reaching No. 13 on Billboard 's Easy Listening chart. [9] [10]

Charts

Chart (1966–67)Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA) [11] 2
Malaysia [12] 4
South Africa [13] 9
UK Singles (OCC) [14] 2
US Billboard Hot 100 [15] 44
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [16] 13

Other versions

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