My Ship Is Comin' In

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"My Ship Is Coming In"
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Single by The Walker Brothers
from the album Introducing the Walker Brothers
B-side "You're All Around Me"
Released26 November 1965 (UK) [1]
January 1966 (US) [2]
Recorded1965
Genre Pop, easy listening
Length3:15 (mono)
2:56 (stereo)
Label Philips Records
Smash Records (US)
Songwriter Joey Brooks
Producer Ivor Raymonde
The Walker Brothers singles chronology
"Make It Easy on Yourself"
(1965)		"My Ship Is Coming In"
(1965)		"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"
(1966)

"My Ship Is Comin' In" is a song written by Joseph Brooks (credited as "Joey Brooks"), which was first a song for the American soul singer Jimmy Radcliffe in 1965 and was later recorded and released by the American pop group The Walker Brothers as their fourth single that same year. Outside the US and Canada, the song's title was "My Ship Is Coming In". The accompaniment was directed by Ivor Raymonde. The song appeared as the opening track on the group's debut US studio album Introducing the Walker Brothers .

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"My Ship Is Coming In" was a major hit in Britain, spending twelve weeks on the UK Singles Chart and peaking at No. 3 in January 1966, [3] and their second of three hits in the US peaking at No. 63 on the Billboard Hot 100. [4] "You're All Around Me" was included as the b-side and is the second song to have a writing credit from Scott Walker (as Scott Engel), the song written with singer-songwriter Lesley Duncan was also featured on the group's début album Take It Easy with The Walker Brothers .

Track listing

Philips – BF 1454 / Smash Records S-2016
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My Ship Is Coming In"Joey Brooks3:15
2."You're All Around Me" Engel, Duncan 2:39

Chart positions

References

  1. ↑ "45cat – The Walker Brothers – My Ship Is Coming In / You're All Around Me – Philips – UK – BF 1454". 45cat. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
  2. ↑ "45cat – The Walker Brothers – My Ship Is Coming In / You're All Around Me – Smash – USA – S-2016". 45cat. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
  3. 1 2 "My Ship Is Coming In by Walker Brothers". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 12 February 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  4. 1 2 Anon. (19 February 1966). "Hot 100" (PDF). Billboard . p. 18. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 October 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025– via WorldRadioHistory.
  5. ↑ Anon. (17 January 1966). "R.P.M. Play Sheet" (PDF). RPM . p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025– via WorldRadioHistory.
  6. ↑ Anon. (2 April 1966). "Hits Of The World" (PDF). Billboard . p. 50. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 June 2025. Retrieved 20 December 2025– via WorldRadioHistory.
  7. ↑ Kohler, Steve (22 April 1966). "The N.Z. Hit Parade". Flavour of New Zealand. New Zealand Listener. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  8. ↑ Anon. (5 February 1966). "Hits Of The World" (PDF). Billboard . p. 37. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 September 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025– via WorldRadioHistory.
  9. ↑ Anon. (15 January 1966). "Disc Weekly Top 30". Disc Weekly . p. 15.
  10. ↑ Anon. (15 January 1966). "Pop 50" (PDF). Melody Maker . p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 December 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2025– via WorldRadioHistory.
  11. ↑ Anon. (14 January 1966). "NME Top Thirty". New Musical Express . p. 5.
  12. ↑ Anon. (19 February 1966). "Cash Box Top 100" (PDF). Cash Box . p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 April 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025– via WorldRadioHistory.
  13. ↑ Anon. (5 March 1966). "100 Top Pops" (PDF). Record World . p. 19. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 December 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2025– via WorldRadioHistory.
  14. ↑ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australia: Australian Chart Book. p. 107. ISBN   0-646-44439-5. OCLC   62561852.
  15. ↑ Anon. (5 January 1967). "Top 100 best-selling singles of 1966". Record Retailer . p. 11.
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