Our Song (album)

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Our Song
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Studio album by
Jack Jones
Released1967
Genre Vocal, easy listening
Length32:30
Label Kapp [1]
Jack Jones chronology
We'll Be Together Again
(1966)		Our Song
(1967)		Lady
(1967)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Record World Positive, "Album of the Week" [3]

Our Song is an album by American singer Jack Jones, released in 1967.

Contents

Background

The album was recorded and released after two successful singles, "Now I Know" and the later released "Our Song", which the album was a namesake of. The album includes the McCartney-penned Beatles song, "Michelle," [4] and a few songs from the 1967 film Doctor Dolittle , [3] but otherwise avoids cover songs. [5]

Reception

Cashbox magazine said that Jones "performs with vibrant intensity," and that "...the set should score solidly with the chanter’s fans." [6]

Record World magazine put the album in its "Albums of the Week" section, writing that a couple of songs from "Doctor Dolittle" and other "good things" "enliven" the new album. [3]

Chart performance

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in October 1967, peaking at No. 148 and remaining on the chart for seven weeks. [7] In Cashbox the album would break into the Top 100 Albums, reaching No. 71 during a nine-week run on the chart. [8] The album debuted on the Record World 100 Top LP's chart in October too, but reached a higher No. 66 on the chart. [9]

Singles

"Now I Know" was a single by Jack Jones, released in May 1967. [10] His version peaked at No. 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 3 on the Easy Listening chart. [11]

"Our Song" reached No. 92 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 76 on Cashbox's singles chart, and No. 13 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart. [12] Cashbox said that Jones did an "Excellent reading of a wonderfully constructed tune." [4] Both songs were included on the album, along with their B-sides ("More and More" and "Michelle", respectively).

Track listing

Side one

Our Song track listing [13]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Our Song"Umberto Bindi / Franco Califano / Anthony Ralph Clarke / Nicola Salerno02:47
2."Michelle" John Lennon / Paul McCartney 03:46
3."After Today" Leslie Bricusse / Bob Merrill / Jule Styne01:54
4."Don't Give Your Love Away"Bass / Maury Laws02:40
5."More and More"Tommy Karen / Allan Reuss / Rainey Robinson02:12
6."When I Look in Your Eyes" Leslie Bricusse 02:33

Side two

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Now I Know" James Last / Stanley Jay Gelber / Scott English 02:50
8."Oh How Much I Love You"Domenico Modugno / Lee Pockriss / Paul Vance03:40
9."As Time Goes By"Herman Hupfeld02:25
10."The True Picture"Edward Heyman / Sidney Lippman02:54
11."'Cause I Got So Much Lovin' in Me"Pearl Bender / Gloria Shayne02:28
12."Along the Way" Leslie Bricusse / Bob Merrill / Jule Styne02:06
Total length:32:30

Charts

Chart (1967)Peak
position
US Top LPs ( Billboard ) [7] 148
US Cashbox Top 100 Albums [8] 71
US Record World 100 Top LP's [9] 66

References

  1. ↑ "Top LPs – Our Song by Jack Jones". Billboard. 2 November 1968. p. 78. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 766. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Record World Albums of the Week" (PDF). Record World . Vol. 22, no. 1058. September 16, 1967. p. 1. Retrieved December 11, 2025– via worldradiohistory.com.
  4. 1 2 Cashbox magazine, Record Reviews, page 22. August 12, 1967
  5. ↑ Joe Marchese (2013-04-16). "Come Aboard, He's Expecting You: Vintage Jack Jones Albums Arrive From Zone Records". The Second Disc. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
  6. ↑ Cashbox magazine, Album Reviews, page 44. September 16, 1967. Retrieved December 10, 2025 via worldradiohistory
  7. 1 2 "Jack Jones – Charting Albums". tsort.info. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
  8. 1 2 Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 187. ISBN   0-8108-2005-6.
  9. 1 2 "Record World Albums of the Week" (PDF). Record World . Vol. 22, no. 1067. November 18, 1967. p. 24. Retrieved December 11, 2025– via worldradiohistory.com.
  10. ↑ "Performance: Now I Know". SecondHandSongs. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
  11. ↑ "Jack Jones Songs Chart History". Music VF. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
  12. ↑ "Our Song by Jack Jones". MusicVF.com. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
  13. ↑ "Our Song – Jack Jones". AllMusic. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
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