| "Over You" | ||||
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 1968 45 rpm dust cover | ||||
| Single by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap | ||||
| from the album Incredible | ||||
| B-side | "If the Day Would Come" | |||
| Released | September 1968 | |||
| Recorded | July 19, 1968 [1] | |||
| Genre | Pop, adult contemporary | |||
| Length | 2:25 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jerry Fuller | |||
| Producer(s) | Jerry Fuller | |||
| Gary Puckett & The Union Gap singles chronology | ||||
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"Over You" is a song written and composed by Jerry Fuller and recorded by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap for their 1968 album, Incredible.
The selection was the group's fourth consecutive million-selling Gold-certified single to have been produced, composed, and written by Jerry Fuller. [2] It received a Gold disc from the RIAA in December 1968. [3] Al Capps drafted the arrangements for the stringed instruments played on the song.
In the US, the song reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in late 1968, and on other charts, it peaked at No. 3 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and peaked at No. 5 in Cash Box as well as. [4] Outside the, US, "over You" was an international success, reaching No. 3 in Canada, No. 6 in Australia, and No. 17 in New Zealand. It ranked No. 41 on the US Cashbox chart Top 100 Hits of 1968. [5]
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