San Bernadino (song)

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"San Bernadino"
Single by Christie
from the album Christie
B-side "Here I Am"
Released18 September 1970 (1970-09-18)
Genre Sunshine pop
Length3:17
Label
Songwriter(s) Jeff Christie
Producer(s) Mike Smith
Christie singles chronology
"Yellow River"
(1970)
"San Bernadino"
(1970)
"Man of Many Faces"
(1971)

"San Bernadino" is a 1970 song by English band Christie. The song did not match the success of their previous single "Yellow River", but was still a top-ten hit in several countries and topped the charts in Switzerland. [1] In the US, the song only managed to peak at number 100 on 30 January 1971. [2] After the song became a hit, the band members admitted that they had never visited the city of San Bernardino, California. Despite this, the song was eventually adopted by the city in 2006 as its City Song. [3]

Charts

Chart (1970–71)Peak
position
Australia ( Go-Set ) [4] 38
Australia (Kent Music Report) [5] 42
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [6] 8
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [7] 20
Germany (GfK) [8] 5
Ireland (IRMA) [9] 4
New Zealand ( Listener ) [10] 6
Norway (VG-lista) [11] 5
South Africa (Springbok Radio) [12] 7
Spain (Promusicae) [13] 3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [1] 1
UK Singles (OCC) [14] 7
US Billboard Hot 100 [2] 100

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