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.

Charts

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

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