Susan (song)

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"Susan"
Susan - Buckinghams.jpg
Single by The Buckinghams
from the album Portraits
B-side "Foreign Policy"
Released 1967
Genre Sunshine pop, Psychedelic pop
Length2:48
2:17 (radio edit)
Label Columbia Records
Songwriter(s) Gary Beisbier
James William Guercio
Jim Holvay [1]
Producer(s) James William Guercio
The Buckinghams singles chronology
"Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song)"
(1967)		"Susan"
(1967)		"Back in Love Again"
(1968)

"Susan" is a song by The Buckinghams, which they released as a single in 1967, and on their album Portraits in 1968. [2] The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 11, [3] while reaching No. 7 on Canada's RPM 100, [4] No. 2 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade, [5] No. 2 in the Philippines, [6] and No. 18 on New Zealand's NZ Listener chart. [7]

Contents

The song contains a short excerpt of Charles Ives' composition, Central Park in the Dark , which contrasts sharply with the sunshine pop flavor of the majority of the song. [8] The section containing this excerpt was added by producer James William Guercio, [8] and the group disliked this addition after they heard it. [9] This section was edited out by many radio stations that played the song. [9] [10]

Chart performance

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References

  1. ↑ Susan - By: The Buckinghams, MusicVF.com. Accessed September 22, 2015
  2. ↑ "Portraits – The Buckinghams". AllMusic . Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  3. ↑ Hot 100 - The Buckinghams Susan Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  4. ↑ "RPM 100", RPM Weekly, Volume 8, Ed. 19 January 27, 1968. Accessed September 23, 2015
  5. ↑ "CHUM Hit Parade – Week of February 5, 1968, Chart No. 574". CHUM. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  6. ↑ "Hits of the World", Billboard , May 25, 1968. p. 51. Accessed September 23, 2015
  7. ↑ NZ Listener charts: 23-Feb-1968, Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed October 28, 2015
  8. 1 2 Courrier, Kevin (2002). Dangerous Kitchen: The Subversive World of Zappa, ECW Press, p. 75.
  9. 1 2 Hey Baby, They’re Playing Our Song: A Conversation with Carl Giammarese, Confessions of a Pop Culture Addict. Accessed September 22, 2015
  10. ↑ "WGLI Makes Biggies Sit Down and Listen", Billboard , February 3, 1968. p. 26. Accessed October 28, 2015
  11. ↑ NZ Listener chart summary, Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed August 9, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100", Cash Box , February 3, 1968. p. 4. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  13. ↑ "100 Top Pops", Record World , February 3, 1968. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1968", Cash Box , December 28, 1968. p. 14. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  15. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN   0-89820-142-X.


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