Things I'd Like to Say

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"Things I'd Like to Say"
New Colony Six - Things I'd Like to Say Sleeve.jpg
Single by New Colony Six
from the album Revelations
A-side "Come and Give Your Love to Me"
ReleasedOctober 1968 [1]
Genre Pop [2]
Length2:19
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s)
  • Ronald Rice
  • Les Kummel
Producer(s) Pete Wright
New Colony Six singles chronology
"Can't You See Me Cry"
(1968)
"Things I'd Like to Say"
(1968)
"I Could Never Lie to You"
(1969)

"Things I'd Like to Say" is a song by the American rock band New Colony Six, released in 1968 on their album Revelations and as a single. The song became a top 20 hit in the U.S., peaking at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 13 on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles chart, and a top 10 hit in Canada, peaking at number 6 on the RPM Top Singles chart. It also peaked at number 2 on the WLS 89 Hit Parade on 30 December 1968 in the band's home city of Chicago. [3]

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The song also peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart and at number 7 on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart.

Chart performance

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