Two Kinds of Teardrops

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"Two Kinds of Teardrops"
Single by Del Shannon
from the album Little Town Flirt
B-side "Kelly"
Released 1963
Genre Rock and roll
Length2:29
Label Bigtop
Songwriter(s) Del Shannon, Maron McKenzie
Del Shannon singles chronology
"Little Town Flirt"
(1962)
"Two Kinds of Teardrops"
(1963)
"From Me to You"
(1963)

"Two Kinds of Teardrops" is a song by Del Shannon, which he released in 1963 as a single and on the album Little Town Flirt. [1] The song spent 13 weeks on the UK's Record Retailer chart, peaking at No. 5, [2] while spending nine weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 50, [3] and reaching No. 6 in both Ireland [4] and Hong Kong. [5]

Chart performance

Chart (1963)Peak
position
Hong Kong6
Ireland - The Irish Times [4] 6
UK - Record Retailer5
UK - New Musical Express [4] 6
US Billboard Hot 10050

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