| "You Mean Everything to Me" | ||||
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| Single by Neil Sedaka | ||||
| B-side | "Run Samson Run" | |||
| Released | 1960 | |||
| Recorded | 1960 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop, soft rock | |||
| Length | 2:32 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Sedaka Howard Greenfield [1] | |||
| Neil Sedaka singles chronology | ||||
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| "You Mean Everything to Me" on YouTube | ||||
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The song bears similarity to Paul Anka's "You Are My Destiny",[ citation needed ] and has been covered by many artists in many languages including a Hebrew-language version (written by Chaim Kaynan) which was recorded by Sedaka himself.
It was released in 1960. It became a hit in the US reaching #17 on the US Billboard chart, [2] and No. 2 in Canada. [3]
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