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1967 single by The Buckinghams
"Susan " is a song by
The Buckinghams , released as a single in 1967, and on their album Portraits in 1968.
[2] It 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]
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 track.
[8] The section containing this excerpt was added by producer
James William Guercio ,
[8] and the group disliked it when they heard it.
[9] This section was edited out by many radio stations when they aired the song.
[9]
[10]
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Chart (1967-68)
Peak position
Canada (RPM 100)
7
Canada (CHUM Hit Parade)
2
New Zealand (Listener )
[11]
18
Philippines
2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
11
U.S. (
Cash Box Top 100)
[12]
7
U.S.
Record World 100 Top Pops
[13]
6
Year-end charts
References
^
Susan - By: The Buckinghams , MusicVF.com . Accessed September 22, 2015
^
"Portraits – The Buckinghams" .
AllMusic . Retrieved March 28, 2018 .
^
Hot 100 - The Buckinghams Susan Chart History , Billboard.com . Retrieved March 28, 2018.
^ "
RPM 100 ", RPM Weekly , Volume 8, Ed. 19 January 27, 1968. Accessed September 23, 2015
^
"CHUM Hit Parade – Week of February 5, 1968, Chart No. 574" .
CHUM . Archived from
the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved 2015-12-17 .
^ "
Hits of the World ",
Billboard , May 25, 1968. p. 51. Accessed September 23, 2015
^
NZ Listener charts: 23-Feb-1968 , Flavour of New Zealand . Accessed October 28, 2015
^
a
b Courrier, Kevin (2002). Dangerous Kitchen: The Subversive World of Zappa ,
ECW Press , p. 75.
^
a
b
Hey Baby, They’re Playing Our Song: A Conversation with Carl Giammarese , Confessions of a Pop Culture Addict . Accessed September 22, 2015
^ "
WGLI Makes Biggies Sit Down and Listen ",
Billboard , February 3, 1968. p. 26. Accessed October 28, 2015
^
NZ Listener chart summary , Flavour of New Zealand . Accessed August 9, 2016.
^ "
Cash Box Top 100 ",
Cash Box , February 3, 1968. p. 4. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ "
100 Top Pops ",
Record World , February 3, 1968. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
^ "
Top 100 Chart Hits of 1968 ",
Cash Box , December 28, 1968. p. 14. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc.
ISBN
0-89820-142-X .
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