I'll Never Find Another You

1964 single by the Seekers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"I'll Never Find Another You" is a 1964 single by the Australian folk-influenced pop group the Seekers. It reached No. 1 in the United Kingdom in February 1965.[3] It was The Seekers' first UK-released single,[3] and the second most-popular of 1965 in the UK.[4] The song was also popular in the United States, reaching peaks of No. 4 pop and No. 2 easy listening on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.[5] The B-Side was the gospel song, "Open Up The Pearly Gates."

B-side"Open Up Them Pearly Gates"
ReleasedDecember 1964
Recorded4 November 1964
StudioAbbey Road Studios, London
Quick facts Single by the Seekers, from the album The Best of the Seekers ...
"I'll Never Find Another You"
Single by the Seekers
from the album The Best of the Seekers
B-side"Open Up Them Pearly Gates"
ReleasedDecember 1964
Recorded4 November 1964
StudioAbbey Road Studios, London
GenreFolk-pop,[1] Gospel[2]
Length2:40
LabelEMI Columbia DB 7431,[3] Capitol
SongwriterTom Springfield[3]
ProducerTom Springfield[3]
The Seekers singles chronology
"I'll Never Find Another You"
(1964)
"What Have They Done to the Rain"
(1965)
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B-side"Goodbye Maggie Goodbye"
ReleasedMay 1967
Quick facts Single by Sonny James, from the album ...
"I'll Never Find Another You"
Single by Sonny James
from the album I'll Never Find Another You
B-side"Goodbye Maggie Goodbye"
ReleasedMay 1967
GenreCountry
LabelCapitol
SongwriterTom Springfield
ProducerKelso Herston
Sonny James singles chronology
"Need You"
(1967)
"I'll Never Find Another You"
(1967)
"It's the Little Things"
(1967)
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The track was written and produced by Tom Springfield,[3] who was also responsible for most of the Seekers' subsequent hits.[6]

It experienced a 1967 US revival as a country music No. 1 by Sonny James.[7]

In July 2018, the tune was featured in a Westpac bank TV advertisement in Australia, covered by Julia Jacklin.[8]

The song was added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Sounds of Australia registry in 2011.[9]

Chart performance

The Seekers

More information Chart (1964–1965), Peak position ...
Chart (1964–1965) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report[10] 1
Canada CHUM Charts[11] 6
Malaysia[12] 3
Norway VG-lista[13] 6
UK Singles Chart[14] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[15] 4
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 2
Ireland 2
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Sonny James

More information Chart (1967), Peak position ...
Chart (1967) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 97
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