My Cup Runneth Over (song)
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(United States)
"Climb Ev'ry Mountain" (from The Sound of Music)
(Australia/UK)
| "My Cup Runneth Over" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Ed Ames | ||||
| from the album My Cup Runneth Over | ||||
| B-side | "It Seems a Long Long Time" (from La Mandragola) (United States) "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" (from The Sound of Music) (Australia/UK) | |||
| Released | November 1966 | |||
| Recorded | September 28, 1966 | |||
| Studio | Webster Hall | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop | |||
| Length | 2:45 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | ||||
| Ed Ames singles chronology | ||||
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"My Cup Runneth Over" is the title track from the 1967 album of the same name by Ed Ames. It was originally written by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones for the musical I Do! I Do!
"My Cup Runneth Over" debuted at number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 on January 21, 1967.[1] It peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 25, 1967.[2] It later ranked number 46 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1967.[3] The song peaked at No. 1 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart, and was the first No. 1 of Record World's new Top Non-Rock chart,[4] similar to the Easy Listening chart.
In Canada, the song reached number nine on the weekly charts,[5] and number 87 on the year-end chart.[6]
Ames performed "My Cup Runneth Over" on The Ed Sullivan Show on September 24, 1967.[7]
