The Best of Johnny Farnham

Johnny Farnham's debut solo single was a novelty song, "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)", it was released in November 1967 and peaked at No. 1 on the Go-Set National Singles Charts for five weeks early in 1968.^[4] Selling 180,000 copies in Australia, "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" was the highest selling single by an Australian artist of the decade.^[2][3][7] His second single, "Friday Kind Of Monday" was released in March 1968 as a double-A side with "Underneath The Arches" (not on this compilation) which peaked at No. 6.^[8] Both singles appeared on his debut album, Sadie in April.

His next single, released in July, was the double A-sided, "Jamie"/"I Don't Want To Love You", which peaked at No. 8 on the Go-Set National Singles Charts.^[1][9] This was followed by "Rose Coloured Glasses" in October which reached No. 16.^[1][10] Farnham's second album, Everybody Oughta Sing a Song followed in November.^[11]

Farnham's covers of Harry Nilsson's "One", and B. J. Thomas' "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" were released as singles, from his third album, Looking Through a Tear.^[7][11] "One"/"Mr. Whippy" (non-album track) was released as a double A-side in July 1969 and peaked at No. 4.^[12] "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" was released in November and peaked at No. 1 for seven weeks in January–March 1970.^[5][6]

Side A

1. "I've Been Rained On" (D. Frazier) – 2:22
2. "Everybody Oughta Sing A Song"(D. Frazier) – 2:18
3. "Jamie" (H. Poulsen) – 2:28
4. "I Don't Want to Love You" (D. Everly, P. Everly) – 2:48
5. "Painting a Shadow"(R. Bainbridge, B. Pritchard) – 2:10
6. "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" (R. Gilmore, J. Madara, D. White) – 3:17

Side B

1. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (H. David, B. Bacharach) – 2:29
2. "One" (H. Nilsson) – 2:49
3. "Two" (J. Farnham) – 2:29
4. "Friday Kind of Monday" (J. Barry, E. Greenwich) – 2:44
5. "The Last Thing on My Mind" (T. Paxton) – 3:27
6. "Rose Coloured Glasses" (H. Poulsen) – 2:49