Bachelor Boy

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"Bachelor Boy"
EMI Studios, London
GenrePop
Length2:02
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Norrie Paramor[1]
Cliff Richard and the Shadows singles chronology
"It'll Be Me"
(1962) 		"Bachelor Boy"
(1962) 		"Summer Holiday"
(1963)

"Bachelor Boy" is a song by

UK Singles Chart in January 1963[1] and was a major hit internationally, although it only reached No. 99 in the US. Both sides of the single were included on the accompanying soundtrack album Summer Holiday
. On the soundtrack album the Michael Sammes Singers were credited as backing singers, although they were not credited on the single.

In the UK, the single was the first of three number 1 hit singles from Richard's

box-office
attraction of the year.

The single was followed at

number one by the Shadows' own single "Dance On!"[2]

The song is about some advice a father passes to his son, to "remain a bachelor boy until (his) dying day". Richard later commented when he wrote this song he "never expected it to be prophetic".[citation needed] While Richard has himself never married, the song itself does not rule out marriage, with the final verse stating "I'll get married, have a wife and a child... but until then I'll be a bachelor boy...".

Chart performance

The below table only includes countries where "Bachelor Boy" was listed separately on the chart, or where it was listed first when both were listed together on the chart. For a more complete list of countries where the single made the singles chart, refer to the article for "The Next Time".

Chart (1963) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 9
Canada (CHUM)[4][5] [*] 2
Denmark (
Tracklisten)[6]
 1
France (SNEP)[7] 31
Hong Kong [8] 3
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[10] 8
South Africa (SARMD)[11] 1
Sweden (
Kvällstoppen)[12]
 2
Sweden (Tio i Topp)[13] 1
UK (
NME)[14]
 3[*]
US Billboard Hot 100[15] 99

Notes:

  • * ^ In Canada, the week "Bachelor Boy" peaked at number 2, Richard's "Summer Holiday" was at number 1.[5]
  • *
    NME
    singles chart listed the two tracks separately with "The Next Time" peaking at number 1 and "Bachelor Boy" peaking at number 3.

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-85112-250-7
    .
  2. ISBN 1-904994-10-5
    .
  3. ISBN 0-646-44439-5
    .
  4. ^ "CHUM Chart". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2018-06-09.|
  5. ^ a b "CHUM Hit Parade 13 May 1963". chumtribute.com. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Denmark singles chart - Bachelor Boy". danskehitlister.dk. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  7. ^ Select Cliff RICHARD from the drop-down selection box and click OK: "French Singles - Artists R". infodisc.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2020-10-18. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
  8. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help
    )
  9. ^ "Cliff Richard – The Next Time / Bachelor Boy" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  10. ^ "Cliff Richard – Bachelor Boy". VG-lista.
  11. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help
    )
  12. ISBN 9163021404
    .
  13. ISBN 919727125X
    .
  14. ISBN 0600578976
    . Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  15. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Cliff Richard | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-04-26.

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