| Lady Willpower | |
| Cover: | Lady Willpower - 45rpm cover.jpg |
| Caption: | 1968 45 rpm record jacket |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Gary Puckett & The Union Gap |
| Album: | Incredible |
| B-Side: | Daylight Stranger |
| Released: | June 1968 |
| Recorded: | [1] |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Prev Title: | Young Girl |
| Prev Year: | 1968 |
| Next Title: | Over You |
| Next Year: | 1968 |
"Lady Willpower" is a song written by Jerry Fuller and recorded by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap for their 1968 album Incredible. The single was awarded a million-selling Gold disc from the RIAA.[2]
In the U.S., the song ranked among Cashboxs Top 100 singles of 1968, where it hit the No. 1 position the week ending August 3, 1968.[3] "Lady Willpower" went No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968 (behind "Grazing in the Grass" by Hugh Masekela).[4] and reached No. 26 on the Easy Listening chart.[5] The song was the No. 34 song on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles in 1968.[6]
Outside the US, "Lady Willpower" reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart during the year.[7] "Lady Willpower" also peaked at #4 on the Kent Music Report (KMR)[8] Chart in Australia, spending 16 weeks on the KMR Top-100 after entering the chart on the 22nd June 1968.
Morrissey recorded his version of the song and included it on his 2019 album, California Son.[9]
