Sorry Suzanne Explained

Sorry Suzanne
Cover:Sorry_Suzanne"_-_The_Hollies.jpg
Type:single
Artist:the Hollies
B-Side:Not That Way at All
Released:28 February 1969
Recorded:27–28 January 1969[1]
Studio:EMI, London
Genre:Pop rock
Length:2:59
Label:
Producer:Ron Richards
Prev Title:Listen to Me
Prev Year:1968
Next Title:He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
Next Year:1969

"Sorry Suzanne" is a 1969 single by the Hollies, co-written by Geoff Stephens and Tony Macaulay. It was the group's first song to feature Terry Sylvester in the place of Graham Nash. "Sorry Suzanne" was released with the B-side "Not That Way at All" on the Parlophone label (catalogue number R5765). The song reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart in March 1969, number one in Switzerland on 22 April 1969, and number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US on May 31, 1969.

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1969)Peak
position
Australia (Go-Set)[2] 6
Finland (Soumen Virallinen)[3] 11
New Zealand (Listener)[4] 4
South Africa (Springbok)[5] 1
US Cash Box Top 10058

Year-end charts

Chart (1969)Rank
South Africa [6] 13
Switzerland [7] 5
UK 57

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Session Listing . 2018-10-17 . 2018-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180925220015/http://www.hollies.co.uk/music-archive/session-listing.html . dead .
  2. Web site: Go-Set Australian Charts –10 May 1969 . Pop Archives . 27 May 2011.
  3. Book: Nyman, Jake . Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja . Tammi . 2005 . 951-31-2503-3 . 1st . Helsinki . 132. fi.
  4. http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=413#n_view_location Flavour of New Zealand, 16 June 1969
  5. Web site: SA Charts 1965–March 1989. 5 September 2018.
  6. Web site: Top 20 Hit Singles of 1969. 26 December 2018.
  7. http://swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/1969 Swiss Year-End Charts, 1969