Over You (Gary Puckett & The Union Gap song)

"Over You" is a song written and composed by Jerry Fuller and recorded by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap for their 1968 album, Incredible.

"Over You"
1968 45 rpm dust cover
Single by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
from the album Incredible
B-side"If the Day Would Come"
ReleasedSeptember 1968
GenrePop, adult contemporary
Length2:25
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Jerry Fuller
Producer(s)Jerry Fuller
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap singles chronology
"Lady Willpower"
(1968)		 "Over You"
(1968)		 "Don't Give In to Him"
(1969)

Song Background

The selection was the group's fourth consecutive million-selling Gold-certified single to have been produced, composed, and written by Jerry Fuller.[1] It received a Gold disc from the RIAA in December 1968.[2] Al Capps drafted the arrangements for the stringed instruments played on the song.

Chart Performance

In the US, the song reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in late 1968, and on other charts, it peaked at No. 3 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and peaked at No. 5 in Cash Box as well as.[3] It ranked No. 41 on the US Cashbox chart Top 100 Hits of 1968.[4]

Outside the, US, "over You" was an international success, reaching No. 3 in Canada, No. 6 in Australia, and No. 17 in New Zealand.

References
  1. Over You song review Retrieved 09-26-11
  2. Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 250. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
  3. Gary Puckett & The Union Gap's charting singles. Retrieved 09-26-11.
  4. Gary Puckett & The Union Gap song chart entries Retrieved 09-26-11
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