Mecca (song)

"Mecca"
Single by Gene Pitney
from the album Gene Pitney Sings Just for You
B-side "Teardrop by Teardrop"
Released March 1963
Genre Pop
Length 2:18
Label Musicor
Songwriter(s) Neval Nader, John Gluck Jr.
Producer(s) Jerry Ragavoy
Gene Pitney singles chronology
"Half Heaven - Half Heartache"
(1962)		 "Mecca"
(1963)		 "True Love Never Runs Smooth"
(1963)

"Half Heaven - Half Heartache"
(1962)		 "Mecca"
(1963)		 "True Love Never Runs Smooth"
(1963)

"Mecca" is a 1963 song which was a hit for Gene Pitney. It was the first release and greatest hit from his LP, Gene Pitney Sings Just for You.

In the U.S., "Mecca" peaked at #12 on the pop chart[1] and #4 Easy Listening.[2] It was a bigger hit in Australia, where it peaked at #7, and in Canada where it reached #2.

The B-side, "Teardrop by Teardrop," charted at #130 on the Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart.

Chart history

Chart (1963) Peak
position
Australia - Music Maker 7
Canada - CHUM 2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 12
U.S. Billboard - Middle-Road Singles[4] 4
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 13

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 493.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 189.
  3. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 189.
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