Money Honey (Bay City Rollers song)

"Money Honey"
Single by Bay City Rollers
from the album Rock n' Roll Love Letter
B-side "Maryanne"
Released
  • November 1975 (UK)

February 1976 (US)

Format 7" Vinyl
Recorded 1975
Genre Hard rock, glam rock, power pop, pop rock
Length 3:17
Label Arista
Songwriter(s) Eric Faulkner, Stuart John Wood
Bay City Rollers singles chronology
"Saturday Night"
(1976)		 "Money Honey"
(1975)		 "Rock and Roll Love Letter"
(1976)

"Saturday Night"
(1976)		 "Money Honey"
(1976)		 "Rock and Roll Love Letter"
(1976)

"Money Honey" is the title of a 1975 international hit single by the Bay City Rollers, taken from their album Rock n' Roll Love Letter. The power-pop recording was issued in the US as the album's lead single in January 1976, reaching number nine on the Hot 100 in Billboard magazine that March. "Money Honey" was the Bay City Rollers' second US Top 10 hit. It reached number seven on the Cash Box chart. The follow-up single was the album's title track, "Rock and Roll Love Letter" (US No. 28). In the UK, "Money Honey" was released in November 1975 and reached number three, becoming the group's ninth Top 10 single.[1]

Outside the US, "Money Honey" was yet a bigger hit, such as in Australia (No. 3) and in Ireland (No 4). The song enjoyed its greatest international popularity in Canada, where it spent one week at number one, and ranks as the 22nd greatest hit of 1976.[2]

Chart performance

Track listing

1. "Money Honey" - 3:17
2. "Maryanne" - 2:48

Credits

  • Photography [Coverphoto] - Arista

Notes

  • (P) 1975 Arista Records.

References

  1. ↑ "money+honey | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  2. 1 2 "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  3. ↑ "Australian Chart Book". Austchartbook.com.au. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  4. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  5. ↑ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1976-03-08. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  7. ↑ Swedish Charts, December 26, 1975
  8. ↑ "BAY CITY ROLLERS - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Lyrics: Money Honey by Bay City Rollers". Top40db.net. 1976-02-07. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  10. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 3/27/76". Archive.today. 2 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  11. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  12. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1976/Top 100 Songs of 1976". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  13. ↑ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1976". Web.archive.org. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2018.


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