Over You (Gary Puckett & The Union Gap song)

"Over You"
1968 45rpm dust cover
Single by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
from the album Incredible
B-side "If the Day Would Come"
Released September 1968
Genre Pop, adult contemporary
Length 2:25
Label Columbia
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)

"Lady Willpower"
(1968)		 "Over You"
(1968)		 "Don't Give In to Him"
(1969)

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

The song reached #3 on the Adult Contemporary chart. It peaked at #5 in Cash Box as well as #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in late 1968.[1]

The selection was the group's fourth consecutive million-selling Gold-certified single to have been produced, composed, and written by Jerry Fuller.[2] It received a Gold disc from the RIAA in December 1968.[3]

The song was an international success, reaching #3 in Canada, #6 in Australia, and #17 in New Zealand. It ranked #41 on the US Cashbox chart Top 100 Hits of 1968.[4]

Al Capps drafted the arrangements for the stringed instruments played on the song.

References

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