Sorry Suzanne

1969 single by the Hollies
"Sorry Suzanne"
Single by the Hollies
B-side"Not That Way at All"
Released28 February 1969
Recorded27–28 January 1969[1]
StudioEMI, London[1]
GenrePop rock
Length2:59
Label
  • Parlophone (UK)
  • Epic (US)
Songwriter(s)Geoff Stephens, Tony Macaulay
Producer(s)Ron Richards
The Hollies singles chronology
"Listen to Me"
(1968) 		"Sorry Suzanne"
(1969) 		"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
(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
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 12
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[5] 11
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] 41
Finland (Soumen Virallinen)[7] 11
Ireland (IRMA)[8] 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9] 4
New Zealand (Listener)[10] 4
Norway (VG-lista)[11] 4
South Africa (Springbok)[12] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 1
UK Singles (OCC)[14] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[15] 56
US Cash Box Top 100 58
West Germany (Official German Charts)[16] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1969) Rank
South Africa [17] 13
Switzerland [18] 5
UK 57

References

  1. ^ a b "Session Listing". Archived from the original on 2018-09-25. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
  2. ^ "Go-Set Australian Charts –10 May 1969". Pop Archives. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  3. ^ "The Hollies – Sorry Suzanne" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  4. ^ "The Hollies – Sorry Suzanne" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. ^ "The Hollies – Sorry Suzanne" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6159." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  7. ^ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. p. 132. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  8. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Sorry Suzanne". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  9. ^ "The Hollies – Sorry Suzanne" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  10. ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 16 June 1969
  11. ^ "The Hollies – Sorry Suzanne". VG-lista.
  12. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  13. ^ "The Hollies – Sorry Suzanne". Swiss Singles Chart.
  14. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  15. ^ "The Hollies Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  16. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Hollies – Sorry Suzanne" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see peak chart position, click "TITEL VON The Hollies"
  17. ^ "Top 20 Hit Singles of 1969". Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  18. ^ Swiss Year-End Charts, 1969
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