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"We Built This City"
Single by Starship
from the album Knee Deep in the Hoopla
B-side
"Private Room" (Instrumental)
Released
August 1, 1985[1]
Format
7"
Recorded
May 1985
Length
4:56 (Album Version)
4:39 (Single Version)
Label
Grunt
Songwriter(s)
Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, Peter Wolf
Producer(s)
Peter Wolf, Jeremy Smith
Starship singles chronology
"We Built This City"
(1985) "Sara"
(1985)
- "We Built This City"
(1985) "Sara"
(1985)
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"We Built This City" is a 1985 song written by Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, and Peter Wolf, and originally recorded by US rock group Starship and released as their debut single on their album Knee Deep in the Hoopla.
Commercially, the single reached number one in Australia, Canada, and the United States, the top 10 in Germany, Ireland, Sweden, and Switzerland, the top 20 in Belgium, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, and number 21 in Austria and the Netherlands. It has appeared on several "worst song" lists, topping a 2011 Rolling Stone poll of worst songs of the 1980s by a wide margin.
Contents
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1 Content
2 Production
3 Reception
3.1 Blender magazine's "50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs Ever"
3.2 Rolling Stone Top Ten Worst Songs of the 1980s
3.3 GQ Worst Song of All Time
4 Charts
5 References
6 External links
Content[edit]
What exists of a narrative in the song consists of an argument between the singers (Mickey Thomas and Grace Slick) and an unidentified "you", presumably a music industry executive, who is marginalizing the band and ripping them off by "playing corporation games" ("who counts the money underneath the bar?"). In response to this injustice, the singers remind the villain of their importance and fame: "Listen to the radio! Don't you remember? We built this city on rock and roll!" A spoken-word interlude explicitly mentions the Golden Gate Bridge and refers to "the city by the bay", a common moniker for Starship's hometown of San Francisco; Starship's predecessors, Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship, were prominent members of San Francisco's psychedelic rock scene in the late 1960s and into the 1970s. However, the interlude then rapidly refers to the same city as "the city that rocks", a reference to Cleveland, Ohio (home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum), and then "the city that never sleeps", one of the nicknames for New York City. Capitalizing on the ambiguity, several radio stations added descriptions of their own local areas when they broadcast the song, or even simply added their own ident in its place.[2]
Production[edit]
The song was engineered by producer Bill Bottrell and arranged by Bottrell and Jasun Martz.
The song features Mickey Thomas and Grace Slick sharing lead vocals. MTV executive and former DJ Les Garland provided the DJ voice-over during the song's bridge.[3]
Reception[edit]
"We Built This City" received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group in 1986.[4]
Blender magazine's "50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs Ever"[edit]
The defunct magazine Blender's ranking of the song as the worst song ever was in conjunction with a VH1 Special of The 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs...Ever.[5] In order to qualify for the distinction, the songs on the list had to be a popular hit at some point, thus disqualifying many songs that would by consensus be considered much worse. Blender editor Craig Marks said of the song, "It purports to be anti-commercial but reeks of '80s corporate-rock commercialism. It's a real reflection of what practically killed rock music in the '80s."[6]
However, an article in the Sydney Morning Herald pointed out that "Blender's list—compiled via an arbitrary and anecdotal data collection process and ranked by Marks—included several whimsical criteria. One was to go easy on novelty songs. In a discussion with the band's manager, Bill Thompson, he was surprised at the ranking, but also "thrilled" because of the other high-profile groups on the list, saying, "I wish Blender had called us for a group shot. I'd love to have my picture taken with Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney."[7] Mickey Thomas, one of the singers of Starship, said in 2010 regarding the review from the by-then folded Blender magazine,
From what I heard, they got so much flak about it that they sort of retracted their statements in a way about the song. And not only that, but Blender's folded, and we're still here.[8]
When asked about why the song was listed as #1 on the review, the editor of Blender magazine, Craig Marks, referenced the line of the song "Marconi plays the mamba" by asking,
Who is Marconi? And what is the mamba? The mamba is the deadliest snake in the world, so he must have meant the mambo, but it sounds so much like 'mamba' that every lyric web site writes it that way. It makes sense neither way."[7]
The Richmond Times-Dispatch listed other songs by Starship that would have made more sense for being on the top of the list than "We Built This City," concluding,
No, no. They chose the song that references Marconi, the father of the radio. The song that inserted a cool snippet of DJ chatter from the band's beloved San Francisco. The song that found Grace Slick enunciating the phrase "corporation games" with nutty abandon.[9]
Rolling Stone Top Ten Worst Songs of the 1980s[edit]
In 2011 a Rolling Stone magazine online readers poll named "We Built This City" as the worst song of the 1980s. The song's winning margin was so large that the magazine reported it "could be the biggest blow-out victory in the history of the Rolling Stone Readers Poll".[10]
GQ Worst Song of All Time[edit]
In August 2016, Gentlemen's Quarterly magazine declared this song as the worst of all time, referring to it as "the most detested song in human history".[11] The article covered Bernie Taupin's role in writing an early version of the song, the backlash against a video that no one liked, and Grace Slick's inconsistent statements about whether she liked it or not.
Charts[edit]
Chart (1985–1986)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[12] 21
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[13] 17
Canada (RPM)[14] 1
Germany (Official German Charts)[15] 10
Ireland (IRMA)[16] 9
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[17] 21
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[18] 11
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[19] 4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 8
United Kingdom (The Official Charts Company)[21] 12
US Billboard Hot 100[22] 1
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 37
Chart (2014)
Peak
position
United Kingdom (The Official Charts Company)[23] 25
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database – May 28, 2015". RIAA.com. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
Jump up ^ "We Built This City On Rock and Roll". Oddculture.com. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
Jump up ^ "We Built This S**tty : The worst song of all time? Les Garland begs to differ" (PDF). Reelradio.com. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
Jump up ^ Richard De Atley (10 January 1985). "Dire Straits, Tina Turner, Sting lead performer nominations". The Times-News. Associated Press. p. 23.
Jump up ^ "The 50 Worst Songs Ever! Watch, Listen and Cringe!". Blender.com. Archived from the original on 2010-08-06.
Jump up ^ "10 Really, Really Bad Songs". Cbsnews.com. 2004-04-20. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
^ Jump up to: a b "We built this city on detestable lyrics". Sydney Morning Herald. April 27, 2004. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
Jump up ^ Rachael Recker (May 2, 2010). "It's not Jefferson, but it is 'Starship starring Mickey Thomas' at 2010 Tulip Time". Booth Newspapers. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
Jump up ^ E. Franklin (April 29, 2004). "Are you kidding me?; Many tunes are obviously inferior to Blender's50 Worst Songs of All Time". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
Jump up ^ "1. Starship – 'We Built This City' Photo – Readers' Poll: The 10 Worst Songs of the 1980s". Rollingstone.com. 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
Jump up ^ Tannenbaum, Rob (August 21, 2016). "An Oral History of "We Built This City," the Worst Song of All Time". GQ. Condé Nast. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
Jump up ^ "Starship – We Built This City (song)". Ö3 Austria Top 40. March 1, 1986. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
Jump up ^ "Radio2 top 30: 23 mei 2015 | Radio2". Top30-2.radio2.be. Archived from the original on 2012-04-09. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
Jump up ^ "RPM 100 Singles". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 43 (13): 6. December 7, 1985. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
Jump up ^ "Musicline.de – Starship Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
Jump up ^ Jaclyn Ward – Fireball Media Group. "The Irish Charts – All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
Jump up ^ "We Built This City – Starship". Dutch Top 40. RTL Nederland. 1986. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
Jump up ^ "Charts.org.nz – Starship – We Built This City". Top 40 Singles.
Jump up ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Starship – We Built This City". Singles Top 100.
Jump up ^ "Swisscharts.com – Starship – We Built This City". Swiss Singles Chart.
Jump up ^ "Starship". The Official Charts Company. November 16, 1985. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
Jump up ^ "We Built This City – Starship". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
Jump up ^ "Starship". Retrieved 2014-03-09.
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
Tannenbaum, Rob (August 31, 2016). "An Oral History of "We Built This City," the Worst Song of All Time". GQ. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
Sears, Jeannette (January 3, 2012). "We Built This City". jeannettesears.com.
Preceded by
"Miami Vice Theme" by Jan Hammer Billboard Hot 100 number one single
November 16, 1985 – November 23, 1985 Succeeded by
"Separate Lives" by Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin
Preceded by
"Separate Lives" by Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin Canadian RPM Singles Chart number-one single
December 7, 1985 Succeeded by
"Broken Wings" by Mr. Mister
Preceded by
"Species Deceases" by Midnight Oil Australian Kent Music Report number one single
January 20, 1986 – February 10, 1986 Succeeded by
"A Good Heart" by Feargal Sharkey
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Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
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"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"
Single by Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
from the album Tuneweaving
B-side
"I Can't Believe How Much I Love You"
Released
19 February 1973
Format
7", 12"
Recorded
1973
Genre
Pop
Length
3:20
Label
Bell
Songwriter(s)
Irwin Levine, L. Russell Brown
Producer(s)
Hank Medress, Dave Appell
Dawn featuring Tony Orlando singles chronology
"You're a Lady"
(1972) "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"
(1973) "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose"
(1973)
"You're a Lady"
(1972) "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"
(1973) "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose"
(1973)
"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" is a song by Dawn featuring Tony Orlando. It was written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown and produced by Hank Medress and Dave Appell, with Motown/Stax backing vocalist Telma Hopkins, Joyce Vincent Wilson and her sister Pamela Vincent on backing vocals.[1] It was a worldwide hit for the group in 1973.
The single reached the top 10 in ten countries, in eight of which it topped the charts. It reached number one on both the US and UK charts for four weeks in April 1973, number one on the Australian charts for seven weeks from May to July 1973 and number one on the New Zealand charts for ten weeks from June to August 1973. It was the top-selling single in 1973 in both the US and UK.
In 2008, Billboard ranked the song as the 37th biggest song of all time in its issue celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Hot 100.[1]
Contents
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1 Synopsis
2 Origins of the song
3 Chart and sales performance
3.1 Weekly charts
3.2 Year-end charts
4 Cover versions
5 In popular culture
6 Association with the People Power Revolution
7 Association with the 2014 Hong Kong Protests
8 See also
9 References
Synopsis[edit]
The song is told from the point of view of someone who has "done his time" but is uncertain if he will be welcomed home.
He writes to his love, asking her to tie a yellow ribbon around the "ole oak tree" in front of the house (which the bus will pass by) if she wants him to return to her life; if he does not see such a ribbon, he will remain on the bus (taking that to mean he is unwelcome) and understand her reasons ("put the blame on me"). He asks the bus driver to check, fearful of not seeing anything.
To his amazement, the entire bus cheers the response – there are 100 yellow ribbons around the tree, a sign he is very much welcome.
Origins of the song[edit]
This is NOT the story of a convict who had told his love to tie a ribbon book to a tree outside of town. I know because I wrote the song one morning in 15 minutes with the late lyrical genius Irwin Levine. The genesis of this idea came from the age old folk tale about a Union prisoner of war--who sent a letter to his girl that he was coming home from a confederate POW camp in Georgia.... Anything about a criminal is pure fantasy....
—  L. Russell Brown[2]
The origin of the idea of a yellow ribbon as remembrance may have been the 19th-century practice that some women allegedly had of wearing a yellow ribbon in their hair to signify their devotion to a husband or sweetheart serving in the U.S. Cavalry. The song "'Round Her Neck She Wears a Yeller Ribbon", which later inspired the John Wayne movie She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, is a reference to this. The symbol of a yellow ribbon became widely known in civilian life in the 1970s as a reminder that an absent loved one, either in the military or in jail, would be welcomed home on their return.
In October 1971, newspaper columnist Pete Hamill wrote a piece for the New York Post called "Going Home". In it, he told a variant of the story, in which college students on a bus trip to the beaches of Fort Lauderdale make friends with an ex-convict who is watching for a yellow handkerchief on a roadside oak in Brunswick, Georgia. Hamill claimed to have heard this story in oral tradition. In June 1972, nine months later, Reader's Digest reprinted "Going Home". Also in June 1972, ABC-TV aired a dramatized version of it in which James Earl Jones played the role of the returning ex-con. According to L. Russell Brown, he read Hamill's story in the Reader's Digest, and suggested to his songwriting partner Irwin Levine that they write a song based on it.[3] Levine and Brown then registered for copyright the song which they called "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree". At the time, the writers said they heard the story while serving in the military. Pete Hamill was not convinced and filed suit for infringement. Hamill dropped his suit after folklorists working for Levine and Brown turned up archival versions of the story that had been collected before "Going Home" had been written.[2]
Levine and Brown first offered the song to Ringo Starr, but Al Steckler of Apple Records told them that they should be ashamed of the song and described it as "ridiculous".[3]
Chart and sales performance[edit]
In April 1973, the recording by Tony Orlando and Dawn reached No. 1 in the Billboard Hot 100 (chart date April 21, 1973) in the US, and stayed at No. 1 for four weeks.[1] "Tie A Yellow Ribbon" sold 3 million records in the US in three weeks. It also reached No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and BMI calculated that radio stations had played it 3 million times from seventeen continuous years of airplay. Billboard ranked it as the No. 1 song for 1973.[4] It also reached No. 1 in the UK and Australia, and has sold 1 million copies in the UK.[5] In New Zealand, the song spent 10 weeks at number one.[6]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1973)
Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[8] 2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[9] 1
Canada RPM 1
Denmark (Tracklisten)[10] 9
Ireland (IRMA) 1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[11] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[12] 1
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[13] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[14] 1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[15] 1
US Cash Box Top 100 1
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1973)
Rank
Australia [7] 1
Canada 1
New Zealand 1
UK [16] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [17] 1
U.S. Cash Box [18] 1
Cover versions[edit]
The song enjoyed duplicate success on country radio, as a cover version by Johnny Carver. Carver's rendition - simply titled "Yellow Ribbon" - was a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in June 1973. Carver's version also reached Number One on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[19] Musically similar, the only difference in the song is the substitution of the minor expletive "damn" (in the lyric, "Now the whole damn bus is cheering") with "darn".
Bing Crosby recorded the song on June 8, 1973 with an orchestra conducted by Billy Byers for Daybreak Records.[20]
Also in 1973, Jim Nabors covered the song on his album The Twelfth of Never (Columbia KC 32377).[21]
Also in 1973, Italian singer Domenico Modugno had a minor hit in Italy with a cover in his language: "Appendi un nastro giallo". The lyrics are a very faithful translation of the original, the only difference is that instead of watching the tree from a bus, the Italian singer watches it from a tram.
Perry Como - included in his album And I Love You So (1973).
Dean Martin - included in his album You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me (1973).
In Chile, Roberto Inglez achieved great success with his version, which was number one on the national radio for the September 11, 1973.
Lou Sino covered the song which appeared on his Now album (1973).[22] It was also the B side of his single, "She's Got to Be a Saint" released on Bengal 112873.
Kay Starr did a version of this song on the country pop charts in 1974 hitting number 12.
Frank Sinatra included the song in his album Some Nice Things I've Missed (1974)
Around 1974 the song was also covered by Hong Kong singing artist Agnes Chan.
The song is included on the album "With love from" of Taiwanese superstar Teresa Teng.
In 1974 Venezuelan group 'Los Tres Tristes Tigres' (Three Sad Tigers) launched locally a huge hit version of the song in Spanish, entitled "Amarra Una Cinta". The colour of the ribbon was changed from yellow (amarillo) to dark red (carmesí), due to the rhyme of the song in Spanish.
Max Bygraves included in his album Singalong with Max (1975).[23]
The song was covered by Lawrence Welk, whose orchestra performed it many times on his television program during the late 1970s; a studio version was released in 1975 on his album Lawrence Welk's Most Requested TV Favorites (Champagne Style).[24]
The song was covered by Bobby Goldsboro on a multi-artist compilation album entitled Storytellers released in 1976.
Harry Connick Jr. - for his album 30 (2001).
In 2003 Dolly Parton recorded a cover on her patriotic album For God and Country.
The song was covered by Eric D. Johnson and appears on the soundtrack for the 2011 film Our Idiot Brother starring Paul Rudd. The song is used over the opening credits as Rudd is released from prison after serving time for selling marijuana to a uniform police officer.
In 2014, a cover version was sung by Cuban stars Silvio Rodríguez, Amaury Pérez, Los Cinco, Kiki Corona, Luna Manzanares, Gretell Barreiro and the famous classical pianist Frank Fernández. This version, sung in English, was a protest asking Barack Obama to free three Cuban activists kept in a Miami prison.
In popular culture[edit]
The song had renewed popularity in 1981, in the wake of the Iranian hostage crisis.[2]
Later in 1973, Connie Francis had a minor hit in Australia with an answer song, "The Answer (Should I Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree?)". Her version remained in the top 40 for three weeks, peaking at number 31.
In 1977, the song was sung by Andy Kaufman playing his character Tony Clifton on HBO.
The song was performed by David Alan Grier over the closing credits of Amazon Women on the Moon (1987).
In 1993, Aardman Animations' stop-motion animated short film The Wrong Trousers featuring Wallace and Gromit, included the song when Gromit realises his bedroom has been taken over by the evil mute penguin disguised as a chicken, Feathers McGraw. The Hammond organ arrangement of the song is menacingly played from Feathers McGraw's radio at a very loud volume.
In 1999 S Club 7 performed the song for their hit TV series Miami 7. It was featured in the second episode.
The song was also covered by SHINee during their 1st Japan Arena Tour Shinee World 2012 starting with SHINee Fukuoka arena tour on April 25, 2012 and ending with SHINee Hiroshima arena tour on July 1, 2012. They also performed the same song throughout their 2nd Asia Tour Shinee World II in various countries such as South Korea, Taiwan, China and Singapore.
In The Simpsons' "Treehouse of Horror XXVI" (2015) segment 'Homerzilla', Disco Stu sings the song at a karaoke box as all the power is cut off due to Homerzilla cutting off the wires in a wire tower.
In 2016 the song appeared in Stranger Things (Season 1, Episode 2).
Association with the People Power Revolution[edit]
In the Philippines, the song was best known for its use in the return of exiled politician Benigno Aquino, Jr. to the country in 1983, during which Aquino supporters tied yellow ribbons on trees in anticipation of his arrival. However, Aquino was assassinated upon arrival, sparking the rise of People Power three years later that led to the demise of Ferdinand Marcos' presidency and subsequent inauguration of Aquino's widow Corazon Aquino as president. Yellow was also the campaign symbol of Aquino's son who eventually became President Benigno Aquino III in 2010.[25]
Association with the 2014 Hong Kong Protests[edit]
During the 2014 Hong Kong Protests the song was routinely performed by pro-democracy protestors and sympathetic street musicians as a reference to the yellow ribbons that had become a popular symbol of the movement on site (tied to street railings) and on social media.[26] Journalists covering the event described use of the tune as a protest song.[27]
See also[edit]
List of number-one singles of 1973 (Ireland)
List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1973 (U.S.)
List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1973 (U.S.)
List of number-one singles from the 1970s (UK)
Preceded by
"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" by Vicki Lawrence Billboard Hot 100 number-one single (Tony Orlando and Dawn version)
April 21, 1973 (four weeks) Succeeded by
"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" by Stevie Wonder
Preceded by
"Dirty Old Man" by George Hamilton IV[28] RPM Country Tracks number one single (Johnny Carver version)
June 16, 1973 (one week)[19] Succeeded by
"You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me)" by Johnny Rodriguez[29]
Preceded by
"Get Down" by Gilbert O'Sullivan UK Singles Chart number one single
April 21, 1973 (four weeks) Succeeded by
"See My Baby Jive" by Wizzard
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
^ Jump up to: a b c Gerald E. Parson, "How the Yellow Ribbon Became a National Folk Symbol", available at Library of Congress, originally printed in the Folklife Center News (Volume XIII, #3, 1991, pp. 9-11).
^ Jump up to: a b "The L. Russell Brown Interview". Classicbands.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
Jump up ^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1973
Jump up ^ Ami Sedghi (4 November 2012). "UK's million-selling singles: the full list". Guardian. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
Jump up ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
^ Jump up to: a b "Australian Chart Book". Austchartbook.com.au. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
Jump up ^ "Austriancharts.at – DAWN FEAT. TONY ORLANDO – Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – DAWN FEAT. TONY ORLANDO – Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" (in French). Ultratop 50.
Jump up ^ "Danishcharts.com – DAWN FEAT. TONY ORLANDO – Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree". Tracklisten.
Jump up ^ "Charts.org.nz – Dawn – Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree". Top 40 Singles.
Jump up ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – DAWN FEAT. TONY ORLANDO – Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree". VG-lista.
Jump up ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
Jump up ^ "Dawn Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
Jump up ^ "Dawn Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
Jump up ^ "Top 100 1973 - UK Music Charts". Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
Jump up ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1973/Top 100 Songs of 1973". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
Jump up ^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1973". Tropicalglen.com. 1973-12-29. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
^ Jump up to: a b "RPM Country Tracks for June 16, 1973". RPM. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
Jump up ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Jim Nabors - The Twelfth Of Never (Vinyl, LP)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
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Jump up ^ "Lawrence Welk - Lawrence Welk's Most Requested TV Favorites (Champagne Style)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
Jump up ^ "Iconic yellow ribbon–why it keeps waving". Asian Journal. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
Jump up ^ Coleman, Jasmine (October 3, 2014). "Hong Kong Protests: The Symbols and Songs Explained". BBC News. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
Jump up ^ Dearden, Lizie (October 5, 2015). "Hong Kong Protests: A Guide to Yellow Ribbons, Blue Ribbons and All the Other Colours". The Independent. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
Jump up ^ "RPM Country Tracks for June 9, 1973". RPM. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
Jump up ^ "RPM Country Tracks for June 23, 1973". RPM. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
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1960: "Theme from A Summer Place" – Percy Faith
1961: "Tossin' and Turnin'" – Bobby Lewis
1962: "Stranger on the Shore" – Mr. Acker Bilk
1963: "Sugar Shack" – Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs
1964: "I Want to Hold Your Hand" – The Beatles
1965: "Wooly Bully" – Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
1966: "Ballad of the Green Berets" – S/Sgt. Barry Sadler
1967: "To Sir, with Love" – Lulu
1968: "Hey Jude" – The Beatles
1969: "Sugar, Sugar" – The Archies
1970: "Bridge over Troubled Water" – Simon & Garfunkel
1971: "Joy to the World" – Three Dog Night
1972: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Roberta Flack
1973: "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" – Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974: "The Way We Were" – Barbra Streisand
1975: "Love Will Keep Us Together" – Captain & Tennille
1976: "Silly Love Songs" – Wings
1977: "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" – Rod Stewart
1978: "Shadow Dancing" – Andy Gibb
1979: "My Sharona" – The Knack
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1952: "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" – Vera Lynn (UK)
1953: "I Believe" – Frankie Laine
1954: "Secret Love" – Doris Day
1955: "Rose Marie" – Slim Whitman
1956: "I'll Be Home" – Pat Boone
1957: "Diana" – Paul Anka
1958: "Jailhouse Rock" – Elvis Presley
1959: "Living Doll" – Cliff Richard (UK)
1960: "It's Now or Never" – Elvis Presley
1961: "Wooden Heart" – Elvis Presley
1962: "I Remember You" – Frank Ifield (UK)
1963: "She Loves You" – The Beatles (UK)
1964: "Can't Buy Me Love" – The Beatles (UK)
1965: "Tears" – Ken Dodd (UK)
1966: "Green, Green Grass of Home" – Tom Jones (UK)
1967: "Release Me" – Engelbert Humperdinck (UK)
1968: "Hey Jude" – The Beatles (UK)
1969: "Sugar, Sugar" – The Archies
1970–1989
1970: "The Wonder of You" – Elvis Presley
1971: "My Sweet Lord" – George Harrison (UK)
1972: "Amazing Grace" – The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band (UK)
1973: "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" – Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974: "Tiger Feet" – Mud (UK)
1975: "Bye Bye Baby" – Bay City Rollers (UK)
1976: "Save Your Kisses for Me" – Brotherhood of Man (UK)
1977: "Mull of Kintyre" / "Girls' School" – Wings (UK)
1978: "Rivers of Babylon" / "Brown Girl in the Ring" – Boney M.
1979: "Bright Eyes" – Art Garfunkel
1980: "Don't Stand So Close to Me" – The Police (UK)
1981: "Don't You Want Me" – The Human League (UK)
1982: "Come On Eileen" – Dexys Midnight Runners (UK)
1983: "Karma Chameleon" – Culture Club (UK)
1984: "Do They Know It's Christmas?" – Band Aid (UK)
1985: "The Power of Love" – Jennifer Rush
1986: "Don't Leave Me This Way" – The Communards (UK)
1987: "Never Gonna Give You Up" – Rick Astley (UK)
1988: "Mistletoe and Wine" – Cliff Richard (UK)
1989: "Ride on Time" – Black Box
1990–2009
1990: "Unchained Melody" – The Righteous Brothers
1991: "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" – Bryan Adams
1992: "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston
1993: "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" – Meat Loaf
1994: "Love Is All Around" – Wet Wet Wet (UK)
1995: "Unchained Melody" – Robson & Jerome (UK)
1996: "Killing Me Softly" – Fugees
1997: "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997" – Elton John (UK)
1998: "Believe" – Cher
1999: "...Baby One More Time" – Britney Spears
2000: "Can We Fix It?" – Bob the Builder (UK)
2001: "It Wasn't Me" – Shaggy featuring Rikrok (UK)
2002: "Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen" – Will Young (UK)
2003: "Where Is the Love?" – The Black Eyed Peas
2004: "Do They Know It's Christmas?" – Band Aid 20 (UK)
2005: "Is This the Way to Amarillo" – Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay (UK)
2006: "Crazy" – Gnarls Barkley
2007: "Bleeding Love" – Leona Lewis (UK)
2008: "Hallelujah" – Alexandra Burke (UK)
2009: "Poker Face" – Lady Gaga
2010–present
2010: "Love the Way You Lie" – Eminem featuring Rihanna
2011: "Someone Like You" – Adele (UK)
2012: "Somebody That I Used to Know" – Gotye featuring Kimbra
2013: "Blurred Lines" – Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams
2014: "Happy" – Pharrell Williams
2015: "Uptown Funk" – Mark Ronson (UK) featuring Bruno Mars
2016: "One Dance" – Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla (UK)
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