TERRY HOKNES - My All Time Favorite Songs and Music - Billboard magazine Hot 100 chart data plus my personal chart data plus youtube video and historical facts and trivia hoknes@hotmail.com

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2461	AMERICA	RAINY DAY	1971
2462	TERRY HOKNES	STATE MY CASE	1992
2463	ROY WOOD	RAINING IN THE CITY	1987
2464	CIARA	LIKE A BOY	2007
2465	YOKO ONO	LET ME COUNT THE WAYS	1984
2466	KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD	ALIVE	2004
2467	KISS	LOVE HER ALL I CAN	1975
2468	LADY GAGA	DISCO HEAVEN	1990
2469	NATALIE IMBRUGLIA	LEAVE ME ALONE	1997
2470	NELLY FURTADO	AFRAID	2006
2471	PAUL MAURIAT	LOVE ME PLEASE LOVE ME	1967
2472	ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA	HOOKED ON A SONG	1982
2473	JOHN LENNON	I FOUND OUT	1970
2474	KISS	I WANT YOU	1976
2475	TERRY HOKNES	NOTHING OLD WILL LAST	2005
2476	ROY WOOD	ON TOP OF THE WORLD	1987
2477	SHOCKING BLUE	HOT SAND	1969
2478	SHANIA TWAIN	I'M JEALOUS	2002
2479	SLADE	COZ I LUV YOU	1971
2480	SISTER JANET MEAD	WITH YOU I AM	1974

AMERICA - RAINY DAY (1971)

Album: America (1971)

America is the eponymous debut album released by America in 1971. The album was initially released without "A Horse With No Name," which had not yet been recorded. When "Horse" became a worldwide hit in early 1972, the album was re-released with that track.

The album went to number 1 on the Billboard album chart in the US and stayed there for 5 weeks. It produced two hit singles, "A Horse With No Name" spent three weeks at number 1 on the Billboard singles chart in 1972 (it peaked at number 3 on the Adult Contemporary chart), and "I Need You" hit number 9 on the Billboard singles chart and number 7 on the Adult Contemporary chart Several other songs received radio airplay on FM stations playing album tracks, including "Sandman" (long rumored in the US Navy to be about the VQ-2 air squadron formerly based in Rota, Spain) and "Three Roses". The album was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales in excess of 1 million units in the US.

America is an English-American folk rock band, that originally consisted of Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek. The three members were barely out of their teens, when they became a musical sensation during 1972, scoring No. 1 hits and winning a Grammy for best new musical artist. Their recording success stretched throughout the 1970s; some of the band's best known songs are "A Horse with No Name", "Sister Golden Hair" (both of which reached No. 1), "Ventura Highway", "Tin Man", "Daisy Jane", and "Lonely People". George Martin produced seven of their albums.

TERRY HOKNES - STATE MY CASE (1992) Opus #787

In 1992 age 21 I went and packaged up very first official release album on cassette called COOL ALL OVER. It featured all my original songs and a weird bunch of genres. It was reviewed in an issue of the SOMA newspaper in 1992 by Brent Pomeroy. He liked the musicianship but thought the vocals need work. The album was recorded primitively on a new 4 track cassette tape recorder I had bought and recorded this album while renting at 314 Cumberland Ave

I wrote my first song in 1982 at age 11 in Grade 6. I would sporadically write 18 few songs over the next 4 years. Starting with my 19th song (Opus #19) I began writing on a very regular basis starting in December 1986 in Grade 11 at Aden Bowman. This included writing over 58 songs with my best friend Nels Krauss over the period of 1986-1992. I wrote 97 songs in 1987 and then 215 songs in 1988. By the time I graduated high school at age 17 I was up to Opus #268. I wrote another 178 songs in 1989. By the time I celebrated my 19th birthday I was up to Opus #524. At that time I was in first year University living in Muenster, SK in residence at St Peters College at the monastery. I met a poet from New York named Philip Murray who I collaborated with writing music to his words 91 songs in total. I wrote my 1000th song the week I turned 25 in January 1996.

ROY WOOD - RAINING IN THE CITY (1987)

Album: Starting Up (1987)

I had been a huge fan of ELO for a while and knew of Roy Wood one of the founding members. On February 14th 1985 at age 14 (grade 9) I flipped through the bargain bin of records at the Kresge's Department Store in Midtown Plaza shopping mall in Saskatoon and found this new sealed album Mustard priced at 99 cents. The first time I heard this album that night I knew I had found a masterpiece and Roy Wood would be the first act to ever debut at #1 on my daily favorite music groups chart on that valentines day. (I declare this to be Roy Wood day). I bought a used copy of his first album Boulders a week later at Nudon Record shop on Louise & 8th Street. I flew to New York 17 years later to see Roy Wood 3 times in concert and got to meet him backstage 2 times. I have posted some of those video performances I filmed on www.youtube.com

November 1992- age 31 living in Dalmeny, SK with Marilyn now selling on ebay for 4.5 years

Starting Up is the fourth solo album by Roy Wood, who played most of the instruments and sang most of the vocals throughout, in addition to writing and producing the album. ‘On Top Of The World’ featured strings arranged and conducted by Louis Clark.

'Under Fire' (1985) and 'Raining In The City' (1986) were both previously released as singles

CIARA - LIKE A BOY (2007)

July 20th 2007 - my #3 favorite daily song for 26 days at age 36 the week that I proposed to Valerie.

"Like a Boy" is a song performed by American singer Ciara for her second album Ciara: The Evolution (2006). Written by Ciara, Candice Nelson, Balewa Muhammad, J. Que, Ezekiel Lewis, and Calvin Kenon, it is the third release in the U.S. and second single in Europe.

The release was confirmed in a MTV News article and chosen before polling ended for Ciara's second single on her official myspace page, being picked over "That's Right" and "Can't Leave 'Em Alone". Although the single was a moderate hit, it failed to match the success of its North American predecessor. It was solicited to mainstream urban radio on February 13, 2007. The single was released in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2007. On the issue dated March 17, 2007, "Like a Boy" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number eighty-one. It reached its peak position of number nineteen on May 5, 2007, and spent a total of twenty weeks on the chart. The song also peaked at number six on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, giving Ciara her sixth top-ten single on the chart. "Like a Boy" certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for sales of 500,000 copies sold.

Internationally, the song debuted at number nineteen in Sweden and peaked at number eight in its second week. In the United Kingdom, it debuted at number thirty-five on downloads alone. After the physical single release, "Like a Boy" moved up twelve spots from number twenty-eight to sixteen, where it peaked. Even though the music video received heavy rotation, the single was a moderate success peaking in the top-twenty in most European countries. "Like a Boy" was ranked #68 on Top Hot 100 Hits of 2007, and is the most successful year-end single from Ciara: The Evolution

YOKO ONO - LET ME COUNT THE WAYS (1984)

Album: Milk And Honey (1984)

This album came out in the spring of 1984 when I was in Grade 8 at John Lake School age 13. I had bought the vinyl full length album and also the vinyl 12" single of Borrowed Time both brand new.

December 18th 2006 - my #8 favorite daily song for 14 days at age 35 while taking a break from Valerie living alone at Eastview and my son Nicholas 8 months old and paying tribute to Lennon on the 26th anniversary of his death.

Milk and Honey was the duo's projected follow-up to Double Fantasy, though Lennon's death caused a temporary shelving of the project. It took Ono three years to be able to resume work to complete it. Ono's material largely comprises new recordings, which she undertook during the album's preparation in 1983, which give her songs a more commercial and contemporary edge. Conversely, Lennon's material, being rough takes and rehearsal recordings, has a more casual feeling.

Predictably, the reaction to Milk and Honey was less fanatical than the one that greeted Double Fantasy, but it was still well-received, peaking at #3 in the UK and #11 in the U.S., where it went gold.

KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD - ALIVE (2004)

November 25th 2004 - my #7 favorite daily song for 45 days at age 33 while living at Eastview with Michelle/Brianna.

November 27th 2004 - my #1 favorite current mainstream rock radio hit for 1 week.

The Place You're In is the fourth studio album by blues solo artist Kenny Wayne Shepherd. It was released on October 5, 2004. This is his first album in five years, the last was 1999's Live On. The single Alive hit #13 on mainstream rock.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born Kenny Wayne Brobst, June 12, 1977, Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has released several studio albums and experienced a rare level of commercial success both as a blues artist and a young musician.

Shepherd graduated Caddo Magnet High School in Shreveport, Louisiana. The guitarist is "completely self taught", and does not read music. Growing up, Shepherd's father (Ken Shepherd) was a local radio personality and some-time concert promoter, and had a vast collection of music. Shepherd got his first "guitar" at the age of three or four, when his grandmother purchased a series of several plastic guitars for him with S&H Green Stamps, which Shepherd has said he would "go through like candy".

Shepherd stated in a 2010 interview that he began playing guitar in earnest at age seven, about six months after meeting and being "pretty mesmerized" by Stevie Ray Vaughan, in June 1984, at one of his father's promoted concerts. His self-taught method employed a process of learning one note at a time, playing and rewinding cassette tapes, utilizing "a cheap Yamaha wanna-be Stratocaster...made out of plywood, basically", learning Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Albert Lee licks from his father's vast music collection

KISS - LOVE HER ALL I CAN (1975)

Album: Dressed To Kill (1975)
I first bought the album "The Originals" in about 1983/1984. I had bought Kiss bubblegum cards during original release in 1978 at age 7 but never knew what they sounded like at that time.

I spent a full year playing every Kiss album in order on a year long Kiss promotion during 1999/2000 at age 28.

Dressed to Kill is the third studio album by American hard rock band Kiss, released in 1975. It was produced by Casablanca Records president Neil Bogart, as the financial situation of the label at the time did not allow the hiring of a professional producer.

Dressed to Kill peaked at #32 on the US charts and was certified Gold by the RIAA on February 28, 1977. "C'mon and Love Me" and "Rock and Roll All Nite" were released as singles. Both failed to rise up the charts until "Rock and Roll All Nite" was released in its live format as a single later that year off their live album Alive! and reached #12 on the singles charts.

"Rock and Roll All Nite" is one of Kiss's most well known songs and remains a permanent staple in the band's concerts. Since 1975, there has not been a single Kiss concert that did not feature "Rock and Roll All Nite". There are several other songs that are still played from Dressed to Kill such as "She", "Rock Bottom" and "C'mon and Love Me".

LADY GAGA - DISCO HEAVEN (2010)

Album: The Fame Monster (2010)

March 25th 2011 - my #10 favorite daily song for 53 days at age 40 while living on Ave M South with Valerie married 3.5 years. Valerie surprised me for tickets to Lady Gaga for Xmas 2010. We saw her in New York on April 24th 2011. My wife bought scalped tickets for about $250 a ticket. We took a $120.00 cab ride from Times Square to the concert which was far south east. We had main floor seats and the show was full of theatrical and unusual performances but was the highlight of the trip for me as I had become such a fan of hers since Bad Romance and Telephone became two of my favorites the year before.

Dance in the Dark" is a song by American recording artist Lady Gaga, from her third EP The Fame Monster. Inspired by Gaga's "Fear of Self Monster", the song deals with the intimate experience between two people alone in a bedroom. According to Gaga, the record is about a girl who likes to have sex with the lights off because she is embarrassed about her body. She explained that she came across such women while working on the MAC AIDS Fund, and that the song is not about freedom, but rather the assurance that Gaga understood their feelings. The song was initially planned to be released after "Telephone", but due to a dispute between Gaga and her record company, "Alejandro" was released instead. It was later released as a digital download and radio-only single

A synthpop and dance-pop song, "Dance in the Dark" contains retro and New Wave music, and begins with a stuttering introduction. It includes a spoken interlude, where Gaga says the names of famous people whose lives ended tragically. The song has received mostly positive reviews from critics. It charted on the lower regions of the UK Singles Chart and Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, while reaching the top-thirty in Australia and the top-ten in Slovak Republic, Hungary and Czech Republic

NATALIE IMBRUGLIA - LEAVE ME ALONE (1997)

Album: Left Of The Middle (1997)

March 20th 1999 - my #2 favorite daily song for 40 days at age 28 while on the road playing country for the past 5.5 years with Marilyn.

Natalie Jane Imbruglia (born 4 February 1975) is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit, "Torn". The subsequent debut album Left of the Middle (1997) sold over 7 million copies worldwide. Further releases, White Lilies Island (2001) and Counting Down the Days (2005), have been unable to match the commercial success of her debut, although the latter did become her first UK #1

Left of the Middle is the first album by Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia. Released in 1997, the album was a worldwide hit. Spurred by the success of lead single "Torn", the album reached number 1 in her home country and the top 10 in both the UK and US. The album went on to secure Imbruglia three Grammy nominations, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the lead single "Torn", and Best New Artist. The album sold over 6 million copies worldwide. The single "Identify" only appears on the Taiwanese edition of the album

NELLY FURTADO - AFRAID (2006)

June 25th 2006 - my #6 favorite daily song for 18 days at age 35 living on Eastview now dating Valerie for 5 months and Nicholas was 9 weeks old. Me and Michelle were both really big Nelly Furtado fans and had seen her perform live at the Juno Awards 2005 in Winnipeg MB.

Loose is the third studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado. It was released in North America on June 20, 2006 by Geffen Records. Timbaland and his then-protégé Danja produced the bulk of the album, which incorporates influences of dance, R&B and hip hop. The album explores the theme of female sexuality and has been described as introspective or even sad in parts.

The album received criticism because of the sexual image Furtado adopted for the recording, as some critics felt it was a ploy to sell more records. Further controversy rose over accusations of plagiarism on Timbaland's part when recordings were leaked onto YouTube. The record was seen generally as critically and commercially successful. It reached high positions on charts across the world, and according to an August 2009 press release, it had sold more than 10 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling album of 2006–2007 and the twenty-second best-selling album of the 2000s.

The album was heavily promoted, released in several editions and supported by the Get Loose Tour, which is the subject of the concert DVD Loose: The Concert. Eight singles were released from the album, including the US number-one singles "Promiscuous" and "Say It Right", which received Grammy Award nominations for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, respectively. Other standout singles include the UK number-one single "Maneater" and the successful song "All Good Things (Come to an End)".

PAUL MAURIAT & ORCHESTRA - LOVE ME PLEASE LOVE ME (1967)

Album: More Mauriat (1967)

My favorite instrumentalist and orchestra ever. I discovered Paul Mauriat age 15 in 1986 with his #1 album Blooming Hits which featured the #1 top 40 hit Love Is Blue. His recordings feature the lushest thick string sections that I love to listen to on any recording. No chart data for original plays pre-1987.

Paul Mauriat (4 March 1925 – 3 November 2006) was a French orchestra leader, conductor of Le Grand Orchestre de Paul Mauriat, who specialized in the easy listening genre. He is best known in the United States for his million selling remake of André Popp's "Love is Blue", which was #1 for 5 weeks in 1968. Other recordings for which he is known include El Bimbo, "Toccata" and "Penelope." During World War II, Mauriat started his own dance band and toured concert halls throughout Europe. In the 1950s he became musical director to at least two well-known French singers, Charles Aznavour and Maurice Chevalier, touring with them respectively

In 1968 his cover of the Andre Popp/Pierre Cour tune “L’Amour Est Bleu” (“Love Is Blue”) became a number 1 hit in the U.S.. The song spent five weeks at the top of the charts. Two other Mauriat singles also made the charts in the U.S - “Love in Every Room” and the title theme from the movie "Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang". “Love Is Blue” was the first instrumental to hit number 1 on the Billboard charts since the Tornados hit with “Telstar” in 1962 and the only American number-one single to be recorded in France. The success of the song and the album on which it appeared, Blooming Hits, established Mauriat as an international recording star. In 1969, Mauriat started his first world tour with his Grand Orchestra, visiting countries like the United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Brazil and other Latin American countries.

ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA - HOOKED ON A SONG (1982)

Album: Hooked On Classics (1982)

Being a huge fan of Stars on 45 this classical instrumental series kept the same format going and with my love for a great beat with great melody and a classical background this is the unique time you will find some classical music make my favorite songs list. My major in University for 4 years was the Double Bass and I studied classical music performing in the Saskatoon Youth Orchestra (1985-1988) and Corelli Strings (1990-1992).

Hooked on Classics was a series of record albums first introduced in 1981, toward the end of the disco era's peak in popularity. The series was disliked by many classical music purists, not least because of the background beat, but had the positive effect or reviving interest in classical music among a new generation. However, interest and sales waned after the initial album. Louis Clark, former arranger for Electric Light Orchestra, conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra playing a collection of very recognizable extracts from classical music pieces played over a continuous beat (sometimes an overtly disco fast beat, sometimes a slower and more subtle rhythm, always produced by a LinnDrum) that linked the segments together.

Hooked On A Song - 5:11
- Votre Toast / Bizet
- Funiculi Funicula / Denza
- Tarantella Napolitana / Rossini
- Polovtsian Dances / Borodin
- Dance of the Hours / Ponchielli
- Habanera / Bizet
- Neapolitan Serenade / Di Capua
- Aria / Puccini
- Verdi La Fosche / Verdi
- Votre Toast / Bizet

JOHN LENNON - I FOUND OUT (1970)

Album: Plastic Ono Band (1970)

I might have bought this album as early as 1981 at age 10 in Grade 5 as I think it was likely one of the first albums by John that I purchased.

I Found Out" is a song by the English musician John Lennon from his 1970 album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.

The song is angry and intensely bitter, expressing Lennon's disillusionment with a world dominated by what he saw as false religion and idols. In common with another theme on the album, the song is also critical of Lennon's former band The Beatles. During the late 1960s, bandmate George Harrison became interested in Eastern mysticism; Lennon dismisses Harrison's beloved gurus and Hare Krishna mantra as "pie in the sky, and refers to "religion from Jesus to Paul"

The instrumentation, style, and production of the song are typical of Lennon's Plastic Ono Band era work. The song features a low, rumbling tremolo guitar, thumping drums, a rolling, minimal bass guitar line, and a scathing vocal delivery. The recording is bare-bones, in stark contrast to the heavy production of Lennon's later albums. It is influenced more heavily by blues music than other songs on Plastic Ono Band

KISS - I WANT YOU (1976)

Album: Rock And Roll Over (1976)

I dont remember when I first got this album but I think it was used but likely 1984 at the earliest. I had bought Kiss bubblegum cards during original release in 1978 at age 7 but never knew what they sounded like at that time. My best friend Zender, my sister Leslie and I all had our pictures taken together about 1979 where we all did our own Kiss makeup when I was 8.

I spent a full year playing every Kiss album in order on a year long Kiss promotion during 1999/2000 at age 28.

Rock and Roll Over is the fifth studio album by Kiss. The album was recorded at the Star Theatre, and in order to get the proper drum sound, Peter Criss recorded the drum tracks in a bathroom, communicating via video-link with the rest of the band. Criss's vocals are featured on the tracks "Baby Driver" and "Hard Luck Woman". Paul Stanley, who originally wanted the latter song to be sung by Rod Stewart, gave it to Criss, after Gene Simmons insisted Criss sing the song instead.

Although "Hard Luck Woman" did not equal the success of "Beth", it did become another Top 20 single for the group. "Calling Dr. Love" would go on to become a concert staple, being played on just about every tour since the album's release. The cover artwork was created by artist Michael Doret who worked with Kiss again on their 2009 album Sonic Boom

The album peaked at #11 on the Billboard pop albums chart and was certified Platinum on January 5, 1977

TERRY HOKNES - NOTHING OLD WILL LAST (2005) Opus #1100 ??

As the new century began a new chapter in songwriting where the focus was more on recording polished songs but writing way less and very sporadic. I had written 500 songs by the age of 19 and had hit 1000 songs by the age of 25. But since then I can go over a year at a time without writing a song but really focusing in most cases on a more commercial type of polished song however I still venture into all possible genres. I continue to play and sing every part on all my songs and recordings.

I hired Neil Meckelborg of Audio Art to record my songs in 2001. We started out recording a full album at their location downtown behind the Bus depot but eventually worked on recordings at Neil's private studio. In total we recorded 3 full albums of material of my songs and a full length album of songs I wrote with Marilyn Parney that I produced. Neil and I also worked on a Trooper hit song karaoke CD in 2001. I spent 18 months recording with Neil and over 40 songs and over $10,000.00 in studio bills I paid at that time to record the best quality audio ever on my songs. Neil had used Sonar Cakewalk so I learned how to use it and have used that now for a decade in my own studio.

Watch the music video at this link :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxKwyXzCXG8

ROY WOOD - ON TOP OF THE WORLD (1987)

Album: Starting Up (1987)

November 1992 - age 31 living in Dalmeny, SK with Marilyn now selling on ebay for 4.5 years

SHOCKING BLUE - HOT SAND (1969)

May 28th 1989 - my #3 favorite daily song for 2 days at age 18 taking extra highschool classes the year after graduating at Nutana. Our family business Walters Cycle Co was having its closing out sale throughout the summer.

Shocking Blue was a Dutch rock band from The Hague, the Netherlands, formed in 1967. Their biggest hit, "Venus", went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1970, and the band had sold 13.5 million discs by 1973, but the group disbanded in 1974.

Shocking Blue was founded in 1967 by Robbie van Leeuwen. The group had a minor hit in 1968 with "Lucy Brown is Back in Town". After Mariska Veres took over the vocals, the group charted a world-wide hit with the song "Venus", which reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in February 1970. Initially the disc was a big hit in the Netherlands, where it reached #3 in the summer of 1969. It subsequently sold 350,000 copies in Germany, and topped the U.S. chart for three weeks, becoming the Netherlands' first American #1 hit. It sold over one million copies there by January 1970, and received a gold disc awarded by the Recording Industry Association of America. Global sales exceeded five million copies. The song was based on “The Banjo Song” (1963) by The Big Three.

SHANIA TWAIN - I'M JEALOUS (2002)

Album: Up (2002)

I became a fan of Shania from the day she released her first country single in Canada in Summer 1993 when I was 22. When she hit superstardom in 1995 I became a Shania fanatic for the next 10 years. Eventually I had 10 T-shirts and a poster shrine in my office at Eastview and had 3 copies each of all her CD's. I have seen her live in concert 5 times including: Canadian Country Music Awards Calgary 1998 and all 4 shows she did in Saskatoon, SK at SaskPlace on June 4th 1998 (her 3rd live show ever!), March 29th 1999, June 9th 2004 and June 11th 2004 (I had front row seat). She released her 4th CD Up on November 18th 2002 and I bought 62 copies at A&B Warehouse the day it came out as pre-sells that I sold on ebay. Performing on the road with Marilyn we listened to the Up CD everyday on the road for 10 months.

Up! is the fourth studio album released in 2002 by Canadian singer Shania Twain. Three versions of the album were released: a pop version (red disc), a country version (green disc), and an international version (blue disc) in the style of Indian music; all three discs contain exactly the same track listing and feature distinctly identifiable picture labels (for example, Shania sports a cowboy hat on the green country disc.) In the U.S., Up! debuted at #1 with sales of 874,000 copies. On September 23, 2004, the RIAA certified Up! at 11× Platinum, giving her the distinction of being the only female artist to have three consecutive Diamond albums released in the United States. As of 2011, Up! has sold 5.5 million copies in the U.S and 20 million copies worldwide.

SLADE - COZ I LUV YOU (1971)

I first heard Slade's early hits when I got the record compilation Slade's Greatest in 1984 at age 13 after they made a breakthrough at that time in North America.

June 26th 2007 - my #7 favorite daily song for 24 days at age 36 living at Eastview when I proposed to Valerie.

Coz I Luv You" is a song by Slade, written by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea and produced by Chas Chandler. It was the band's second hit single in the UK and the first of six number one singles. It was released on 30/10/1971 and was last seen on the charts on 05/02/1972 at #44. According to Noddy Holder's autobiography the single sold half a million copies in only two weeks.

Typical of Slade's brash, stomping glam style, it prominently featured Jim Lea's electric violin and quickly reached number one on the UK singles chart, where it stayed for four weeks in November 1971. Originally, the first week of being released, the single hit #26, followed by #8 the next week and #1 the following after. The single was #1 for 4 weeks and stayed at #3 for 3 weeks after.

The song had no promotional video created but the song was performed on numerous TV shows, both in the UK and throughout Europe. Another form of promotion was the band's live performances.

The song was performed on the UK show Top of the Pops, whilst the song was included as part of the band's Set of Six performance on UK Granada Television in 1972 featured a similar set to the Slade Alive! album. The song was performed on the Belgian TV show Popshop in 1971, the German TV shows Disco and Beat Club, both in 1971, and the Dutch show Popgala in 1973.

SISTER JANET MEAD - WITH YOU I AM (1974)

Album: With You I Am (1974)

January 19th 1992 - my #2 favorite daily song for 3 days at age 21 in 3rd year University.

Janet Mead (born 1938, Adelaide, South Australia) is a Roman Catholic nun and is best known for recording a rock version of "The Lord's Prayer". The surprise hit reached #3 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report) in 1974 and #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in that same year. The single earned her a Grammy Award nomination and Golden Gospel Award in 2004. Mead became the second woman to have a top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart while serving as a nun. Sister Luc-Gabrielle, also known as Sœur Sourire and The Singing Nun, had a #1 pop hit in 1963 with "Dominique."

Mead formed a rock band simply called The Rock Band when she was 17 to provide music for the weekly mass at her local church. She studied piano at the Adelaide Conservatorium before joining the Sisters of Mercy order and became a music teacher at two local Catholic schools. She began to explore the "rock mass" concept in the early 1970s, desiring to make the Catholic mass more interesting and accessible for her students. This led to a successful series of "rock masses" that she conducted at Adelaide Cathedral. Festival asked her to record a cover of the Donovan song "Brother Sun, Sister Moon" which had been written for the soundtrack of the Franco Zeffirelli film of the same name, but Martin Erdman wanted to record a rock arrangement of "The Lord's Prayer" to serve as the B-side, and so a one-hit wonder was born. The single became the first Australian recording to sell over one million copies in the U.S.A., earning a Gold Award for Sister Janet and Martin Erdman. Sister Janet donated her share of the royalties to charity while Festival Records used their portion of the proceeds to refit one of their studios. The phenomenal success of the single led to the recording of an album. It was With You I Am, which hit #19 in July 1974. Her second album, A Rock Mass, was a complete recording of one of her now famous rock masses. Sister Janet slipped onto the U.S. charts once more with the follow-up single "Take My Hand", but never approached the immense success of her debut