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"Friday on My Mind" is a 1966 song by Australian rock group the Easybeats. Written by band members George Young and Harry Vanda, [5] the track became a worldwide hit, reaching No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 1967 in the US, No. 1 on the Dutch Top 40 chart, [6] No. 1 in Australia and No. 6 on the UK singles chart, as well as charting in several other countries.
Like Good Friday, due to contract issues between United Artists Records and Albert Productions, the album was not released in the band's native Australia at the time. [1] Friday On My Mind was later released in Australia in 1970 on the budget World Record Club label. The Australian release featured new artwork, which was a drawing of the group ...
On 17 March 1967, United Artists released the follow-up single to "Friday on My Mind"; "Who'll Be The One". The single was a commercial failure and did not make the UK charts (although it was No. 14 in Australia). The band was against releasing the single to begin with, as they felt it was not a strong enough track to follow "Friday on My Mind".
The songs "Friday on My Mind", "Made My Bed, Gonna Lie in It" and "Pretty Girl" were released on the greatest hits package The Best of The Easybeats + Pretty Girl (released to cash-in on the band's 1967 homecoming tour), while other left over songs would appear on various EP's. [2]
Friday on My Mind: Released: 1985; Label: Fan Club (FC 014) ... Friday on My Mind: Released: August 1967; Label: Parlophone (GEPO 70041) Format: Vinyl — Pretty Girl:
"Made My Bed : Gonna Lie In It" (from Good Friday (UK) & Friday On My Mind (US), 1967) Young: 2:28: 6. "Friday On My Mind" (from Good Friday (UK) & Friday On My Mind (US), 1967) Vanda, Young: 2:10: 7. "Pretty Girl" (from Good Friday (UK) & Friday On My Mind (US), 1967) Vanda, Young: 2:32: 8. "Remember Sam" (from Good Friday (UK) & Friday On My ...
They travelled to the UK on 10 July 1966 where "Friday on My Mind" was produced by Shel Talmy in November. [ 4 ] [ 15 ] In 1967 they toured Europe with the Rolling Stones, Australia in May 1967 and the USA in August with Gene Pitney. [ 8 ]
After the success of the band's single "Friday On My Mind" in the U.K., The Easybeats continued work with the single's producer Shel Talmy on a debut album for their international label United Artists Records. The finished album, titled Good Friday, was released in Europe in May 1967. However, due to contract issues, no album of the new ...