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Kites Are Fun is the first album by The Free Design, released in 1967. The group was signed to the Project 3 label after a demo recording that was completed with the assistance of the band's father. [3] The tracks are composed of precise instrumental arrangements with high ranges in complex vocal harmonies. [4]
"Kites Are Fun" cracked the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart (an extension of the Hot 100) at number 114 at the end of 1967, [4] as well as number 33 on the adult contemporary chart, [5] becoming the group's only charting song.
Their first few singles, including "I See The Light" (1966), failed to chart, then in October 1967, the group's management and their record label decided to try moving Simon Dupree and the Big Sound in the direction of psychedelia. They broke through at the end of 1967 with the psychedelic "Kites", a Top 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart. [2]
"Kites" is a ballad written by Hal Hackady and Lee Pockriss. It was first recorded by American country folk-singing trio the Rooftop Singers as their last single in 1967. [1] The song then became a hit for British psychedelic band Simon Dupree and the Big Sound, a group of the Shulman brothers, who went on to form the progressive rock band ...
Gravitonas' debut single Kites [5] was released in April 2010 and spent four consecutive months in the Top 10 of the Swedish Dance Chart. The release featured remixes by a number of Scandinavia's leading electronic acts such as Dada Life and SoundFactory.
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twelvefour debuted at number 8 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart on 5 September 2015. [12] The band embarked on a tour of Australia from 16 October to 8 November 2015 in support of the album. [13] They then toured the United States and Canada across November and December 2015, [11] and Europe in January and February 2016.