"Lady Willpower" is a song written by

Jerry Fuller Jerrell Lee Fuller (November 19, 1938 – July 18, 2024) was an American songwriter, singer, and record producer, best known for writing several hit songs in the 1960s. Fuller toured as a featured singer with The Champs before leaving to serve i ...

and recorded by

Gary Puckett & The Union Gap Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (initially credited as The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett) was an American pop rock group active in the late 1960s. The group, formed by Gary Puckett, Gary "Mutha" Withem, Dwight Bement, Kerry Chater and Paul Whea ...

for their 1968 album ''

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''. The single was awarded a million-selling

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from the

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Chart performance

In the U.S., the song ranked among ''Cashbox''s Top 100 singles of 1968, where it hit the No. 1 position the week ending August 3, 1968. "Lady Willpower" reached No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1968 (behind "

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" by

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). and reached No. 26 on the

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chart. The song was the No. 34 song on the ''Billboard'' Year-End Hot 100 singles in 1968. "Lady Willpower" reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart in 1968. The song also peaked at #4 on the Kent Music Report (KMR) Chart in Australia, spending 16 weeks on the KMR Top-100 after entering the chart on 22 June 1968.

Other versions

Morrissey Steven Patrick Morrissey ( ; born 22 May 1959), known :wikt:mononym, mononymously as Morrissey, is an English singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the frontman and lyricist of rock band the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 198 ...

recorded his version of the song and included it on his 2019 album, ''

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''.

References

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