"The Next Time" backed with "Bachelor Boy" was the first of three number one hit singles from the

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, '' Summer Holiday''. Both sides were marketed as songs with chart potential, and the release is viewed retroactively as a

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single. However, technically double A-sides were not regarded as such until 1965, so "The Next Time" was pressed as the A-side, with "

Bachelor Boy "Bachelor Boy" is a song by Cliff Richard and the Shadows, written by Richard and Bruce Welch (from the Shadows). It became a hit when it was released as the B-side of Richard's single " The Next Time". Both sides of the single were regarded as hav ...

" the B-side (written by

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and

). The song was succeeded at

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' " Dance On!". The recording of the song took place at

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on 10 May 1962. It was produced by

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and engineered by Malcolm Addey. The single spent three weeks at No. 1 in the

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in January 1963. The song was included on the January 1963 album '' Summer Holiday''. The film was the most successful

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attraction of the year.

Chart performance

The single is retroactively referred to as a

because both sides of the single were promoted. In many countries, "Bachelor Boy" became the bigger hit and the charts listed it first or on its own. In some countries both songs were listed separately on the charts despite them being the same record.

The Next Time

Bachelor Boy

Notes: * Not all New Zealand chart weeks were published in Billboard. The record may have charted higher. * In Canada, the week "Bachelor Boy" peaked at number 2, Richard's " Summer Holiday" was at number 1. * In the UK, although the single peaked at number 1 in the ''

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'' singles chart that was later accepted as the retrospective official chart for the period, the competing '' NME'' singles chart listed the two tracks separately with "The Next Time" peaking at number 1 and "Bachelor Boy" peaking at number 3.

Other versions

The singer Richard Anthony made a French version entitled "Après toi".

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did an

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version on ''Hank Plays Cliff'' (1995).

References

External links

Cliff Richard singles
1962 singles Cliff Richard songs Songs from musicals UK Singles Chart number-one singles Songs with lyrics by Buddy Kaye 1962 songs Parlophone singles Song recordings produced by Norrie Paramor Songs with lyrics by Philip Springer {{1960s-single-stub