"I Can't Let Maggie Go" is a song by the British pop group

Honeybus Honeybus were a 1960s pop group formed in April 1967, in London. They are best known for their 1968 UK top 10 hit single, " I Can't Let Maggie Go", written by group member Pete Dello who also composed their previous single "(Do I Figure) In ...

from early 1968. Written by band member

Pete Dello Pete Dello (born Peter Blumsom, 26 May 1942, Oxford, England) is a 1960s and 1970s singer-songwriter and later a music teacher. Career Dello started his career as a musician in the skiffle era of the 1950s and was a founding member of the rock ...

, it was released as a non-album single. The song became an international Top 20 hit, reaching number 13 in New Zealand and number 11 in Ireland. It did best in their native United Kingdom, where it reached number eight in the UK Singles Chart.

Chart history

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Later uses

"I Can't Let Maggie Go" was included on the group's later compilation LPs, ''Honeybus at Their Best'' and ''Old Masters Hidden Treasures''. In the 1970s, the song was used as a TV commercial jingle for " Nimble", a bread produced for slimmers.

Cover versions

The song was also a top 10 hit in

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

, with a 1968 version made by

Equipe 84 Equipe 84 () were an Italian beat band formed in 1964 in Modena. The name was originally suggested by a friend of the band, Pier Farri. ''Equipe'' was thought to be a word that would resonate more easily outside of their home country, and thoug ...

, entitled "Un angelo blu" ("A blue angel"). and by The Shinings. A 1969 cover by The Birds reached number 4 in Perth, Australia. "I Can't Let Maggie Go" has been covered by J. Vincent Edwards in 1974, as well as by the Sideburns in 1993.

David Essex David Essex (born David Albert Cook; 23 July 1947) is an English singer-songwriter and actor. From 1973 to 1994, he attained 19 Top 40 singles in the UK (including two number ones) and 16 Top 40 albums. Internationally, Essex had the most suc ...

included his own version on the 2005

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, ''The Complete Collection''.

References

External links

Lyrics of this song
* 1968 songs 1968 singles Decca Records singles {{1960s-song-stub