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Outsider (Cliff Richard song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Outsider'" is a song by Cliff Richard with backing by Norrie Paramor and His Orchestra, released on Richard's fourth studio album '21 Today'.
Background and release
Songwriters Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett were commissioned by music publisher Cyril Simons to write three songs for the film 'The Young Ones'. These were "The Young Ones", "Outsider" and one they had already written "When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart". "Outsider" was recorded, but it was decided not to be used in the film as "nobody was 100 per cent sold on it". Instead, it was included on Richard's fourth studio album '21 Today', released in October 1961.
"Outsider" was released as a single in several countries. It was first released in South Africa with the B-side "Y'Arriva" in January 1962, entering the charts at number 7, before peaking at number 1 several weeks later. It was then released in India with the B-side a cover of the standard "Blue Moon", peaking at number 2 in March 1962. It was lastly released in Australia in November 1962 also with the B-side "Blue Moon", peaking at number 22 according David Kent's retrospective chart.
Track listing
'7" (South Africa)'
# "Outsider" 2:37
# "Y'Arriva" 3:37
'7" (Australia and India)'
# "Outsider" 2:37
# "Blue Moon" 3:25
Personnel
* Cliff Richard vocals
* Norrie Paramor Orchestra all instrumentation
* Mike Sammes Singers backing vocals
Charts
References
Category:Cliff Richard songs
Category:1962 singles
Category:Songs written by Sid Tepper
Category:Songs written by Roy C. Bennett
Category:Columbia Graphophone Company singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Norrie Paramor
Category:1961 songs
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