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Hello World (Tremeloes song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Hello World'" is a song written by Tony Hazzard. It was recorded and released as a single by the Tremeloes in March 1969 and peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart.
Hazzard wrote the song at the suggestion of his publisher for the Eurovision Song Contest 1969. He conceived "Hello World" as an "obvious title" and intended it for Cliff Richard, who recorded Britain's entry "Congratulations" for the 1968 contest. The song was rejected in the first round by the Music Publishers Association. It was one of three songs rejected for that year's contest that ultimately became hit singles, the others being Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway and Jerry Lordan's "Good Times (Better Times)" (a number 12 hit for Cliff Richard) and Geoff Stephens and John Carter's "My Sentimental Friend" (a number 2 hit for Herman's Hermits).
The Tremeloes recorded the song as they were fans of Hazzard's previous hit songs. It peaked at number 14 on 22 April 1969, returning the band to the UK top twenty after the relative failure of the previous single, a recording of Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released" that peaked at number 29 in December 1968. In an April 1969 edition of Record Mirror, bandmember Alan Blakley revealed he didn't want it to be released, saying "I didn't expect "Hello World" to be even a top twenty hit, I didn't really like it. "I Shall Be Released", on the other hand, was not a commercial proposition, but it was a worthwhile record and was better than the things we usually do".
The band received some criticism for a perceived retreat to more commercial territory following the disappointing performance of "I Shall Be Released". Philip Crawley of the 'Newcastle Journal' suggested they had reverted "to the lowest common denominator of pop" while Tony Barrow, writing under his pseudonym Disker in the 'Liverpool Echo', said the band were "back in the usual happy-go-lucky rut". Reviewing the single in the 'Daily Mirror', Don Short characterised it as "pleasant, but not as startling as the Tremeloes can be". Geoffrey Elliot of the 'Coventry Evening Telegraph' criticised the song as having "none of the verve of their earlier hits" and considered its changes in tempo "more annoying than arresting". The band promoted the single with appearances on 'Top of the Pops' and 'The Basil Brush Show'.
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Category:1969 singles
Category:Songs written by Tony Hazzard
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