Hair (song)
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"Hair" is the title song to the 1968 musical Hair, as well as the 1979 film version of the musical.
The song was a major hit single for The Cowsills in 1969 and their most successful single. Their version spent two weeks at #1 on the Cash Box Top 100 and reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached #1 on the RPM Canadian Singles Chart.
The song was also covered in Australia in 1969 and released as a single by Doug Parkinson in Focus (b-side with "Without You") and was a top ten hit for him there that year.
A version by Dutch rock band Zen reached the top of the Dutch Top 40 in January 1969.[1]
[edit] Appearances in media
- On The Simpsons episode, "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious", the song is played in the background as Marge's hair starts to fall out from stress.
- The song was used in a mash-up with Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love" in the Glee episode, "Hairography".
| Preceded by "Eloise" by Barry Ryan[2] |
Dutch Top 40 number-one single (Zen version) January 4, 1969 |
Succeeded by "Ain't Got No, I Got Life" by Nina Simone[3] |
| Preceded by "You've Made Me So Very Happy" by Blood, Sweat & Tears |
RPM Canadian Singles Chart number-one single (The Cowsills version) May 12, 1969 |
Succeeded by "Get Back" by The Beatles |
[edit] References
- Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (6th ed. 1996), p. 148.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 1, 1969 (Dutch)". http://www.top40.nl/index.aspx?week=1&jaar=1969. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 49, 1968 (Dutch)". http://www.top40.nl/index.aspx?week=49&jaar=1968. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 4, 1969 (Dutch)". http://www.top40.nl/index.aspx?week=4&jaar=1969. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
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