It's Five O'Clock (song)
"It's Five O'Clock" | |
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Single by Aphrodite's Child | |
from the album It's Five O'clock | |
Released | 1969 (promo), 1970 |
Label | Mercury |
Composer(s) | Evangelos Papathanassiou |
Lyricist(s) | Richard Francis |
"It's Five O'clock" is a song by the Greek band Aphrodite's Child from their 1969 studio album It's Five O'Clock. It was also released as a single, in February 1970, on Mercury Records.
The song was written by Evangelos Papathanassiou and Richard Julian Francis.[1] The song reached no. 6 in Switzerland and no. 11 in the Netherlands.[1] Italian singer Milva in 1981 released a German-language version titled "Kennst du das auch?" and a French-language version titled "Le drapeau de l'humanité".
A new studio version by ex-Aphrodite's Child vocalist Demis Roussos was included on his 1987 album The Demis Roussos Story on the label BR Music . The recording was also released as a single from that album (in 1987 on BR Music).[2]
Track listings
7" single Mercury 6033 001 (1969, Greece)
7" single Mercury 132 508 MCF (1970, Germany, Netherlands, France, Belgium)
7" single Polydor 56791 (1970, UK)
7" single Mercury 132 508 MCY (1970, Italy)
7" single Mercury 51 32 508 (1970, Spain)
7" single RTB S 53592 MER (1972, Yugoslavia)
- A. "It's Five O'Clock" (3:28)
- B. "Funky Mary" (4:11)[1]
7" EP Mercury 26 017 MCE (1970, Portugal)
- "It's Five O'Clock" (3:20)
- "Good Time So Fine" (2:44)
- "Take Your Time" (2:30)
- "Annabella" (3:20)[1]
7" single Philips 6060 320 (1982, Belgium)
- A. "It's Five O'Clock" (3:29)
- B. "I Want to Live" (3:51)[1]
Charts
Chart (1970) | Peak position |
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Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[3] | 1 |
Italy (FIMI)[4] | 1 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] | 6 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] | 11 |
France (SNEP)[7] | 1 |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[8] | 22 |
Chart (2015) |
Peak position |
France (SNEP)[7] | 177 |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "spanishcharts.com - Aphrodite's Child - It's Five O'Clock". Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- ^ "Demis Roussos - It's Five O'clock (Vinyl) at Discogs". Retrieved 2017-10-28.
- ^ "Jean-Michel Jarre – Oxygène IV" (in French). Ultratop 50.
- ^ "Aphrodite's Child – It's Five O'Clock". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- ^ "Aphrodite's Child – It's Five O'Clock". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- ^ "Aphrodite's Child – It's Five O'Clock" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- ^ a b "Aphrodite's Child – It's Five O'Clock" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- ^ "Aphrodite's Child – It's Five O'Clock" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved 2022-08-02.