To Sir With Love (song)

"To Sir, with Love"
Single by Lulu
from the album To Sir, with Love
B-side	"It's Getting Harder All the Time" (The Mindbenders)
Released	1967
Format	7" single
Genre	Pop
Length	2:47
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Don Black, Mark London
Producer	Mickie Most

"To Sir, with Love" is the theme from the 1967 film To Sir, with Love. The song was written by Don Black and Mark London, husband of Lulu's longtime manager Marion Massey.

"To Sir, with Love" was initially recorded by Lulu (with The Mindbenders, who also acted in the film). Her single was released in 1967 and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, remaining in the top position for five weeks and earning the number one position for the entire year. The song makes notable use of melisma.

In Lulu's native UK, the song was never released in its own right, instead appearing as the B-side to the 1967 #11 hit "Let's Pretend."

Tina Arena version

"To Sir with Love"
Single by Tina Arena
from the album Songs of Love & Loss
Released	November 24, 2007 (2007-11-24)
Format	Paid download
Recorded	2007 in London
Genre	Pop
Length	3:38
Label	EMI
Producer	Duck Blackwell, Paul Guardiani
Tina Arena singles chronology
"Entends-tu le monde?" (2007) "To Sir with Love" (2007) "L’un pour l’autre" (2008)

Australian singer Tina Arena released her version of the song as the first single from her 2007 album Songs of Love & Loss.

Other cover versions

• Vicki Sue Robinson covered the song in 1983.
• Trash Can Sinatras covered the song in 1996 on the album A Happy Pocket.
• New Zealand songstress Ngaire had covered the song in 1991, resulting in a NZ no. 1 hit
• The song was performed by 10,000 Maniacs with Michael Stipe at the MTV inaugural ball for Bill Clinton in 1993.
• Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles recorded a version in 1997 and included it as an uncredited bonus track on her self-titled CD.
• Soul Asylum recorded a live version in 1997 and included it on the album After the Flood: Live from the Grand Forks Prom, June 28, 1997
• Canadian singer-songwriter Jann Arden included a cover of "To Sir With Love" on her 1997 album Happy?.
• American musical comedy-drama television series Glee, produced by Fox, covered the song in season 1 episode 22 (original air date June 8, 2010).

Preceded by "The Letter" by Box Tops	Billboard Hot 100 number one single by Lulu October 21 1967 (five weeks)	Succeeded by "Incense and Peppermints" by Strawberry Alarm Clock
Preceded by "Ballad of the Green Berets" by Barry Sadler	Billboard Hot 100 Number one single of the year 1967	Succeeded by "Hey Jude" by The Beatles