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"Gambling Man"
Single by The Overtones
from the album Good Ol' Fashioned Love
Released8 October 2010
Recorded2010
Genre
Length3:13
LabelWarner Music Group
Songwriter(s)
  • Lachie Chapman
  • Mike Crawshaw
  • Darren Everest
  • Mark Franks
  • Timmy Matley
  • Nick Southwood
Producer(s)Nick Southwood
The Overtones singles chronology
"Gambling Man"
(2010)
"The Longest Time"
(2011)

"Gambling Man" is the first single from five-piece British-Irish doo-wop boy band The Overtones to be released from their debut album, Good Ol' Fashioned Love. The single was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 8 October 2010.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Gambling Man" was first released onto YouTube on 27 September 2010; at a total length of three minutes and thirty-three seconds.[1] The Video also featured British actor Mel Mills as "Mr Big" in a rare video appearance along with his private vehicle, a 30 year old Jaguar XJS 5.3 H.E V12 hand built by Paul Banham.[2]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Gambling Man"3:13

Chart performance

Chart (2011-2012) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 32
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[4] 90
Germany (GfK)[5] 16
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] 38
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[7] 82

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 8 October 2010[8] Digital Download Warner Music Group
20 May 2011[9]

References

  1. ^ Gambling Man YouTube
  2. ^ "Mel Mills - Contact Info, Agent, Manager | IMDbPro".
  3. ^ "The Overtones – Gambling Man" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  4. ^ "The Overtones – Gambling Man" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  5. ^ "The Overtones – Gambling Man" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  6. ^ "The Overtones – Gambling Man". Swiss Singles Chart.
  7. ^ "The Official Charts Company – Overtones – Gambling Man". Official Charts Company.
  8. ^ Gambling Man - Overtones www.amazon.co.uk/
  9. ^ Gambling Man - Single by The Overtones iTunes