Mecca (song)
Appearance
"Mecca" | ||||
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Single by Gene Pitney | ||||
from the album Gene Pitney Sings Just for You | ||||
B-side | "Teardrop by Teardrop" | |||
Released | March 1963 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:18 | |||
Label | Musicor | |||
Songwriter(s) | Neval Nader, John Gluck Jr. | |||
Producer(s) | Jerry Ragavoy | |||
Gene Pitney singles chronology | ||||
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"Mecca" is a 1963 song which was a hit for Gene Pitney. It was the first release and greatest hit from his LP, Gene Pitney Sings Just for You.
Lyrics
The song starts with "I live on the West side, She lives on the East side Of the street."[1]
Charts
In the U.S., "Mecca" peaked at #12 on the pop chart[2] and #4 Easy Listening.[3] It was a bigger hit in Australia, where it peaked at #7, and in Canada where it reached #2. The B-side, "Teardrop by Teardrop," charted at #130 on the Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart.
Chart history
Chart (1963) | Peak position |
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Australia - Music Maker | 7 |
Canada - CHUM | 2 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] | 12 |
U.S. Billboard - Middle-Road Singles[5] | 4 |
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 | 13 |
References
- ^ The New Yorker Volume 41, Part 1 - Page 78 "Then, a few years later (in a kind of pulsating weeper click with Casbah undertones), the urban East-West axis came under consideration, with Gene Pitney's “Mecca”: I live on the West side, She lives on the East side of the street."
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 493.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 189.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 189.