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1972 single by The Osmonds
"Down by the Lazy River " is a song written by Alan Osmond and Merrill Osmond and performed by The Osmonds , released on January 15, 1972. It reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 4, 1972, and spent two weeks at No. 3 on the Cash Box Top 100.[1] It also reached No. 40 on the UK Singles Chart in 1972.[2] The song reached No. 1 for two weeks in both the Netherlands [3] and Canada , and appeared on the band's 1972 album, "Phase III ".[4] It was certified Gold by the RIAA on March 24, 1972.
It was produced by Alan Osmond and Michael Lloyd [5] and ranked No. 36 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1972.[6] Cash Box had it at No. 30 for the year.[7]
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Chart (1972)
Rank
Canada [11]
50
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [12]
36
U.S. Cash Box [7]
30
Certifications
Country
Certification
Sales
United States
Gold
1,000,000
Cover versions
1973 - The Barron Knights , on the album Barron Knights[13]
1974 - Society of Seven [14]
2002 - Montezuma's Revenge [14]
2002 - Wonderboy, on the compilation album Right to Chews - Bubblegum Classics Revisited[14]
2007 - Rytterne Röj, a Swedish band[14]
References
^ a b "Top 100 1972-03-11" . Cashbox Magazine . Retrieved 2015-01-30 .
^ The Osmonds, "Down by the Lazy River" Chart Positions Musicvf.com, Retrieved February 14, 2014
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 12, 1973" . Top40.nl . Retrieved February 14, 2014 .
^ The Osmonds, Phase-III Discogs.com, Retrieved February 14, 2014
^ The Osmonds, "Down by the Lazy River" single release 45cat.com, Retrieved February 14, 2014
^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1972" . Longboredsurfer.com . Archived from the original on February 16, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2014 .
^ a b "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1972" . Cashbox Magazine . Retrieved 2015-01-03 .
^ "RPM100 Singles" (PDF) . RPM . 18 March 1972. Retrieved 12 April 2020 .
^ "Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70" (in French). InfoDisc. 1972-03-16. Retrieved 22 December 2019 .
^ https://www.top40.nl/the-osmonds/the-osmonds-down-by-the-lazy-river-6065
^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2013-07-12 .{{cite web }}
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^ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972" . Musicoutfitters.com . Archived from the original on 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
^ "The Barron Knights - Barron Knights" . Second Hand Songs . Retrieved 2017-09-02 .
^ a b c d "Cover Versions of Down by the Lazy River" . Second Hand Songs . Retrieved 2017-09-02 .
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