She'd Rather Be with Me

"She'd Rather Be with Me"
Single by The Turtles
from the album Happy Together
B-side "The Walking Song"
Released 1967
Format Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Genre Sunshine pop
Length 2:17
Label White Whale
Writer(s) Garry Bonner, Alan Gordon
Producer(s) Joe Wissert
The Turtles singles chronology
"Happy Together"
(1967)
"She'd Rather Be with Me"
(1967)
"Guide for the Married Man"
(1967)

"She'd Rather Be with Me" is a song released by The Turtles in 1967. The song spent 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 3,[1] while reaching No. 1 on Canada's "RPM 100",[2] No. 1 in South Africa,[3] No. 2 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,[4] No. 3 in Denmark,[5] and No. 3 in Ireland.[6][7] The song also spent 15 weeks on the UK's Record Retailer chart, peaking at No. 4, making it The Turtles' biggest hit in the United Kingdom.[8]

Chart performance

Chart (1967) Peak
position
Canada - RPM 100 1
South Africa - Springbok Radio[3] 1
Canada - CHUM Hit Parade 2
US Billboard Hot 100 3
Denmark - Danmarks Radio[5] 3
Ireland 3
UK - Record Retailer 4
Australia - Modern Melbourne[9] 4
New Zealand Listener[10] 8
Switzerland - Pop Redaktion[5] 10
Flemish Belgium[11] 13
Netherlands[12] 15
Australia - Go-Set[13] 21
Germany[14] 23

References

  1. The Turtles - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed May 19, 2016
  2. "R.P.M. 100", RPM Weekly, Volume 7, No. 17, June 24, 1967. Accessed May 19, 2016
  3. 1 2 "Billboard Hits of the World", Billboard, October 7, 1967. p. 68. Accessed May 20, 2016.
  4. CHUM Hit Parade – Week of Monday, June 12, 1967 at the Wayback Machine (archived November 7, 2006). Chart No. 539. CHUM. Accessed May 19, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 "Billboard Hits of the World", Billboard, September 9, 1967. p. 62. Accessed May 20, 2016.
  6. "Billboard Hits of the World", Billboard, August 26, 1967. p. 57. Accessed May 20, 2016.
  7. "Song Title search results for 'She'd Rather Be with Me'". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  8. Turtles - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed May 19, 2016
  9. "Billboard Hits of the World", Billboard, August 19, 1967. p. 59. Accessed May 20, 2016.
  10. "NZ Listener charts", Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed May 20, 2016
  11. The Turtles - She'd Rather Be with Me, Ultratop. Retrieved May 19, 2016
  12. The Turtles - She'd Rather Be with Me, Dutch Charts. Retrieved May 19, 2016
  13. Ed Nimmervoll, "GO-SET National Top 40", August 2, 1967. Accessed May 19, 2016
  14. The Turtles - She'd Rather Be with Me, norwegiancharts.com. Accessed May 19, 2016


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