Paloma Blanca

{{Short description|1975 single by George Baker Selection}}

{{Confused|Palomita Blanca|Blanca Paloma}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Paloma Blanca

| cover = Paloma_Blanca_-_George_Baker_Selection.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = George Baker Selection

| album = Paloma Blanca

| B-side = Dreamboat

| released = {{Start date|1975}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=27}}

| label =

• Negram
• Warner Bros.

| writer = Johannes Bouwens

| producer = Hans Bouwens

| prev_title = Sing a Song of Love

| prev_year = 1974

| next_title = Morning Sky

| next_year = 1975

}}

"Paloma Blanca" (Spanish for "white dove"), often called "Una Paloma Blanca", is a song written by Dutch musician George Baker (under his real name, Johannes Bouwens) and first recorded and released by his band, George Baker Selection. The single—the title track of the group's fifth album—was released in 1975 with "Dreamboat" (or "Dream Boat") as its B-side.{{cite AV media notes|title=Paloma Blanca|others=George Baker Selection|year=1975|type=Dutch 7-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=Negram|id=NG 496}} The song was a hit throughout Europe, reaching {{abbr|No.|Number}} 1 in Austria, Finland, Flanders, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland, and it also topped the charts of New Zealand and South Africa.

In the United States, the song became a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Easy Listening Singles chart on 14 February 1976 (becoming that chart's overall No. 1 song for 1976), peaked at No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100, and reached No. 33 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. In Canada and the United Kingdom, "Paloma Blanca" peaked at No. 10, and in Australia, it reached No. 2. The song sold over two million copies worldwide.{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1975/BB-1975-10-25.pdf |title=George Baker |magazine=Billboard |volume=87 |issue=43 |page=G-3 |date=25 October 1975 |access-date=3 July 2020}}