Sorry Suzanne
{{Infobox song
| name = Sorry Suzanne
| cover = Sorry_Suzanne"_-_The_Hollies.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = the Hollies
| album =
| B-side = Not That Way at All
| released = 28 February 1969
| recorded = 27–28 January 1969{{Cite web |url=http://hollies.co.uk/music-archive/session-listing.html |title=Session Listing |access-date=2018-10-17 |archive-date=2018-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925220015/http://www.hollies.co.uk/music-archive/session-listing.html |url-status=dead }}
| studio = EMI, London
| venue =
| genre = Pop rock
| length = 2:59
| label = *Parlophone (UK)
- Epic (US)
| writer = Geoff Stephens, Tony Macaulay
| producer = Ron Richards
| prev_title = Listen to Me
| prev_year = 1968
| next_title = He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
| next_year = 1969
}}
"Sorry Suzanne" is a 1969 single by the Hollies, co-written by Geoff Stephens and Tony Macaulay. It was the group's first song to feature Terry Sylvester in the place of Graham Nash. "Sorry Suzanne" was released with the B-side "Not That Way at All" on the Parlophone label (catalogue number R5765). The song reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart in March 1969, number one in Switzerland on 22 April 1969, and number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US on May 31, 1969.
Chart history
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=Weekly charts=
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!Chart (1969) !Peak |
Australia (Go-Set){{cite web |url=http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1969/19690510.htmll |title=Go-Set Australian Charts –10 May 1969 |work=Pop Archives |accessdate=27 May 2011}}
|style="text-align:center;"|6 |
{{singlechart |Austria|12|song=Sorry Suzanne|artist=The Hollies}} |
{{singlechart |Flanders|3|song=Sorry Suzanne|artist=The Hollies|accessdate=2 January 2021}} |
{{singlechart |Wallonia|11|song=Sorry Suzanne|artist=The Hollies|accessdate=2 January 2021}} |
{{singlechart |Canadatopsingles|41|song=Sorry Suzanne|artist=The Hollies|chartid=6159|accessdate=2 January 2021}} |
Finland (Soumen Virallinen){{cite book |last=Nyman |first=Jake |title=Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja |publisher=Tammi |year=2005 |isbn=951-31-2503-3 |edition=1st |location=Helsinki |page=132|language=fi}}
|style="text-align:center;"|11 |
{{singlechart|Ireland2|4|song=Sorry Suzanne|accessdate=26 December 2018}} |
{{singlechart |Dutch100|4|song=Sorry Suzanne|artist=The Hollies}} |
New Zealand (Listener)[http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=413#n_view_location Flavour of New Zealand, 16 June 1969]
| style="text-align:center;"|4 |
{{singlechart |Norway|4|song=Sorry Suzanne|artist=The Hollies}} |
South Africa (Springbok){{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965–March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(H).html|accessdate=5 September 2018}}
|align="center"|1 |
{{singlechart |Switzerland|1|song=Sorry Suzanne|artist=The Hollies}} |
{{singlechart |UK|3|song=Sorry Suzanne|artist=Hollies|date=1969-03-08}} |
{{singlechart |Billboardhot100|56|artist=The Hollies|artistid=10889}} |
US Cash Box Top 100
|align="center"|58 |
{{singlechart |West Germany|7|song=Sorry Suzanne|artist=The Hollies|songid=82|year=1969}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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align="left"|Chart (1969)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank |
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South Africa {{cite web|title=Top 20 Hit Singles of 1969|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/sahits_1969.html|accessdate=26 December 2018}}
|align="center"|13 |
Switzerland [http://swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/1969 Swiss Year-End Charts, 1969]
| style="text-align:center;"|5 |
UK
| style="text-align:center;"|57 |
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References
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{{The Hollies}}
Category:Songs written by Geoff Stephens
Category:Songs written by Tony Macaulay
Category:Number-one singles in South Africa
Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland
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