Things I'd Like to Say

{{short description|1968 song by the American rock band New Colony Six}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Things I'd Like to Say

| cover = New Colony Six - Things I'd Like to Say Sleeve.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = New Colony Six

| album = Revelations

| A-side = "Come and Give Your Love to Me"

| released = October 1968{{cite web|title=Record Details|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/72858|publisher=45cat|website=45cat.com|accessdate=14 November 2017}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Pop{{AllMusic | class= song | id= mt0001061916 | label= Things I'd Like to Say | accessdate= 16 November 2017}}

| length = 2:19

| label = Mercury

| writer = {{flatlist|

  • Ronald Rice
  • Les Kummel

}}

| producer = Pete Wright

| prev_title = Can't You See Me Cry

| prev_year = 1968

| next_title = I Could Never Lie to You

| next_year = 1969

}}

"Things I'd Like to Say" is a song by the American rock band New Colony Six, released in 1968 on their album Revelations and as a single. The song became a top 20 hit in the U.S., peaking at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 13 on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles chart, and a top 10 hit in Canada, peaking at number 6 on the RPM Top Singles chart. It also peaked at number 2 on the WLS 89 Hit Parade on 30 December 1968 in the band's home city of Chicago.{{cite web|title=WLS89 Hit Parade, December 30, 1968|url=http://www.oldiesloon.com/il/wls123068.htm|publisher=WLS|website=oldiesloon.com|accessdate=19 November 2017}}

The song also peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart and at number 7 on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart.

Chart performance

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=Weekly charts=

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Chart (1969)

! Peak
position

{{singlechart |Canadaadultcontemporary|7|chartid=5929}}
{{singlechart |Canadatopsingles|6|chartid=5920}}
US Billboard Easy Listening{{cite magazine|title=New Colony Six Chart History (Adult Contemporary)|url=http://www.billboard.com/music/new-colony-six/chart-history/adult-contemporary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507081637/https://www.billboard.com/music/new-colony-six/chart-history/adult-contemporary|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 7, 2018|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=16 November 2017}}

| style="text-align:center;"|17

{{singlechart |Billboardhot100|16|artist=New Colony Six }}
US Cash Box Top 100{{cite web|title=Cash Box Top 100 3/29/69|url=http://www.tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/19690329.html|publisher=Cash Box|website=tropicalglen.com|accessdate=16 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117174608/http://www.tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/19690329.html|archive-date=17 November 2017|url-status=dead}}

| style="text-align:center;"|13

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable"
align="left"|Chart (1969)

! style="text-align:center;"|Rank

US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|title=Top 100 Songs of 1969 - Billboard Year End Charts|url=http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/top-100-songs-of-the-year/?year=1969|publisher=Billboard|website=bobborst.com|accessdate=12 November 2017}}

| style="text-align:center;"|70

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References

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