Will It Go Round in Circles
{{Infobox song
| name = Will It Go Round in Circles
| image = Will it go round in circles by billy preston US single side-A.png
| alt = side-A label
| caption = Side A of the US single
| type = single
| artist = Billy Preston
| album = Music Is My Life
| B-side = Blackbird
| released = March 1973
| format =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 3:42 (single version)
4:28 (album version)
| label = A&M
| writer = Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher
| producer = Billy Preston
| prev_title = Slaughter
| prev_year = 1972
| next_title = Space Race
| next_year = 1974
| misc = {{External music video
| 1 = [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=necLdGpfgEs "Will It Go Round In Circles"] on YouTube
| header = Official audio}}
}}
"Will It Go Round in Circles" is a song by American soul musician Billy Preston from his 1972 album Music Is My Life. It was written by Preston and Bruce Fisher and released as a single in March 1973. The record topped the Billboard Hot 100 and sold over a million copies. This was the first of two number one hits for Preston as a solo performer, the other being "Nothing from Nothing", although he is also credited on the Beatles' 1969 hit "Get Back".
Personnel
Source:Adapted from Music Is My Life: A&M Records (1971_, AMLS 63516
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- Billy Preston – piano, vocals
- George Johnson – guitar
- Louis Johnson – bass guitar
- Hubert Heard – organ, melodica
- Manuel Kellough – drums
- Tom Scott – saxophone
- Jim Horn – saxophone
- George Bohanon – trombone
- Buck Monari – trumpet
- Paul Hubinon – trumpet
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Chart performance
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=Weekly charts=
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=Year-end charts=
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| align="left"|Chart (1973)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank |
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| Canadian RPM Year-End{{cite web|url=http://www.musicandyears.com/year/1973 |title=Best of 1973 songs and music, on MusicAndYears.com! |access-date=2015-05-25 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224051721/http://musicandyears.com/year/1973 |archive-date=2015-02-24 }}
| style="text-align:center;"|18 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1973.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1973/Top 100 Songs of 1973 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |access-date=2016-10-08}}
| style="text-align:center;"|8 |
=All-time charts=
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| Chart (1958–2018)
! Position |
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| US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100-60th-anniversary|title=Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=10 December 2018}}
| style="text-align:center;"|358 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Billy Preston|title=Will It Go Round in Circles
|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1973|certyear=1973|access-date=August 15, 2024}}
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Covers
The song was covered by Donny Osmond on his 2009 album Love Songs Of The '70s. Phish did two renditions in 1999, including on 10 September at The Gorge Amphitheatre.{{cite web |url=http://relisten.net/phish/1999/9/21 |title=Phish Relisten |website=relisten.net |access-date=2016-12-22}} Orlando Brown recorded it for the 2006 soundtrack album That's So Raven Too!, for his Disney Channel series That's So Raven; his version was also featured in the Disney Channel original film Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior.{{cite web|url=https://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0790781/soundtrack |website=IMDb.com|title=Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior Entry|access-date=2016-10-08}} The song was performed in Hebrew by Yehonatan Geffen and Dani Litani in their 1974 live show That's All for Now - For Now That's All.{{Discogs release|id=6078916|name=בינתיים זה הכל|type=album}}
In popular culture
- Appearance in the soundtrack of the 1996 Matt Dillon film Beautiful Girls.{{cite web|url=https://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0115639/soundtrack |website=IMDb.com|title=Beautiful Girls Entry|access-date=2016-10-08}}
- Featured as the opening theme in the 1997 HBO Sports documentary Long Shots: The life and times of the American Basketball Association.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/P0OuHgr18Cc Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140612054237/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0OuHgr18Cc Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0OuHgr18Cc| title = Longshots - The Life & Times Of The American Basketball Association | website=YouTube| date = 5 January 2014 }}{{cbignore}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{YouTube|necLdGpfgEs|Billy Preston - Will It Go Round in Circles}}
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Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
Category:Cashbox number-one singles
Category:Songs written by Billy Preston
Category:Songs written by Bruce Fisher
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