Lady Willpower

"Lady Willpower"
1968 45 rpm record jacket
Single by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
from the album Incredible
B-side"Daylight Stranger"
ReleasedJune 1968
RecordedApril 9, 1968 (1968-04-09)[1]
GenrePop
Length2:48
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Jerry Fuller
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap singles chronology
"Young Girl"
(1968) 		"Lady Willpower"
(1968) 		"Over You"
(1968)

"Lady Willpower" is a song written by Jerry Fuller and recorded by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap for their 1968 album Incredible. The single was awarded a million-selling Gold disc from the RIAA.[2]

Chart performance

In the U.S., the song ranked among Cashbox's Top 100 singles of 1968, where it hit the No. 1 position the week ending August 3, 1968.[3] "Lady Willpower" went No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968 (behind "Grazing in the Grass" by Hugh Masekela).[4] and reached No. 26 on the Easy Listening chart.[5] The song was the No. 34 song on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles in 1968.[6]
Outside the US, "Lady Willpower" reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart during the year.[7] "Lady Willpower" also peaked at #4 on the Kent Music Report (KMR)[8] Chart in Australia, spending 16 weeks on the KMR Top-100 after entering the chart on the 22nd June 1968.

Other versions

Morrissey recorded his version of the song and included it on his 2019 album, California Son.[9]

References

  1. ^ Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Scan of Official Cover (2004). The Best Of Gary Puckett And The Union Gap (booklet). Sony, Columbia. p. 10. CK 90626. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  2. ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 232. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
  3. ^ Cash Box Top Singles of 1968 Archived 2010-11-21 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 09-26-11
  4. ^ Gary Puckett & The Union Gap charting singles. AllMusic. Retrieved 09-26-11
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 194.
  6. ^ Billboard Top 100 Songs of 1968 Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 09-26-11
  7. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 442. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  8. ^ Australian Chart Book (1940-1969) - Page 142
  9. ^ "Morrissey covers Gary Puckett & The Union Gap's "Lady Willpower": Stream". Consequence.net. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2022.