Make Me an Island

"Make Me an Island"
Single by Joe Dolan
Released1969
Songwriter(s)Albert Hammond * Mike Hazlewood.

"Make Me an Island" is a 1969 hit song by Irish pop singer Joe Dolan, written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood. The song peaked at Number 1 on Radio Luxemburg in July 1969, at Number 2 in Ireland and Number 3 in the UK. Canadian Tom Northcott released a competing version of the song on Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Records and New Syndrome Records. It reached #8 on Canada's RPM CanCon charts, June 30, 1969.[1]

Charts

Charts (1969) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] 17
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] 2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[4] 16
Ireland (IRMA)[5] 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[6] 10
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] 11
South Africa (Springbok)[8] 2
UK Singles Chart[9] 3
West Germany (GfK)[10] 15

Sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Ireland — 6,000[11]

Cover versions

Karel Gott - "Poslouchej Amore" (Make Me An Island)

References

  1. ^ "RPM Top 10 CanCon - June 30, 1969" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Joe Dolan – Make Me an Island" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  3. ^ "Joe Dolan – Make Me an Island" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  4. ^ "Joe Dolan – Make Me an Island" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  5. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Make Me an Island". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  6. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Joe Dolan" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  7. ^ "Joe Dolan – Make Me an Island" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  8. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 1969-07-01. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
  10. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Joe Dolan – Make Me an Island" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 15, 2019. To see peak chart position, click "TITEL VON Joe Dolan"
  11. ^ Stewart, Ken (August 16, 1969). "Single Slump Hits Ireland". Billboard. p. 73. Retrieved August 8, 2023.


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