Joanna (Scott Walker song)

"Joanna" is a song written by the English husband and wife song-writing team Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent which was first a song for the American singer-songwriter Scott Walker in 1968. The song was Walker's second solo single in the UK. The accompaniment was directed by Peter Knight.

While credited to Hatch and Trent journalist Joe Jackson writes in his article "The Fugitive Kind" that Walker wrote a significant proportion of the lyric. Jackson quotes Walker as follows: 'that whole verse about "lived in your eyes completely" is mine and I wrote the last line in the song, "you may remember me and change your mind".^[2]

"Joanna" was a major hit and is one of Walker's most popular recordings spending eleven weeks on the UK Singles Chart and peaking at number 7 in June 1968. An instrumental arrangement on the song was used as the theme for Walker's BBC TV series, Scott in 1969.

The single was backed with the 1967 Scott album track "Always Coming Back to You". The accompaniment of the b-side was directed by Reg Guest. Japanese editions are backed with "The Plague", which was previously released as the b-side to "Jackie" in 1967.

Track listing

Philips - BF 1662
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Joanna"	Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent	3:49
2.	"Always Coming Back To You"	S. Engel	2:40

Chart positions

Chart (1968)	Peak position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[3]	7

References

↑ "45cat - Scott Walker - Joanna / Always Coming Back To You - Philips - UK - BF 1662". 45cat. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
↑ Williams, Lewis (2006). Scott Walker - The Rhymes of Goodbye (1st ed.). London: Plexus. p. 77. ISBN 0-85965-395-1.
↑ "Archive Chart: 1968-05-07" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 25 September 2014.

Scott Walker

Discography

Studio albums	Scott Scott 2 Scott 3 Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his TV Series Scott 4 'Til the Band Comes In The Moviegoer Any Day Now Stretch We Had It All Climate of Hunter Tilt The Drift Bish Bosch Soused (with Sunn O))))

With The Walker Brothers	Take It Easy with The Walker Brothers Introducing the Walker Brothers Portrait The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore Images No Regrets Lines Nite Flights

Soundtracks	Pola X And Who Shall Go to the Ball? And What Shall Go to the Ball?

Compilations	Fire Escape in the Sky: The Godlike Genius of Scott Walker Scott Walker Sings Jacques Brel Boy Child: The Best of Scott Walker 1967–1970 No Regrets – The Best of Scott Walker and The Walker Brothers 1965–1976 5 Easy Pieces

Singles	Solo John/Solo Scott (EP) "Jackie" "Joanna" "The Rope and the Colt" "Lights of Cincinnati" "I Still See You" "The Me I Never Knew" "Delta Dawn" "Track Three" "Man from Reno"

Related artists	Jacques Brel Johnny Franz Peter Knight Ute Lemper Pulp The Routers John Stewart Wally Stott The Walker Brothers Gary Walker John Walker Peter Walsh

Related articles	"Deadlier Than the Male" "The Electrician" "Nite Flights" Scott Walker: 30 Century Man We Love Life

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