Over You (Gary Puckett & The Union Gap song)

"Over You"

1968 45rpm dust cover
Single by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
from the album Incredible
B-side "If the Day Would Come"
Released September 1968
Genre Pop, adult contemporary
Length 2:25
Label Columbia 44644
Writer(s) Jerry Fuller
Producer(s) Jerry Fuller
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap singles chronology
"Lady Willpower"
(1968)
"Over You"
(1968)
"Don't Give In to Him"
(1969)

"Over You" is a hit song written by Jerry Fuller and recorded by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap for their 1968 album, Incredible.

The song reached #3 on the Adult Contemporary chart. It peaked at #5 in Cash Box as well as #7 on The Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1968.[1]

This cut was the group's fourth consecutive million-selling Gold-certified single produced and written by Jerry Fuller.[2] It received a Gold disc from the RIAA in December 1968.[3]

"Over You" was an international success, reaching #3 in Canada, #6 in Australia, and #17 in New Zealand. It ranked #41 on the US Cashbox chart Top 100 Hits of 1968.[4]

The string arrangement on the song was by Al Capps.

References

  1. Gary Puckett & The Union Gap's charting singles Retrieved 09-26-11
  2. Over You song review Retrieved 09-26-11
  3. Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 250. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
  4. Gary Puckett & The Union Gap song chart entries Retrieved 09-26-11
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