797 – Bobby Goldsboro – Honey (1968)

Escrita por Bobby Russell, foi gravada por Bobby Goldsboro em 30 de janeiro de 1968 e lançada em 17 de fevereiro de 1968 no compacto que tinha Danny como Lado B. Foi anteriormente gravada por Bob Shane.

O narrador da canção fala sobre o seu amor que morreu, começando com ele olhando pra uma árvore no jardim e lembrando como era somente um graveto no dia que ela pantou, com o desaprovação dele. Essa canção chegou ao número 1 nos Estados Unidos uma semana após a morte de Martin Luther King Junior.

Além de chegar ao número dos charts pop americanos, também chegou ao número 1 dos charts de country americanos. Chegou também ao número 2 nos charts britânicos. Também foi número 1 na Austrália.

Foi regravada por Ray Conniff, Dean Martin, Andy Williams, The Four Tops, Hank Snow, Lynn Anderson, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

See the tree, how big it's grown
But friend it hasn't been too long
It wasn't big
I laughed at her and she got mad,
The first day that she planted it
Was just a twig
Then the first snow came and she ran out
To brush the snow away
So it wouldn't die
Came runnin' in all excited,
Slipped and almost hurt herself
And I laughed till I cried

She was always young at heart,
Kinda dumb and kinda smart
And I loved her so
And I surprised her with a puppy
Kept me up all Christmas Eve two years ago
And it would sure embarrass her
When I came in from workin' late
'Cause I would know
That she'd been sittin' there and cryin'
Over some sad and silly late, late show

And honey, I miss you and I'm bein' good
And I'd love to be with you if only I could

She wrecked the car and she was sad
And so afraid that I'd be mad
But what the heck
Though I pretended hard to be
Guess you could say she saw through me
And hugged my neck
I came home unexpectedly
And caught her cryin' needlessly
In the middle of a day
And it was in the early spring
When flowers bloom and robins sing
She went away

And honey, I miss you and I'm bein' good
And I'd love to be with you if only I could

One day while I was not at home
While she was there and all alone
The angels came
Now all I have is memories of honey
And I wake up nights and call her name
Now my life's an empty stage
Where honey lived and honey played
And love grew up
And a small cloud passes overhead
And cries down on the flower bed
That honey loved

And see the tree how big it's grown
But friend it hasn't been too long
It wasn't big
And I laughed at her and she got mad
The first day that she planted it,
Was just a twig

A versão de Bobby Goldsboro:

A versão de Dean Martin:

A versão de Andy Williams:

796 – Bruce Channel – Keep on (1968)

Escrita por Wayne Carson Thompson, foi lançada em junho de 1968 e teve Dale Hawkins como produtor. Chegou ao número 12 nos charts britanicos.

A letra:

Hey!
Na na na na ....

Keep on
Keep on doing whatever it is you do to me
Keep on
I don't understand it, but baby
You're getting through to me
I'm a hard guy, was never been hurt
It's happened before
But you've got sweet lips
That's something about you
That makes me beg for more

Keep on
Keep on doing whatever it is you do to me
Keep on
I don't understand it, but baby
You're getting through to me

I swore up and down to myself
I'll never fall again
But you opened up
A new kinda love to me
And I fell in

Keep on
Keep on doing whatever it is you do to me
Keep on
I don't understand it, but baby
You're getting through to me
You touch me like nobody else
So touch me again
You put love where love never was
Again and again and again ..... (repeats)

Keep on
Keep on doing whatever it is you do to me
Keep on
I don't understand it, but baby
You're getting through to me

Keep on .... (fading out)

A versão de Bruce Channel:

A versão de Danny McEvoy:

795 – Bee Gees – I've gotta get a message to you (1968)

Escrita por Barry, Maurice e Robin Gibb, foi gravada em 12 de julho de 1968 e lançada em 7 de setembro de 1968 num compacto que tinha Kitty can como Lado B. Foi o segundo número 1 deles no Reino Unido e o primeiro nos charts pop americanos. Foi também número 1 na Irlanda, Itália e Africa do Sul.

A canção é sobre um homem que está esperando sua morte na ante-sala da cadeira elétrica e quer mandar uma mensagem pra sua esposa. O crime que ele cometeu foi o matar o amante dela.

Robin Gibb cantou o primeiro e o terceiro verso e fez backingo vocals. Barry Gibb cantou o segundo verso, tocou violão ritmico e fez backing vocals. Maurice Gibb tocou baixo, piano, mellotron e fez backing vocals. Vince Melouney tocou guitarra solo e Colin Petersen tocou bateria.

Foi também número 3 na Australia, Canada e Alemanha, número 2 na Holanda e Nova Zelandia, número 9 na Bélgica, número 5 na Dinamarca, e número 6 na Suíça e Noruega.

A letra:

The preacher talked to me and he smiled
Said, "Come and walk with me, come and walk one more mile
Now for once in your life you're alone
But you ain't got a dime, there's no time for the phone"

I've just got to get a message to you, hold on, hold on
One more hour and my life will be through, hold on, hold on

I told him I'm in no hurry
But if I broke her heart, won't you tell her I'm sorry
And for once in my life I'm alone,
And I've got to let her know just in time before I go

I've just go to get a message to you, hold on, hold on
One more hour and my life will be through, hold on, hold on

Well I laughed but that didn't hurt
And it's only her love that keeps me wearing this dirt
Now I'm crying but deep down inside
Well I did it to him, now it's my turn to die

I've just got to get a message to you, hold on, hold on
One more hour and my life will be through, hold on, hold on
Hold on
One more hour and my life will be through, hold on, hold on
I've just got to get a message to her, hold on, hold on

A versão dos Bee Gees ao vivo em 2007:

A versão Percy Sledge:

A versão de Jesse Kinch:

794 – Van Morrison – The way young lovers do (1968)

Escrita por Van Morrison, foi gravada em 15 de outubro de 1968 e lançada em novembro de 1968 no disco Astral Weeks.

Foi regravada por Jeff Buckley, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

We strolled through fields all wet with rain
And back along the lane again
There in the sunshine
In the sweet summertime
The way that young lovers do

I kissed you on the lips once more
And we said goodbye at your front door
In the night-time
Yeah, that's the right time
To feel the way that young lovers do

Then we sat on our own star and dreamed of the way that we were
And the way that we wanted to be
Then we sat on our own star and dreamed of the way that I was for you
And you were for me
And then we danced the night away
And turning to each other, say, 'I love you, I love you'
The way that young lovers do

Do, do, do, do...

Then we sat on our own star and dreamed of the way that we were and the way
That we wanted to be
Then we sat on our own star and dreamed of the way that I was for you
And you were for me
Ah, we long to dance the night away
And turning to each other, say, 'I love you. Baby, I love you'
The way that young lovers do, lovers do, lovers do

Do, do, do, do...

A versão de Van Morrison:

A versão de Jeff Buckley:

A versão de Norbert Leo Butz:

793 – Procol Harum – Quite rightly so (1968)

Escrita por Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher e Keith Reid, foi gravada em Londres, no final de 1967 e começo de 1968 e lançada no segundo disco do Procol Harum chamado Shine on Brightly.

A letra:

For you (whose eyes were opened wide whilst mine refused to see)
I'm sore in need of saving grace. Be kind and humour me
I'm lost amidst a sea of wheat
where people speak but seldom meet
And grief and laughter, strange but true
Although they die, they seldom cry
An ode by any other name I know might read more sweet
Perhaps the sun will never shine upon my field of wheat
But still in closing, let me say
for those too sick, too sick to see
though nothing shows, yes, someone knows
I wish that one was me

A versão do Procol Harum:

A versão de Paul McIntosh:

A versão de Procol Harum ao vivo em 2003:

792 – Tom Jones – Delilah (1968)

Escrita por Les Reed, Barry Mason e Sylvan Whittingham, foi gravada por Tom Jones em dezembro de 1967 e lançada em fevereiro em um compacto que tinha Smile como Lado B. Foi gravada em novembro de 1967 por P.J. Proby, que odiou e não incluiu no seu disco.

Chegou ao número 1 na Alemanha, Finlândia, Suíça e Irlanda e número 2 no Reino Unid e, Noruega e número 3 na Áustria. Número 5 no Canadá e número 15 nos charts pop americanos.

Fala sobre um amor traído que espia a silhueta da sua mulher através de uma persiana enquanto ela faz amor com outro homem. Mesmo sabendo que isso não é legal pra ele, ele se torna temporariamente insano. Espera quando o amante vai embora e bate na porta da sua amada pela manhã, e quando ela abre, ela fica rindo da sua cara e então ele a mata a facadas. Mas vendo que fez besteira, ele pede perdão antes da polícia chegar e leva-lo preso.

A letra:

I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window
I saw the flickering shadow of love on her blind
She was my woman
As she deceived me I watched and went out of my mind

My my my Delilah
Why why why Delilah
I could see, that girl was no good for me
But I was lost like a slave that no man could free

At break of day when that man drove away I was waiting
I crossed the street to her house and she opened the door
She stood there laughing
I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more

My my my Delilah
Why why why Delilah
So before they come to break down the door
Forgive me Delilah I just couldn't take any more

She stood there laughing
I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more

My my my Delilah
Why why why Delilah
So before they come to break down the door
Forgive me Delilah I just couldn't take any more

Forgive me Delilah I just couldn't take any more

A versão de Tom Jones:

Tom Jones com Luciano Pavarotti:

A versão de Benjamim Gillham:

791 – Donovan – Jennifer Juniper (1968)

Escrita por Donovan Leitch, foi gravada em 13 de novembro de 1967 e lançada em 5 de fevereiro de 1968 em um compacto que tinha Poor cow como Lado B. Chegou ao número 5 no Reino Unido e número 26 nos charts pop americanos.

Foi escrita para Jenny Boyd, irmã de Patti Boyd, pouco antes deles irem pra Índia.

A letra:

Jennifer Juniper, lives upon the hill
Jennifer Juniper, sitting very still

Is she sleeping? I don't think so
Is she breathing? Yes, very low
Whatcha doing, Jennifer, my love?

Jennifer Juniper, rides a dappled mare
Jennifer Juniper, lilacs in her hair

Is she dreaming? Yes, I think so
Is she pretty? Yes, ever so
Whatcha doing, Jennifer, my love?

I'm thinking of what it would be like if she loved me
And how just lately this happy song, it came along
And I like to somehow try and tell you

Jennifer Juniper, hair of golden flax
Jennifer Juniper, longs for what she lacks

Do you like her? Yes, I do, sir
Would you love her? Yes, I would, sir
Whatcha doing, Jennifer, my love?

Jennifer Juniper
Jennifer Juniper
Jennifer Juniper

Jennifer Juniper, vit sur la colline
Jennifer Juniper, assise très tranquille

Dort-elle? Je ne crois pas
Respire-t-elle? Oui, mais tout bas
Qu'est-ce que tu fais, Jenny, mon amour?

Jennifer Juniper
Jennifer Juniper
Jennifer Juniper

A versão de Donovan:

A versão dos Sandpipers:

A versão de Adam Burke:

790 – Van Morrison – Sweet thing (1968)

Escrita por Van Morrison, foi gravada em 15 de outubro de 1968 e lançada em novembro de 1968 no album Astral Weeks, o segundo da carreira de Van Morrison. Foi feita pra sua esposa Janet. É uma canção romântica.

Foi regravada por Jeff Buckley, The Waterboys, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

And I will stroll the merry way
And jump the hedges first
And I will drink the clear
Clean water for to quench my thirst
And I shall watch the ferry-boats
And they'll get high
On a bluer ocean
Against tomorrow's sky
And I will never grow so old again
And I will walk and talk
In gardens all wet with rain

Oh sweet thing, sweet thing
My, my, my, my, my sweet thing
And I shall drive my chariot
Down your streets and cry
Hey, it's me, I'm dynamite
And I don't know why'
And you shall take me strongly
In your arms again
And I will not remember
That I even felt the pain.
We shall walk and talk
In gardens all misty and wet with rain
And I will never, never, never
Grow so old again.

Oh sweet thing, sweet thing
My, my, my, my, my sweet thing
And I will raise my hand up
Into the night time sky
And count the stars
That's shining in your eye
Just to dig it all an' not to wonder
That's just fine
And I'll be satisfied
Not to read in between the lines
And I will walk and talk
In gardens all wet with rain
And I will never, ever, ever, ever
Grow so old again.
Oh sweet thing, sweet thing
Sugar-baby with your champagne eyes
And your saint-like smile

A versão de Van Morrison:

A versão de Jeff Buckley:

A versão de Waterboys:

789 – The Monkees – Valleri (1968)

Escrita por Tommy Boyce e Bobby Hart, foi gravada em 26 e 28 de dezembro de 1967 e lançada em 17 de fevereiro de 1968. Chegou ao número 3 nos charts pop americanos, número 1 no Canadá e número 12 no Reino Unido.

O presidente da gravadora deles pediu uma música com nome de mulher e eles fizeram no caminho do escritório dele.

Também chegou ao número 4 na Austrália, número 20 na Áustria, número 11 na Alemanha, número 8 na Irlanda, número 12 na Holanda, número 9 na Noruega e número 4 na Nova Zelandia.

A letra:

Valleri I love my Valleri
There's a girl I know who makes me feel so good
And I wouldn't live without her, even if I could
They call her Valleri
I love my Valleri

Oh yeah, come on

She's the same little girl who used to hang around my door
But she sure looks different than the way she looked before
I call her Valleri
I love my Valleri

Valleri I love my Valleri
I love my Valleri
I need ya, Valleri

A versão dos Monkees:

A versão de King of Luxembourg:

A versão Enoch Light Singers:

788 – The Beatles – The inner light (1968)

Escrita por George Harrison, foi gravada em janeiro e fevereiro de 1968 e lançada em 15 de março de 1960 em um compacto que tinha Lady Madona como Lado A. Foi a primeira composição de Geprge Harrison a ser lançada em compacto dos Beatles.

A primeira parte da gravação foi feita em Bombay e contém muitos instrumentos indianos. Essa música era muito respeitada pelos outros menbros dos Beatles, particularmente Paul McCartney.

George Harrison cantou, John Lennon fez backing vocals, Paul McCartney fez backing vocals, e músicos indianos tocaram instrumentos indianos.

Foi regravada por Junior Parker, Jeff Lynne, entre outros.

A letra:

Without going out of my door
I can know all things of earth
Without looking out of my window
I could know the ways of heaven
The farther one travels
The less one knows
The less one really knows

Without going out of your door
You can know all things on earth
Without looking out of your window
You could know the ways of heaven
The farther one travels
The less one knows
The less one really knows

Arrive without traveling
See all without looking
Do all without doing

A versão dos Beatles:

A versão de Junior Parker e Jimmy McGriff:

A versão de Jeff Lynne e Anoushka Shankar:

0093 – Build me up buttercup - The Foundations (1968)

Escrita por Mike D'Abo e Tony Macaulay, foi gravada em 1968 e lançada em compacto em novembro de 1968, com New Direction como Lado B. Coling Young fez os vocais principais. Chegou ao número 3 dos charts Billboard HOT100, número 2 no Reino Unido e recebeu disco de ouro por vendas acima de 1 milhão de cópias somente nos Estados Unidos. Foi também número 1 no Canadá, Austrália, número 3 na Irlanda e África do Sul e número 4 na Nova Zelandia. Colin Young fez os vocais principais, como já dito. Alan Warner tocou guitarra. Peter McBeth tocou baixo. Tim Harris tocou bateria e percussão. Tony Gome tocou os teclados. Mike Elliott tocou sax tenor. Eric Allandale tocou trombone e Mike D'Abo tocou piano.

Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup, don't break my heart

"I'll be over at ten", you told me time and again
But you're late, I wait around and then (bah-dah-dah)
I went to the door, I can't take any more
It's not you, you let me down again

(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you happy
(Hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup, don't break my heart

To you I'm a toy, but I could be the boy you adore
If you'd just let me know (bah-dah-dah)
Although you're untrue, I'm attracted to you all the more
Why do I need you so

(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you happy
(Hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup, don't break my heart

I-I-I need you-oo-oo more than anyone, baby
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup, don't break my heart

A versão dos Foundations:

A versão de Us The Duo:

A versão de Clay Aiken:

786 – Etta James – The same rope (1968)

Escrita por Leonard Caston Jr. e Lloyd Webster, foi gravada entre agosto e dezembro de 1967 e lançada no disco Tell Mama em fevereiro de 1968.

A letra:

Just because you are riddin high
And doing good for yourself
You want to smile and wave goodbye
And give your love to someone else
Uhun
One day just wait and see
You’re gonna be hurt just like me
You know you are wrong
But ahead on
I don’t think it will be long before she will be gone
And i'm willing to set you free
If you avoid her company
I believe that the...(same rope)
That pulls you (up up)
I said the (same rope)
That pulls you (up up)
I believe the same rope that pull you up
Sure can hang you
One day she will get tired of you
The way that you got tired of me ..ohh yeah
You will see what i'm going through
When you’re alone and in misery ..ohh yeah
I hate to say i told you so
So you better think before you go
I think you are such a full
For making such a move
Nobody else would do the things i've done for you
And i'm willing to set you free
If you take this.. this tip from me
I believe that the (same rope)
That pulls you (up up)
I said the (same rope)
That pulls you (up up)
The same rope that pull you up
Sure can hang you
You the we week may same day be strong
(oohh I will I know)
Never could do nobody wrong
I found out a long time ago
I believe the same rope (the same rope)
That pulls you (up up)
Is gonna hang you
(the same rope)

A versão de Etta James:

785 – The Beatles – Everybody's got something to hide except me and my monkey (1968)

Escrita por John Lennon, mas creditada à dupla Lennon/McCartney, foi gravada em 27 de junho e 1 de julho de 1968 e lançada em 22 de novembro de 1968 no Album Branco. Tem o maior título das músicas dos Beatles. Foi escrito para Yoko Ono.

John disse que todo mundo estava paranóico com eles dois, mas eles estavam perdidamente apaixonados e nem ligavam. Tudo é limpo e aberto quando se está apaixonado, disse ele.

John cantou, tocou guitarra ritmica, percussão e bateu palmas. Paul fez backing vocals, tocou baixo, sino, percussão e bateu palmas. George Harrison fez backing vocals, tocou guitarra solo, percussão e bateu palmas e Ringo tocou bateria, percussão e bateu palmas.

Foi regravada por Fats Domino, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Come on come on
Come on come on
Come on is such a joy
Come on is such a joy
Come on let's take it easy
Come on let's take it easy
Take it easy take it easy
Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey

(Ooh) The deeper you go the higher you fly
The higher you fly the deeper you go
So come on (Come on) come on
Come on is such a joy
Come on is such a joy
Come on let's make it easy
Come on let's make it easy (Oh)
Take it easy (Yeh yeh yeh) take it easy (Hoo)
Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey

Oh!

Your inside is out and your outside is in
Your outside is in and your inside is out
So come on (Ho) come on (Ho)
Come on is such a joy
Come on is such a joy
Come on let's make it easy
Come on let's make it easy
Make it easy (Hoo) make it easy (Hoo)
Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey

Hey!

Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on...

Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on...

A versão dos Beatles:

A versão de Fats Domino:

A versão de Soundgarden:

784 – Steppenwolf – The pusher (1968)

Escrita por Hoyt Axton, foi gravada no outono de 1967 e lançada em 1968 em um compacto que tinha Your wall's too high como Lado B. Ela ganhou notoriedade quando apareceu no filme Easy Rider, de 1969. A letra fala da diferença entre um vendedor de drogas leves e um vendedor de drogas pesadas.

Foi regravada pelo próprio Hoyt Axton em 1971, por Nina Simone em 1974, pelo Blind Melon em 1996, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

You know I've smoked a lot of grass
O'Lord, I've popped a lot of pills
But I mever touched nothin'
That my spirit could kill
You know, I've seen a lot of people walkin' 'round
With tombstones in their eyes
But the pusher don't care
Ah, if you live or if you die

God damn, the pusher
God damn, I say the pusher
I said God damn, God damn the pusher man

You know the dealer, the dealer is a man
With the love grass in his hand
Oh but the pusher is a monster
Good God, he's not a natural man
The dealer for a nickel
Lord, will sell you lots of sweet dreams
Ah, but the pusher ruin your body
Lord, he'll leave your, he'll leave your mind to scream

God damn, the pusher
God damn, I say the pusher
I said God damn, God damn the pusher man
Well, now if I were president of this land
You know, I'd declare total war on the pusher man
I'd cut if he stands,
And I'd shoot him if he'd run
Yes, I'd kill him with my Bible
And my razor and my gun

God damn, the pusher
God damn, the pusher
I said God damn, God damn the pusher man

A versão do Steppenwolf:

A versão de Hoyt Axton:

A versão de Nina Simone:

783 – The Turtles – Elenore (1968)

Escrita por Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman, Al Nichol, Jim Pons e John Barbata, foi lançada em setembro de 1968 num compacto que tinha Surfer Dan como Lado B. É uma sátira ao maior hit deles, Happy Together.

Chegou ao número 6 dos charts pop americanos e numero 7 no Reino Unido, além de numero 4 no canadá, número 8 na Austrália e número 1 na Nova Zelandia.

Foi regravada por Gianni Morandi, Dean Torrance (de Jan and Dean), entre outros artistas.

A letra:

You got a thing about you
I just can't live without you
I really want you Elenore near me
Your looks intoxicate me
Even though your folks hate me
There's no one like you Elenore really

Elenore gee I think you're swell
And you really do me well
You're my pride and joy et cetera
Elenore can I take the time
To ask you to speak your mind
Tell me that you love me better

I really think you're groovy
Let's go out to a movie
What do ya say now, Elenore can we?
They'll turn the lights way down low
Maybe we won't watch the show
I think I love you, Elenore, love me

Elenore, gee I think you're swell
And you really do me well
You're my pride and joy, et cetera
Elenore, can I take the time
To ask you to speak your mind?
Tell me that you love me better

One more time!

Elenore, gee I think you're swell, ah-hah
Elenore, gee I think you're swell, ah-hah-hah

A versão dos Turtles:

A versão de John Monnecka:

A versão de Geoffrey Hewitt: