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To Sir, with Love (song)

To Sir, with Love (song)


Infobox Single
Name = To Sir, with Love


Artist = Lulu
from Album = To Sir, with Love
B-side = "It's Getting Harder All the Time" (The Mindbenders)
Released = 1967
Format = 7" single
Recorded =
Genre = Pop
Length = 2:47
Label = Epic
Writer = Don Black, Mark London
Producer =Mickie Most
Certification =
Last single =
This single = "To Sir, with Love"
(1967)
Next single = "To Sir, with Love" is the theme from the 1967 film "To Sir, with Love". The song was written by Don Black and Mark London.

"To Sir, with Love" was initially recorded by Lulu (with The Mindbenders, who also acted in the film). Her single was released in 1967 and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, remaining in the top position for five weeks and earning the number one position for the entire year.

In Lulu's native UK, the song was never released in its own right, instead appearing as the B-side to the 1967 #11 hit "Let's Pretend."

Tina Arena version

Infobox Single
Name = To Sir with Love


Artist = Tina Arena
from Album = Songs of Love & Loss
Released = Start date|2007|11|24
Format = Paid download
Recorded = 2007 in London
Genre = Pop
Length = 3:38
Label = EMI
Producer = Duck Blackwell, Paul Guardiani
Certification =
Last single = "Entends-tu le monde?"
(2007)
This single = "To Sir with Love"
(2007)
Next single ="L’un pour l’autre"
(2008)
Australian singer Tina Arena released her version of the song as the first single from her 2007 album "Songs of Love & Loss".

Other cover versions

*Vicki Sue Robinson covered the song in 1983.
*Trash Can Sinatras covered the song in 1996 on the album A Happy Pocket.
*New Zealand songstress Ngaire had covered the song in 1991, resulting in a NZ no. 1 hit
*The song was performed by 10,000 Maniacs with Michael Stipe at the MTV inaugural ball for Bill Clinton in 1993.
*Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles recorded a version in 1997 and included it as an uncredited bonus track on her self-titled CD.
*Soul Asylum recorded a live version in 1997 and included it on the album
*Canadian singer-songwriter Jann Arden included a cover of "To Sir With Love" on her 1997 album "Happy?".
* Chaka Khan recorded her version with the London Symphony Orchestra and included it on her 2004 album of Jazz Standards and Movie song covers called "Classikhan".


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