- 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 in1967 and reached number one on theBillboard 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 inLondon
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)Australia n singerTina Arena released her version of the song as the first single from her 2007 album "Songs of Love & Loss ".Other
cover version s*
Vicki Sue Robinson covered the song in1983 .
*Trash Can Sinatras covered the song in1996 on the albumA Happy Pocket .
*New Zealand songstress Ngaire had covered the song in 1991, resulting in a NZ no. 1 hit
*The song was performed by10,000 Maniacs withMichael Stipe at theMTV inaugural ball forBill Clinton in 1993.
*Susanna Hoffs of theBangles 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-songwriterJann 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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