The Last Waltz (song)

Single infobox
Name = The Last Waltz


Artist = Engelbert Humperdinck
from Album =
B-side = "That Promise"
Released = 1967
Recorded = 1967
Genre =
Length =
Label = Decca Records (F 12655)
Writer = Barry Mason
Producer =
Certification =
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Chart position = United Kingdom

#1
Billboard Hot 100

#25
Last single =
This single = "The Last Waltz"
1967
Next single =

"The Last Waltz" was one of Engelbert Humperdinck's biggest hits, spending 5 weeks at number one on the British charts in September and October 1967. Humperdinck had already had a number one in the UK earlier in the year with "Release Me" which had spent 6 weeks at the top. ["The Last Waltz" number one in the UK singles charts on 6 September for total of 5 weeks" http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_the_no1_songs.php?show=2 /Retrieved 01/09/07]

In the United States, "The Last Waltz" was a moderate hit, reaching #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and making the top ten of the Adult Contemporary singles chart. Nevertheless, it is played frequently on Adult Standards radio stations.

The title of the song is something of a double entendre, as it refers to both the narrator's first and last dances with the woman he loves - the first dance was the "last waltz" played at the party where the two met, and the final dance signified the end of their relationship after their romance had cooled.

The song was written by Barry Mason. [Song written by Barry Mason http://www.songwriter.co.uk/page65.html Retrieved 01/09/07]

The song is associated with Gillingham F.C. with the fans changing the lyrics "just my tears and the orchestra playing" to "the Gills and the Rainham End singing", then singing into the "la la la" chorus of The Beatles' "Hey Jude".

References

External links

* [http://www.engelbert.com/ Official Engelbert Humperdinck Website]