"I'll Never Find Another You" is a 1964 single by the Australian

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-influenced

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the Seekers The Seekers were an Australian folk music, folk-influenced pop music, pop group originally formed in Melbourne in 1962. They were the first Australian pop music group to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the Unit ...

. It reached No. 1 in the

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in February 1965. It was The Seekers' first UK-released single, and the second-best-selling of 1965 in the UK. The song was also popular in the

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, reaching peaks of No. 4 pop and No. 2 easy listening on the ''

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charts. The B-Side was the gospel song, "Open Up The Pearly Gates." The track was written and produced by

Tom Springfield Tom Springfield (born Dionysius Patrick O'Brien, 2 July 1934 – 27 July 2022) was an English musician, songwriter, and record producer who was prominent in the 1960s folk and pop music scene. He was the older brother of singer Dusty Springfiel ...

, who was also responsible for most of the Seekers' subsequent hits. It experienced a 1967 US revival as a country music No. 1 by

Sonny James Jimmie Hugh Loden (May 1, 1928February 22, 2016), known professionally as Sonny James, was an American country music singer and songwriter best known for his 1957 hit, " Young Love", topping both the ''Billboard'' Hot Country and Disk Jockey s ...

. In July 2018, the tune was featured in a

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bank TV advertisement in Australia, covered by

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. The song was added to the

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of Australia's

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registry in 2011.

Chart performance

The Seekers

Sonny James

References

UK singles chart number-one singles Number-one singles in Australia 1964 singles 1965 singles Songs written by Tom Springfield 1967 singles Sonny James songs Capitol Records singles 1964 songs Columbia Graphophone Company singles {{1960s-rock-song-stub

Chart performance

The Seekers

Sonny James

See also

References