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number. it was released in Australia by

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in July 1970. Farnham's covers of Harry Nilsson's penned "

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" which became a hit for Three Dog Night and a cover

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' single " Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" were released as singles, and helped to propel the album to No. 11 on the Australian

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Album Charts. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. "One"/"Mr. Whippy" (non-album track) was released as a double A-side in July 1969 and peaked at No. 4 on the ''Go-Set'' National Singles Charts. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" was released in November and peaked at No. 1 for seven weeks in January–March 1970. Farnham wrote two songs for the album.

Background

Farnham's first solo single was the novelty song entitled " Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)", which was released in November 1967, it made No. 1 on the ''Go-Set'' National Singles Charts in January 1968 and remained there for five weeks. Selling 180 000 copies in Australia, "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" was the highest selling single by an Australian artist of the decade. Farnham's first album, ''

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'', produced by David Mackay was released in April. Almost immediately, Farnham was recording his second album, ''

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'' released in November. This was followed by a non-album single, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus", in November 1968. In July 1969, Farnham released a cover of Harry Nilsson's "

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' " Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" also produced by Howard Gable, in November, which peaked at No. 1 for seven weeks in January–March 1970. Both of these singles were contained on his third album, ''Looking Through A Tear'' released in July 1970, which peaked at No. 11 on the

Albums Charts.

Track listing

# "

" ( Harry Nilsson) – 2:49 # "I've Been Rained On" ( Dallas Frazier) – 2:22 # "Mirror of My Mind" (Flynn (Mick Flynn) Douglas (pseudonym, used by Buddy England) – 2:15 # "The World Goes Round and Round" ( Michael Kunze, Ralph Siegel) – 3:55 # "All Night Girl" ( Peter Lee Stirling, John Barry Mason, Sylvan Whittingham) – 2:06 # "You're Breaking Me Up" ( Roy Wood) – 2:28 # "Two" (John Farnham) – 4:42 # " Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" ( Hal David,

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) – 2:29 # "Looking Through A Tear" ( Bobby Scott, Arthur Resnick) – 3:40 # "Visions of Sugarplums"

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, Glen Campbell) – 2:12 # "What Can I Do" (John Farnham) – 2:43 # "In a Moment of Madness" ( Ralph Freed, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:48 # "Ain't Society Great" ( Bobby Russell) – 2:34 # "1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero" (Bobby Russell) – 3:58

Chart positions

References

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