"Terry" is a song written and sung by
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singer Lynn Ripley, who performed under the name
Twinkle
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. It was her first single, and reached number 4 in the
UK Singles Chart
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in December 1964, spending fifteen weeks in the
charts
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The track also reached number 5 on the Canadian charts, spending four weeks in the Top 40 in February 1965, and number 2 on the Hong Kong charts in March 1965.
The song is about the death of a young man named Terry, killed in a motorcycle accident. It was banned by both the
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'' on grounds of taste (the last line, "Please wait at the gates of heaven for me, Terry" indicated the intention of suicide), but despite (or possibly because of) this, it shot up the charts. It was Twinkle's only Top 10 hit, although her follow-up, "Golden Lights" (later covered by
), reached number 21 in the UK.
version of "Terry" on his 1965 EP ''Les Choses De La Maison''. In 1986, The song was sung by
, for inclusion in her debut album, but was unreleased until 2009. In 2010,
''.
on a rain-slicked English back-road" — and said that it "should have set up Twinkle for never-ending fame".