"Where Are You Now (My Love)" is a 1965 song

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Tony Hatch Anthony Peter Hatch (born 30 June 1939) is an English composer for musical theatre and television. He is also a songwriter, pianist, arranger and producer. Early life and early career Hatch was born in Pinner, Middlesex. Encouraged by his mus ...

and

Jackie Trent Yvonne Ann Burgess (6 September 1940 – 21 March 2015), better known by her stage name Jackie Trent, was an English singer-songwriter and actress. She was best known for co-writing (with Tony Hatch) several hits for Petula Clark in the 1960s an ...

, and recorded in December 1964 by Trent. The single gave Trent her only No. 1

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when it reached the top of the

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for one week in May 1965. The song was featured in the popular television series ''It's Dark Outside''. "Where Are You Now" was Hatch and Trent's first composition together, and one of many hits they would have as a song writing partnership. Although Trent released two follow-up singles, these were only minor hits in the UK. The song was written and recorded in just four days after Hatch was asked by

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to produce a song for the female lead in the programme to be seen on screen playing to herself. The lyrics were written by Trent in December 1964 (around Christmas), and she recorded the song in December 1964 just before she headed off to South Africa on a three-month tour. When the song first hit the screen, people contacted ''

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'' to ask where they could get it and the rush was on to get it into the shops. The song went to number 1 in May 1965 and, according to some UK Charts, it knocked

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's " Ticket to Ride" off the number one spot. A duet with Hatch, "The Two of Us", later achieved success on the Australian chart.

References

1965 singles Songs written by Tony Hatch UK Singles Chart number-one singles Songs written by Jackie Trent 1965 songs {{1960s-single-stub