"It's Five O'clock" is a song by the Greek band

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from their 1969 studio album ''

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''. It was also released as a

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, in February 1970, on

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. The song was written by

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and Richard Julian Francis. The song reached no. 6 in Switzerland and no. 11 in the Netherlands. Italian singer

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in 1981 released a German-language version titled "Kennst du das auch?" and a French-language version titled "Le drapeau de l'humanité". A new studio version by ex-Aphrodite's Child vocalist

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was included on his 1987 album ''

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'' on the label . The recording was also released as a

from that album (in 1987 on BR Music).

Track listings

7-inch single Mercury 6033 001 (1969, Greece)
7-inch single Mercury 132 508 MCF (1970, Germany, Netherlands, France, Belgium)
7-inch single Polydor 56791 (1970, UK)
7-inch single Mercury 132 508 MCY (1970, Italy)
7-inch single Mercury 51 32 508 (1970, Spain)
7-inch single RTB S 53592 MER (1972, Yugoslavia) : A. "It's Five O'Clock" (3:28) : B. "Funky Mary" (4:11) 7-inch EP Mercury 26 017 MCE (1970, Portugal) # "It's Five O'Clock" (3:20) # "Good Time So Fine" (2:44) # "Take Your Time" (2:30) # "Annabella" (3:20) 7-inch single Philips 6060 320 (1982, Belgium) : A. "It's Five O'Clock" (3:29) : B. "I Want to Live" (3:51)

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