Will It Go Round in Circles
| "Will It Go Round in Circles" | |
|---|---|
| side-A label Side A of the US single | |
| Single by Billy Preston | |
| from the album Music Is My Life | |
| B-side | "Blackbird" |
| Released | March 1973 |
| Genre | Funk, soul |
| Length | 3:42 (single version) 4:28 (album version) |
| Label | A&M |
| Songwriters | Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher |
| Producer | Billy Preston |
| Billy Preston singles chronology | |
| Official audio | |
| "Will It Go Round In Circles" on YouTube | |
"Will It Go Round in Circles" is a song by American soul musician Billy Preston from his 1972 album Music Is My Life . It was written by Preston and Bruce Fisher and released as a single in March 1973. The record topped the Billboard Hot 100 and sold over a million copies. This was the first of two number one hits for Preston as a solo performer, the other being "Nothing from Nothing", although he is also credited on the Beatles' 1969 hit "Get Back".
Personnel
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- Billy Preston – piano, vocals
- George Johnson – guitar
- Louis Johnson – bass guitar
- Hubert Heard – organ, melodica
- Manuel Kellough – drums
- Tom Scott – saxophone
- Jim Horn – saxophone
- George Bohanon – trombone
- Buck Monari – trumpet
- Paul Hubinon – trumpet
Chart performance
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Weekly charts[edit ]
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Certifications
[edit ]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United States (RIAA)[10] | Gold | 1,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Covers
[edit ]The song was covered by Donny Osmond on his 2009 album Love Songs Of The '70s. Phish did two renditions in 1999, including on 10 September at The Gorge Amphitheatre.[11] Orlando Brown recorded it for the 2006 soundtrack album That's So Raven Too! , for his Disney Channel series That's So Raven ; his version was also featured in the Disney Channel original film Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior .[12] The song was performed in Hebrew by Yehonatan Geffen and Dani Litani in their 1974 live show That's All for Now - For Now That's All.[13]
In popular culture
[edit ]- Appearance in the soundtrack of the 1996 Matt Dillon film Beautiful Girls .[14]
- Featured as the opening theme in the 1997 HBO Sports documentary Long Shots: The life and times of the American Basketball Association.[15]
References
[edit ]- ^ Adapted from Music Is My Life : A&M Records (1971_, AMLS 63516
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 238. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016年10月08日.
- ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989" . Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Billy Preston Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 468.
- ^ "Best of 1973 songs and music, on MusicAndYears.com!". Archived from the original on 2015年02月24日. Retrieved 2015年05月25日.
- ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1973/Top 100 Songs of 1973". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016年10月08日.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "American single certifications – Billy Preston – Will It Go Round in Circles". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved August 15, 2024.
- ^ "Phish Relisten". relisten.net. Retrieved 2016年12月22日.
- ^ "Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior Entry". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016年10月08日.
- ^ בינתיים זה הכל at Discogs
- ^ "Beautiful Girls Entry". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016年10月08日.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Longshots - The Life & Times Of The American Basketball Association". YouTube . 5 January 2014.
External links
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