Have I the Right?

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“Have I the Right?”
Single by The Honeycombs
B-side	"Please Don't Pretend Again" (Meek/Lawrence)
Released	June 1964 (UK)
Format	7"
Recorded	RGM Sound: 1964
Genre	Pop music
Label	Pye Records 7N15664 (UK)
Writer(s)	Ken Howard, Alan Blaikley
Producer	Joe Meek (R.G.M. Sound)
The Honeycombs singles chronology
"Have I the Right?" (1964) "Is It Because" (1964)

Have I The Right? was The Honeycombs' debut single and their biggest hit. It was the last Top 10 UK hit to be produced by Joe Meek, who composed and produced "Telstar" for The Tornados. "Have I the Right?" was also recorded in German as "Hab' Ich Das Recht?" b/w "Du sollst nicht traurig sein" (Deutsche Vogue, DV 14210).

The song was later covered in 1977 by The Dead End Kids. Their version peaked at #6 in the UK pop charts. The song was also covered by the Dead Kennedys on their 1979 live album, Live At The Deaf Club

[edit] Charts

#1 (UK)
#5 (USA)
#21 (Germany)

Preceded by "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" by Manfred Mann

UK number one single "Have I the Right?" August 27, 1964 (2 weeks)

Succeeded by "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks