Honey (Bobby Goldsboro song)
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| Single by Bobby Goldsboro from the album Honey |
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| Released | 1968 | ||||
| Format | Vinyl | ||||
| Genre | Country | ||||
| Label | United Artists | ||||
| Writer(s) | Bobby Russell | ||||
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"Honey", also known as "Honey (I Miss You)", is a song written by Bobby Russell for American singer Bobby Goldsboro's tenth album Honey. The song's protagonist mourns his dead lover, beginning with him looking at a tree in their garden, remembering "it was just a twig" on the day that they planted it together, then reflecting on their relationship before turning to the day "the angels came."
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[edit] Release
It was released as a single in the U.S. in 1968 (see 1968 in music) and spent five weeks at the top of the Billboard Pop Singles Chart, from April 7 to May 11, and three weeks atop Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart. It replaced "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding, and was replaced by Archie Bell & the Drells' "Tighten Up". It was Goldsboro's first and only number-one hit on the Pop Singles and Country Singles charts, and it was his first song to top the Adult Contemporary chart. "Honey" reached number two in the United Kingdom, and a re-release of the single there in 1975 (see 1975 in music) was also popular. In Australia it spent four weeks at #1, replacing The Beatles' Lady Madonna, and was the sixth highest rating song of 1968.
[edit] Reception
The Cincinnati Enquirer reported that the song frequently appears on "worst songs of all-time" lists, and in April 2006 CNN named it the "Worst Song of All Time".[1] Nonetheless, it remains heavily played on the radio and has been covered many times. In the 1970s when British radio DJ Tony Blackburn was going through his divorce with his wife Tessa Wyatt, he regularly played "Honey" and would comment live on air about how much he missed his wife.[citation needed]
[edit] Cover versions
- Ed Ames (1968)
- Eddy Arnold (Romantic World of Eddy Arnold, 1968)
- Percy Faith (Angel of the Morning-Hit Themes for Young Lovers, 1968)
- David Houston (Already It's Heaven, 1968)
- John D. Loudermilk (Country Love Songs Plain and Simply Sung, 1968)
- Roger Miller (A Tender Look at Love, 1968)
- Jimmy C. Newman (Born to Love You, 1968)
- Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Young Girl, 1968)
- Tammy Wynette (D-i-v-o-r-c-e, 1968)
- Leon Ashley (Mental Journey, 1969)
- Jack Greene (Love Takes Care of Me, 1969)
- Hank Snow (Hits Covered by Snow, 1969)
- Lynn Anderson (Lynn Anderson, 1971)
- Orion (Reborn, 1978)
- Jim Nabors (Country Side of Jim Nabors, 1994)
- Roger Whittaker (Feelings, 1994)
- Sil Austin (Great Sax, 1995)
- Billy Joe Winghead (Precious Moments with Billy Joe Winghead, 2003)
- Lawrence Welk (Upstairs at Larry's: Lawrence Welk Uncorked, 2004)
- Dean Martin (Gentle on My Mind, 1968)
- Hana Zagorova (Hany, 1973)
- Andy Williams (Honey, 1968)
| Preceded by "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single April 13, 1968 |
Succeeded by "Tighten Up" by Archie Bell & the Drells |
| Preceded by "Young Girl" by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap |
Cash Box Top 100 singles April 20, 1968 |
Succeeded by "Tighten Up" by Archie Bell & the Drells |
