Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
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| “Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)” | ||
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| Single by Edison Lighthouse | ||
| B-side | "Every Lonely Day" | |
| Released | 1970 | |
| Recorded | England  |
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| Label | Bell Records | |
| Writer(s) | Tony Macaulay/Barry Mason | |
"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" is a popular song by "one-hit wonder" Edison Lighthouse. The single hit the number one spot in the UK singles chart on 31 January 1970 where it remained for a total of five weeks.
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[edit] Song profile
"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" was written by Tony Macaulay and Barry Mason. Essentially they were a studio group with prolific session singer Tony Burrows providing the vocals. When the song became number one a group needed to be put together to feature on the popular TV show Top Of The Pops. Burrows sang the song on the programme, which happened to be his third appearance on the same show with three different groups.[1] It reached number 5 on US pop chart, and number 1 on the UK Singles Chart for five weeks in January and February 1970.
[edit] Cover versions
- Anni-Frid Lyngstad covered the song in 1970 as "Där du går lämnar kärleken spår".
- Uschi Glas covered the song in 1970 in German as "Wenn dein Herz brennt".
- British indie pop band The Siddeleys covered the song on the 1990 compilation "Alvin Lives (In Leeds) - Anti Poll Tax Trax".
- In 1995, Swedish dansband "Distans" (later "Frida & dansbandet") covered the song with lyrics in the Swedish language, as "När du ler" ("When you smile").
- In 2002, the Not Lame Recordings CD Right to Chews -- a collection of modern bands performing cover versions of bubblegum pop songs -- included Beagle's version of the song.
- Little Man Tate did a cover of this song at their concerts at the Boardwalk, Sheffield 5/7/2007 and at the Bolton Soundhouse on 6/7/2007.
- Singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston covered the song on his album Right Between the Promises.
[edit] In the media
- It featured in the closing scenes of the film Shallow Hal. The female lead played by Gwyneth Paltrow was named Rosemary.
- It serves as the musical theme of the film Little Manhattan (wherein the female love interest is also named Rosemary), performed by Freedy Johnston.
- It was featured in a fifth season episode of The Sopranos during a hit on a female mobster.
[edit] References
| Preceded by "Two Little Boys" by Rolf Harris |
UK number one single January 31, 1970-February 28, 1970 |
Succeeded by "Wand'rin' Star" by Lee Marvin |
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