| "I Know a Place" | ||||
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| Single by Petula Clark | ||||
| from the album I Know A Place | ||||
| B-side | "Jack and John" (non-LP track) | |||
| Released | March 1965 | |||
| Format | Vinyl | |||
| Recorded | 1965 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Pye 7N 15772 (UK) Warner Bros. 5612 (US) Vogue STU 42215 (DEN) |
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| Writer(s) | Tony Hatch | |||
| Producer | Tony Hatch | |||
| Petula Clark singles chronology | ||||
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"I Know a Place" is a song with music and lyrics by Tony Hatch. It was recorded in 1965 by Petula Clark at the Pye Studios in Marble Arch in a session which featured drummer Bobby Graham and the Breakaways vocal group.
Released as the follow-up to "Downtown", "I Know a Place" became Clark's second consecutive Top Ten hit in the United States, remaining on the charts for twelve weeks and peaking at #3.[1] Its UK success was more moderate with a #17 peak, establishing the mid-60s pattern of Clark generally having more hit impact in the US than in her homeland.
The recording reached #1 in Canada[2] and South Africa,[3] #3 in Rhodesia,[4] #7 in Australia,[5] and #10 in India.[6]
"Viens Avec Moi," Clark's French recording of the song, charted in France[7] and Belgium.[8]
Having much more of a rock and roll beat than its predecessor, it emulated the theme of "Downtown" by inviting the listener to "just get away where your worries won't find you" to a place "where the music is fine and the lights are always low." The song includes the line "a cellar full of noise," a reference to the title of music manager Brian Epstein's autobiography, describing the Cavern Club in Liverpool(which was three stories underground), where he first discovered the Beatles.
The song is featured in the film The Anniversary Party.
The song is featured in a number of episodes of "Here's Lucy" including "Mod, Mod Lucy".
A version of this song, with slightly altered lyrics, was used to promote the Pizza Hut restaurants in Australia during the 1970s.
Translated versions of "I Know a Place" include the Croation "Znam Jedno Mjesto" by Gabi Novak; Dutch: "Ik ken een tent" by Jacco van Renesse; and Portuguese: "Sei de um lugar" by Trio Esperança.
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