| "Round Every Corner" | ||||
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| Single by Petula Clark | ||||
| Released | July 1965 | |||
| Format | Vinyl | |||
| Recorded | 1965 | |||
| Genre | British Invasion, Pop, Vocal | |||
| Length | 2:36 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. WB 5661 (US) Pye 7N 15945 (UK) Vogue DV 14415 (GER) Vogue STU 4513 (DEN) |
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| Writer(s) | Tony Hatch | |||
| Producer | Tony Hatch | |||
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"Round Every Corner", with words and music by Tony Hatch, is a single release by Petula Clark recorded in July 1965 at the Pye Studios in Marble Arch. The personnel on the session, produced by Hatch, included guitarist Big Jim Sullivan.
Described by Clark herself as "an anti-protest song", "Round Every Corner" employs the musical structure of a children's singing game to present its message of optimism.
Clark recorded versions of "Round Every Corner" in French: "Va Toujours Plus Loin" ("Always go farther") and Italian: "Gocce di mare" ("Drops in the ocean").
The previous Petula Clark single "You'd Better Come Home" had evinced a sharp decline in the chart fortunes established by her breakout hit "Downtown". "Round Every Corner" would virtually duplicate the precedent single's chart placings in both the US, where "You'd Better Come Home" and "Round Every Corner" respectively peaked at #22 and #21, and in the UK. The UK fall-off was more severe - the respective peaks being #44 and #43 - suggesting a brief presence for Clark at the forefront of the '60s Britpop scene, particularly as the follow-up to "Downtown": "I Know a Place", had - despite reaching #3 US - only been a moderate UK hit (#17).
Clark's next UK single "You're the One" would boost her UK chart profile considerably with a #23 peak but it would be the subsequent "My Love" - ironically a record the singer disliked - which would consolidate the stardom augured for Clark by "Downtown".
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