Mile After Mile
| "Mile After Mile" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Orval Prophet | ||||
| from the album Mile After Mile | ||||
| Released | 1971 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gerry Joly | |||
| Orval Prophet singles chronology | ||||
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"Mile After Mile" is a song written and composed in 1969 by Canadian singer-songwriter Gerry Joly. It was a 1971-72 hit single for Canadian country singer Orval Prophet. Mile After Mile debuted at number 49 on the RPM Country Tracks chart on September 25, 1971.[1] It peaked at number 1 on January 8, 1972.[2] Bobby Hachey covered Mile After Mile a few years later.
As a Franco-Ontarian, Joly wrote and sang in both English and French. His French version of "Mile After Mile" ("Mille après mille") was made famous by Willie Lamothe and was subsequently recorded by a number of French Canadian artists, including Patrick Norman, Renée Martel, Paul Brunelle, Stephen Faulkner, Laurence Jalbert, Les Respectables and Fred Pellerin. On the 2012 special to promote her new French-language album Sans attendre, Céline Dion performed "Mille après mille" in duet with Pellerin.[3]
Joly wrote "Mile After Mile" when arriving in Elliot Lake after a series of mechanical problems with his car.[4]
Chart performance
| Chart (1971–1972) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
References
- ↑ "RPM Country Singles for September 25, 1971". RPM. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
- ↑ "RPM Country Singles for January 8, 1972". RPM. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
- ↑ "Céline Dion... Sans attendre: un cadeau bien emballé". La Presse, November 5, 2012.
- ↑ Lessard, Valérie (2008-12-30). "Décès du chanteur Gérald "Gerry" Joly" (in French). Le Droit. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
| Preceded by "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" by Charley Pride |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single January 8-January 22, 1972 |
Succeeded by "There Ain't No Easy Way" by Eddie Chwill |