"Outsider"
Cover of the single released in Australia
Single by Cliff Richard with Norrie Paramor and His Orchestra
from the album 21 Today
B-side
ReleasedJanuary 1962
Recorded30 January 1961[1]
StudioEMI Studios, London
GenrePop
Length2:37
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Norrie Paramor
Cliff Richard singles chronology
"When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart"
(1961) 		"Outsider"
(1962) 		"The Young Ones"
(1962)

"Outsider" is a song by Cliff Richard with backing by Norrie Paramor and His Orchestra, released on Richard's fourth studio album 21 Today.

Background and release

Songwriters Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett were commissioned by music publisher Cyril Simons to write three songs for the film The Young Ones. These were "The Young Ones", "Outsider" and one they had already written "When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart". "Outsider" was recorded, but it was decided not to be used in the film as "nobody was 100 per cent sold on it".[2] Instead, it was included on Richard's fourth studio album 21 Today, released in October 1961.

"Outsider" was released as a single in several countries. It was first released in South Africa with the B-side "Y'Arriva" in January 1962, entering the charts at number 7, before peaking at number 1 several weeks later.[3][4] It was then released in India with the B-side a cover of the standard "Blue Moon", peaking at number 2 in March 1962.[5] It was lastly released in Australia in November 1962 also with the B-side "Blue Moon", peaking at number 22 according David Kent's retrospective chart.[6]

Track listing

7" (South Africa)

  1. "Outsider" – 2:37
  2. "Y'Arriva" – 3:37

7" (Australia and India)

  1. "Outsider" – 2:37
  2. "Blue Moon" – 3:25

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1962) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 22
India (The Voice, Calcutta)[5] 2
South Africa (South Africa & Lourenço Marques Radio)[4] 1

References

  1. ^ "Cliff Richard Song Database - Song Details (Outsider)". www.cliffrichardsongs.com. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  2. ^ Turner, Steve (2008). Cliff Richard: the Biography: 50th Anniversary Edition. Lion Books. pp. 186–187. ISBN 978-0-7459-5279-6.
  3. ^ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. 20 January 1962. p. 14. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. 17 February 1962. p. 12. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. 21 April 1962. p. 20. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  6. ^ a b Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
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