Susan (song)

1967 single by The Buckinghams

"Susan"

Single by The Buckinghams
from the album  Portraits
B-side| "Foreign Policy"
Released| 1967
Genre|

* Sunshine pop[1]
* psychedelic pop[2]

Length| 2:48
2:17 (radio edit)
Label| Columbia Records
Songwriter(s)| Gary Beisbier
James William Guercio
Jim Holvay[3]
Producer(s)| James William Guercio
The Buckinghams singles chronology
| "Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song)"
(1967)  | "Susan"
(1967)  | "Back in Love Again"
(1968)

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"Susan" is a song by The Buckinghams, released as a single in 1967, and on their album Portraits in 1968.[4] It spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 11,[5] while reaching No. 7 on Canada's RPM 100,[6] No. 2 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,[7] No. 2 in the Philippines,[8] and No. 18 on New Zealand's NZ Listener chart.[9]

The song contains a short excerpt of Charles Ives' composition, Central Park in the Dark, which contrasts sharply with the sunshine pop flavor of the majority of the track.[1] The section containing this excerpt was added by producer James William Guercio,[1] and the group disliked it when they heard it.[10] This section was edited out by many radio stations when they aired the song.[10][11]

## Chart performance

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### Weekly charts

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| Chart (1967-68)  | Peak
position

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Canada (RPM 100)  | 7
Canada (CHUM Hit Parade)  | 2
New Zealand (Listener)[12] | 18
Philippines  | 2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100  | 11
U.S. (Cash Box Top 100)[13] | 7
U.S. Record World 100 Top Pops[14] | 6

### Year-end charts

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| Chart (1968)  | Rank

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U.S. (Cash Box Top 100)[15] | 55
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[16] | 99

## References

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1. ^ a b c Courrier, Kevin (2002). Dangerous Kitchen: The Subversive World of Zappa, ECW Press, p. 75.
2. ^ Doggett, Peter (1 January 2015). "Freak Out People". Electric Shock: From the Gramophone to the iPhone - 125 Years of Pop Music. London: The Bodley Head. p. 374\. ISBN 978-1-847-92218-2. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
3. ^ Susan - By: The Buckinghams, MusicVF.com. Accessed September 22, 2015
4. ^ "Portraits – The Buckinghams". AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
5. ^ Hot 100 - The Buckinghams Susan Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
6. ^ "RPM 100", RPM Weekly, Volume 8, Ed. 19 January 27, 1968. Accessed September 23, 2015
7. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade – Week of February 5, 1968, Chart No. 574". CHUM. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
8. ^ "Hits of the World", Billboard, May 25, 1968. p. 51. Accessed September 23, 2015
9. ^ NZ Listener charts: 23-Feb-1968, Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed October 28, 2015
10. ^ a b Hey Baby, They’re Playing Our Song: A Conversation with Carl Giammarese, Confessions of a Pop Culture Addict. Accessed September 22, 2015
11. ^ "WGLI Makes Biggies Sit Down and Listen", Billboard, February 3, 1968. p. 26. Accessed October 28, 2015
12. ^ NZ Listener chart summary, Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed August 9, 2016.
13. ^ "Cash Box Top 100", Cash Box, February 3, 1968. p. 4. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
14. ^ "100 Top Pops", Record World, February 3, 1968. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
15. ^ "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1968", Cash Box, December 28, 1968. p. 14. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
16. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.

## External links

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* Buckinghams - Susan on YouTube

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