No Regrets (Tom Rush song)
| "No Regrets" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Tom Rush from the album The Circle Game | |
| Released | 1968 |
| Genre | Folk rock |
| Length |
3:50 (1968 version) 5:40 (1974 version) |
| Label | Elektra |
| Writer(s) | Tom Rush |
| Producer(s) | Arthur Gorson |
"No Regrets" is a song by folk and blues singer/songwriter Tom Rush. It is the final song on his 1968 album The Circle Game.
His 1968 composition has become an acknowledged standard, with numerous cover versions having been recorded. In addition to his 1968 sparse acoustic recording of the song, Rush later recorded a more lush, orchestrated pop version for Columbia Records featuring a screaming electric guitar solo for his 1974 album Ladies Love Outlaws.
The Walker Brothers
| "No Regrets" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by The Walker Brothers | ||||
| from the album No Regrets | ||||
| B-side | "Remember Me" | |||
| Released | 14 November 1975[1] | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | Marquee Studios, Kingsway Recorders and Air London Studios, 1975[2] | |||
| Genre | Pop music, Rock, Country | |||
| Length | 5:47 | |||
| Label | GTO Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Tom Rush | |||
| Producer(s) | Scott Walker and Geoff Calver | |||
| The Walker Brothers singles chronology | ||||
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The Walker Brothers recorded and released "No Regrets" as their comeback single in 1975, their first since 1967's "Walking in the Rain" and eleventh overall.
The song was also used as the title of its parent album. The single was slightly different as it features a John Walker harmony vocal not present on the album version which in turn includes female backing singers absent from the single.[3]
"No Regrets" was a major hit spending twelve weeks on the UK Singles Chart and peaking at #7 in February 1976[4] giving Rush belated Top Ten exposure as a songwriter in the UK. The single would prove to be group's final taste of commercial success while together, as the parent album and subsequent Walker Brothers releases failed to find a wide audience. The B-side "Remember Me" was written by John Walker under the pseudonym A. Dayam.
Track listing
| GTO Records – GT 42 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "No Regrets" | Rush | 5:47 |
| 2. | "Remember Me" | A. Dayam | 3:51 |
Chart positions
| Chart (1975/6) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgium Ultratop singles chart[5] | 10 |
| Dutch Top 40[6] | 7 |
| Irish Singles Chart[7] | 5 |
| UK Singles Chart[4] | 7 |
Other recordings
- Dirk Blanchart (Luna Twist)
- Fairport Convention
- Waylon Jennings
- Luna
- Olivia Newton-John
- Curtis Stigers
- Midge Ure – reached #9 on the UK singles chart in 1982.
- Emmylou Harris
- Ed Bruce
- Lee Hazlewood
- McKendree Spring on Live at the Beachland Ballroom (2007)
- Noeline Donaher
- Shirley Bassey
- Ed Kuepper on The Return of the Mail-Order Bridegroom (2014)
- Karl Blau on Introducing Karl Blau (2016)
References
- ↑ "45cat - The Walker Brothers - No Regrets / Remember Me - GTO - UK - GT 42". 45cat. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
- ↑ "Walker Brothers, The – No Regrets (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
- ↑ Williams, Lewis (2006). Scott Walker – The Rhymes of Goodbye (1st ed.). London: Plexus. p. 151. ISBN 0-85965-395-1.
- 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 589/590. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ "Discografie The Walker brothers". Ultratop.be. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
- ↑ "Discografie The Walker Brothers". 2003-2012 Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
- ↑ Jaclyn Ward (1962-10-01). "Irish Singles chart". www.irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2011-09-15.