Peak
42
Weeks
9
Score
639
Chart Year
1965
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position42
Peak DateApr 24, 1965
Weeks at Peak1
Weeks Charted9
Weeks in Top 400
Weeks in Top 100
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc59
Weekly Calc580
Total Score639
Rankings
Year Ranking#321
Decade Ranking#2,991
Billboard Year#315
Top 5000#16,629
Details
- Album
- Single
- Label
- Reprise Records
- Genre
- Dance-pop
- Duration
- 10:00
- Composer(s)
- Christopher Frederick Andrews
- Entered Chart
- Mar 6, 1965
- Peak Date
- Apr 24, 1965
- Released
- 1964
- Recorded
- Unknown
- Catalog #
- Reprise 0342
- B-Side
- I'd Br Far Better Off Without You
Music Video
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Notes
This Chris Andrews penned song was originally the B-side to the ballad "I'd Be Far Better Off Without You," also written by Andrews. However the DJ's started picking up on "Girl" and after Shaw performed both songs on a late night chat show and this tune got a better response, the decision was made to switch it to the A-side. This song caused Sandie Shaw to be banned from the US. Around the time Rough Trade released Shaw's Hello Angel album in 1988, she provided some personal notes on her past releases. About this song she claimed: "Girl Don't Come was the beginning and end of my US career, and as a result of Chris (Andrews) and I teasing our manager Eve (Taylor) about the title of the song - she gave the label details to the American company as Girls Don't Come. The song went straight into the charts and was immediately banned. When I applied to work in the States, I discovered that I had joined a very different 'hit list' and was refused entry with others like John Lennon." Cher covered the song in 1965 on her solo debut album, All I Really Want to Do. The Pretenders often used it as an encore during their early-'80s tours, though they never released it.
You have a date for half past eight tonight Some distant bell starts chimin' nine You wanna see her You wanna see her, oh yeah So you wait, you wait and wait Girl don't come The time rolls on those minutes fly by You wanna go but just you try guy You wanna see her You wanna see her, oh yeah So you wait, you wait and wait Girl don't come You've been stood up Tears fill your eyes, oh whoa You hurt inside You wanna die, oh whoa You have a date for half past eight tonight Some distant bell starts chimin' nine You wanna see her You wanna see her, oh yeah So you wait, you wait and wait Girl don't come You've been stood up Tears fill your eyes, oh whoa You hurt inside You wanna die, oh whoa You wanna see her You wanna see her, oh yeah So you wait, you wait and wait Girl don't come Girl don't come Girl don't come
Chart History (9 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mar 6, 1965 | 90 | 36 |
| 2 | Mar 13, 1965 | 86 | 40 |
| 3 | Mar 20, 1965 | 77 | 49 |
| 4 | Mar 27, 1965 | 62 | 64 |
| 5 | Apr 3, 1965 | 52 | 74 |
| 6 | Apr 10, 1965 | 49 | 77 |
| 7 | Apr 17, 1965 | 47 | 79 |
| 8 | Apr 24, 1965 | 42 | 84 |
| 9 | May 1, 1965 | 49 | 77 |