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Шаблон:Infobox song "Hair" is the title song to the 1967 musical Hair and the 1979 film adaptation of the musical.

Context in the musical

Шаблон:Listen The musical’s title song begins as character Claude slowly croons his reason for his long hair, as tribe-mate Berger joins in singing they "don't know."[1] They lead the tribe, singing "Give me a head with hair," "as long as God can grow it,"[1] listing what they want in a head of hair and their uses for it. Later the song takes the tune of "The Star-Spangled Banner" with the tribe punning "Oh say can you see/ My eyes if you can/Then my hair’s too short!"[1] Claude and Berger’s religious references continue with many a "Hallelujah" as they consciously compare their hair to Jesus’s, and if Mary loved her son, "why don’t my mother love me?"[1][2] The song shows the Tribe's enthusiasm and pride for their hair as well as comparing Claude to a Jesus figure.[2]

The Cowsills version

Шаблон:Infobox song The song was a major hit for the Cowsills in 1969 and their most successful single. The Cowsills version cuts out most of the religion-themed lyrics, changing "long as God can grow it" to "long as I can grow it" and removing some verses. Their version spent two weeks at number one on the Cash Box Top 100[3] and reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100.[4] "Hair" was kept out of the number-one spot by another song from the Hair cast album: "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by The 5th Dimension.[5] It also reached number one on the RPM Canadian Singles Chart.[6]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

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Chart (1969) Peak
position
Australia KMR 1
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[7] 12
New Zealand [8] 1
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[9] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10] 2
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[11] 19
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[12] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1969) Rank
Canada [13] 14
South Africa [14] 20
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [15] 13
U.S. Cash Box [16] 10

Other versions

"Hair" was also covered in Australia in 1969 and released as a single by Doug Parkinson in Focus (B-side with "Without You") and was a top ten hit for him there that year.[17]

A version by Dutch rock band Zen reached the top of the Dutch Top 40 in January 1969.[18] A cover was released as a B-side by girl group Gilded Cage in 1969.[19]

Appearances in media

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References

Citations Шаблон:Reflist Sources

  • Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (6th ed. 1996), p. 148.

External links

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