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"Wonderful Land"
Single by The Shadows
B-side"Stars Fell on Stockton"
Released23 February 1962 (1962-02-23)
Recorded12 May, 6 July 1961 and 18 January 1962[1]
StudioEMI Studios, London
GenreInstrumental surf
Length2:02
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Jerry Lordan[2]
Producer(s)Norrie Paramor[2]
The Shadows singles chronology
"The Savage"
(1961)
"Wonderful Land"
(1962)
"Guitar Tango"
(1962)

"Wonderful Land" is an instrumental piece written by Jerry Lordan and first recorded and released as a single by The Shadows in February 1962. It stayed at number one for eight weeks on the UK Singles Chart, a feat only Elvis Presley (in 1960), the Shadows and the Archies (in 1969) managed in the whole of the 1960s.[3][4]

  1. ^ Koers, Ivo. "Instrumentation On Shadows Recordings II: The Primary Singles" (PDF). malcolmcampbell.me.uk. p. 10. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 64–5. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  3. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 135–6. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  4. ^ "Number 1 Singles of the 1960s". EveryHit. Retrieved 2010-11-21.

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