Temma Harbour

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"Temma Harbour"
Mary Hopkin Temma Harbour.jpg
Cover of variant picture sleeve
Single by Mary Hopkin
B-side"Lontano Dagli Occhi"
Released16 January 1970 (1970-01-16)
GenreFolk
Length3:20
LabelApple
Songwriter(s)Philamore Lincoln
Producer(s)Mickie Most
Mary Hopkin singles chronology
"Goodbye"
(1969) 		"Temma Harbour"
(1970) 		"Knock, Knock, Who's There?"
(1970)

"Temma Harbour" is a song written by Robert Anson, under the pseudonym Philamore Lincoln, who released it on his album The North Wind Blew South in January 1970. The song refers to an inlet of the same name on the island of Tasmania.

The song is better known for the version by Welsh folk singer Mary Hopkin, also released in January 1970. It was her first single on Apple Records not to be produced by Paul McCartney, but instead by Mickie Most, who also rearranged the song. It peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart and number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1][2]

The B-side, "Lontano Dagli Occhi", was written by Sergio Endrigo and Sergio Bardotti and Hopkin's performance had finished in second place at the Sanremo Music Festival in early 1969.

Track listing[]

  1. "Temma Harbour" – 3:20
  2. "Lontano Dagli Occhi" – 3:21

Charts[]

Chart (1970) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 6
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4] 42
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[5] 4
Ireland (IRMA)[6] 3
Malaysia (Radio Malaysia)[7] 4
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[8] 16
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9] 12
New Zealand (Listener)[10] 3
Singapore (Radio Singapore)[11] 1
UK Singles (OCC)[1] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 39
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[12] 4
Zimbabwe (ZIMA)[13] 19

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Mary Hopkin: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Mary Hopkin Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 141. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 3802." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
  5. ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 3791." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
  6. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Temma Harbour". Irish Singles Chart.
  7. ^ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. 25 April 1970. p. 63. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Mary Hopkin" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  9. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Mary Hopkin – Temma Harbour" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  10. ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". www.flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  11. ^ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. 11 April 1970. p. 76. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Mary Hopkin Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  13. ^ Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: Singles Chart Book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
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