That's Our Song

That's Our Song
That's Our Song
Studio album by Esther & Abi Ofarim
Released	October 1965
Genre	Folk; pop; world;
Label	Philips
Esther & Abi Ofarim chronology
Singles from That's Our Song
	"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"; Released: 1965; "That's My Song"; Released: 1965; "Les Trois Cloches"; Released: 1966;

That's Our Song is an album released by Israeli folk duo Esther & Abi Ofarim. It was released in Europe on Philips Records in 1965. The album was released as Neue Songs Der Welt (New Songs of the World) in Germany.

Recording and release[]

On this album arranged and conducted by Heinz Alisch, Esther & Abi Ofarim cover various international folk recordings, including songs by Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul and Mary, and the Negro spiritual "Go Tell It on the Mountain." The track "La Guajira" is a rendition of "Al vaivén de mi carreta" by Cuban musician Ñico Saquito.

The album was at the top of the German Album chart by December 1965.^[1] Neue Songs Der Welt was the first of three No. 1 albums for the duo in Germany. The album spent a total of 80 weeks on the charts (October 15, 1965 – May 15, 1967), including 56 weeks in the Top 10 and 12 weeks at the top of the chart.^[2]

Track listing[]

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"That's My Song"	Tomsco	2:56
2.	"Hush-A-Bye"	Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey	2:45
3.	"La Guajira"		2:10
4.	"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"	Bob Dylan	2:20
5.	"Les Trois Cloches"	Jean Villard Gilles	3:18
6.	"He's Mine"	Angela Martin, Bobby Scott	2:06

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Go Tell It on the Mountain"		3:00
2.	"Another Man"		3:00
3.	"Shtematy"	Yedidya Admon	2:33
4.	"900 Miles From My Home"		2:40
5.	"Drunten Im Tale (Down In The Valley)"	Daniel Martina	2:48
6.	"What Have They Done to the Rain"	Malvina Reynolds	1:43

Chart performance[]

*Neue Songs Der Welt*
Chart	Peak position
Germany (GfK Entertainment)^[3]	1

References[]

^ "Music Capitals of the World: Hamburg" (PDF). Billboard: 27. December 25, 1965.
^ Chartsurfer.de. "Neue Songs der Welt von Esther & Abi Ofarim". www.chartsurfer.de. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
^ "ESTHER OFARIM + ABI". Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 2020-06-15.

[1] "Music Capitals of the World: Hamburg" (PDF). Billboard: 27. December 25, 1965.

[2] Chartsurfer.de. "Neue Songs der Welt von Esther & Abi Ofarim". www.chartsurfer.de. Retrieved 2020-06-15.

[3] "ESTHER OFARIM + ABI". Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 2020-06-15.

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Albums	Songs Der Welt (1963) Neue Songs Der Welt (1965) Das Neue Esther & Abi Ofarim Album (1966) 2 In 3 (1967)
Songs	"Ack Värmeland, du sköna" "Bonnie Boat" "Cinderella Rockefella" "Cotton Fields" "Le Déserteur" "Dirty Old Town" "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" "Dona, Dona" "El Vito" "Freight Train " "Go Tell It on the Mountain" "Jovano Jovanke" "Les trois cloches" "The Lonesome Road" "Lonesome Traveller" "Morning of My Life" "Oh Waly Waly" "One More Dance" "Seeräuber-Jenny" "Sing Hallelujah" "Someday Soon (Ian Tyson song)" "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" "What Have They Done to the Rain"