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| name = On a Carousel | cover = Hollies - On a Carousel US.jpg | alt = | caption = US Picture Sleeve | type = single | artist = The Hollies | album = | B-side = All the World Is Love | released = UK: 10 February 1967 | format = 7" | recorded = 11 & 13 January 1967 Abbey Road Studios[1] | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop | length = 3:07 | label = UK: Parlophone R5562 US: Imperial 66231 | writer = Graham Nash Allan Clarke Tony Hicks | producer = Ron Richards | prev_title = Stop Stop Stop | prev_year = 1966 | next_title = Carrie Anne | next_year = 1967 }} "On a Carousel" is a song written by Allan Clarke, Graham Nash and Tony Hicks. It was released by The Hollies as a single in February 1967, having been recorded the previous month, on the Parlophone label in the UK and Imperial in the US. Nash would opine: "'On a Carousel' was one of the Hollies' best songs. It's a pop song with an infectious chorus, but flirts with gorgeous shifts in rhythmic texture [that keep] the melody from becoming predictable. And the lyric captures the essence of young love without the usual moon-and-June cliches. We knew it was a hit from the get-go."[2] Original recordingNash would recall that prior to "On a Carousel", "our biggest hits were Graham Gouldman songs ... Tony, Allan and I wanted desperately to write a monster A-side ... We thought we were good enough writers, we knew the combination, how to come up with a universal theme, the right kind of hook. So we went through a shitload of ideas until inspiration struck. I'm not sure which of the three of us came up with funfairs ... We [realized] a love affair was pretty much like going round and round and round on a carousel. And before we knew it the song just took shape. It was all there, the words, the tune, there was no stopping it. And Tony and Bobby [Elliott] wrapped it up in an exceptional arrangement." [2] "On a Carousel" was the Hollies first A-side on which Graham Nash sang lead vocals, although only for the first few lines. It was the Hollies' second-last single to be released in the US by Imperial before the band switched to the Epic label. The song was a hit in the UK, peaking at #4 on the single charts, and in Canada it made #7 in the RPM Magazine charts. It was also a moderate hit in the United States, peaking at #11 on the Billboard chart. Charts
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References1. ^{{cite AV media notes |title=The 30th Anniversary Collection |others=The Hollies |year=1993 |type=CD |publisher=EMI Records |id=D 202205}} 2. ^1 {{cite book| first=Graham| last=Nash| title=Wild Tales: a rock & roll life| year=2013| publisher=Crown Archetype| location=NYC| page=98| isbn=978-0-385-34754-9}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1967/19670426.html |title=Go-Set Australian Charts –26 April 1967 |work=Pop Archives |accessdate=24 May 2011}} External links
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