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Stoney End (song)

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"Stoney End"
Single by Barbra Streisand
from the album Stoney End
B-side"I'll Be Home"
ReleasedOctober 1970
Recorded1970
Genre
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Laura Nyro
Producer(s)Richard Perry
Barbra Streisand singles chronology
"Stout-Hearted Men"
(1967)
"Stoney End"
(1970)
"Time and Love"
(1971)

"Stoney End" is a song written by Laura Nyro and released in February 1967 on her debut album More Than a New Discovery. According to childhood friend Alan Merrill, Nyro originally intended the song, a gospel-inflected uptempo piece, to be performed at a slower pace. The best known recording of Nyro's album version of the song was a hit for Barbra Streisand in 1970.

Streisand recorded "Stoney End" as the title track of her twelfth studio album. Members of the group Fanny provided backing vocals. The song reached number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1971 and became Streisand's second Top 10 hit. It also reached number two on the US Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada it peaked at number five.

Chart performance

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1970–71) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[3] 5
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[4] 29
UK Singles Chart 27
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 6
US Billboard Easy Listening 2
US Cash Box Top 100 7

Year-end charts

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Chart (1971) Rank
Canada[6] 65
US Cash Box[7] 99

Other versions

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  • The Blossoms, who sang backing vocals on Peggy Lipton's version, first released it in 1967 as the B-side to the "Wonderful" single, and then again in 1969 as an A-side single
  • "Stoney End" had previously been performed by The Chicks. It charted in New Zealand, reaching number 21 in January 1970.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Molanphy, Chris (February 10, 2024). "The Hello Gorgeous Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
  2. ^ Petridis, Alexis (October 27, 2023). "Barbra Streisand's 20 greatest songs – ranked!". The Guardian. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  3. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  4. ^ "Item: 10616 - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  5. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  6. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  7. ^ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1971". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  8. ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. 1970-01-09. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
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