The Ultimate Averaged Chart - The BBC Chart Re-Imagined

[MrTibbs]

Greetings Pop Pickers !

Ready for the next one ?

Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending 8th October 1966 for your interest.

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending October 8th 1966								NME	MM	DISC	RR	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey				Stores	200	250	100	85	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart				BBC			TOP	30	Scored
1	1	Distant Drums - Jim Reeves					1	1	2	1	1	18800
2	2	I'm A Boy - The Who					2	2	1	2	3	18580
5	3	Bend It - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich					3	3	3	3	2	17865
3	4	You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes					4	4	5	4	4	16895
16	5	Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadows - The Rolling Stones					5	7	4	5	7	16190
4	6	Little Man - Sonny and Cher					6	6	6	6	5	15960
9	7	Winchester Cathedral - The New Vaudeville Band					7	5	7	7	6	15725
8	8	All I See Is You - Dusty Springfield					8	9	8	8	9	14320
6	9	Too Soon To Know - Roy Orbison					9	8	11	9	8	13755
10	10	Walk With Me - The Seekers					10=	10	9	12	11	13300
17	11	Guantanamera - The Sandpipers					10=	12	10	10	10	12935
12	12	Sunny - Bobby Hebb					12	11	12	11	12	12365
21	13	Another Tear Falls - The Walker Brothers					13	13	14	13	14	11095
20	14	Sunny - Georgie Fame					14	14	13	16	15	10760
7	15	All Or Nothing - The Small Faces					15	15	15	15	13	10330
11	16	Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles					18	19	16	17	18	8655
NEW	17	I Can't Control Myself - The Troggs					16=	16	18	19	17	8640
23	18	I Don't Care - Los Bravos					16=	17	19	18	16	8375
13	19	Working In The Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey					19	24	17	14	19	7620
26	20	Lady Godiva - Peter and Gordon					20	18	22	20	24	6545
19	21	When I Come Home - The Spencer Davis Group					21	21	23	22	20	5835
14	22	Got To Get You Into My Life - Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers					23	25	21	21	23	5380
18	23	Lovers Of The World Unite - David and Jonathan					22	22	24	25	22	4915
NEW	24	I've Got You Under My Skin - The Four Seasons					25	20	26	23	29	4420
15	25	God Only Knows - The Beach Boys					24		20	24	21	4300
22	26	Ashes To Ashes - The Mindbenders					27		25	28	26	2225
NEW	27	Sunny - Cher					29	27	27	29		2000
NEW	28	Born A Woman - Sandy Posey					30	22				1800
NEW	29	Dear Mrs. Applebee - David Garrick					26	29	28		27	1490
RE	30	I Can't Turn You Loose - Otis Redding						26		27		1400
		Land Of 1,000 Dances - Wilson Pickett					28			26	25	1010
		Somewhere My Love - The Mike Sammes Singers						28		30	28	955
		Mama - Dave Berry							29		30	585
		Somewhere My Love - Manuel and The Music Of The Mountains							30			250
		Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra						30				200

[MrTibbs]

Don't be fooled into a sense of false security Bob, RR will soon go off the rails again lol

[BobPatience]

So close to a 'perfect' top 5. And it probably has happened before, but this is the first time I have noticed that a magazine top 30 (in this case RR) got all 30 records on the ultimate chart 'correct'. And lastly, that Stones title must have been one of the longest song titles of its time.

[MrTibbs]

Greetings Pop Pickers ! Just in from work again hence why running late.

I will never hear Guantanamera quite the same ever again after the comments above

Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending 1st October 1966. Enjoy.

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending October 1st 1966								NME	MM	DISC	RR	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey				Stores	200	250	100	85	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart				BBC			TOP	30	Scored
1	1	Distant Drums - Jim Reeves					1	1	1	1	1	19050
4	2	I'm A Boy - The Who					2	2	2	2	2	18415
5	3	You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes					3	3	3	3	3	17780
7	4	Little Man - Sonny and Cher					4	4	4	4	4	17145
12	5	Bend It - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich					5	5	5	5	6	16425
3	6	Too Soon To Know - Roy Orbison					6	6	6	7	5	15860
2	7	All Or Nothing - The Small Faces					7	7	7	6	8	15255
17	8	All I See Is You - Dusty Springfield					8	8	8	8	11	14350
20	9	Winchester Cathedral - The New Vaudeville Band					9	9	11	11	7	13440
15	10	Walk With Me - The Seekers					11	12	9	12	10	12985
6	11	Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles					10	13	10	9	9	12920
16	12	Sunny - Bobby Hebb					12	11	12	14	14	11895
9	13	Working In The Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey					13	14	14	10	13	11280
10	14	Got To Get You Into My Life - Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers					14	15	17	13	15	9860
8	15	God Only Knows - The Beach Boys					15	19	13	15	16	9775
NEW	16	Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadows - The Rolling Stones					16	10	18	20	17	9740
30	17	Guantanamera - The Sandpipers					18	17	16	17	18	9055
11	18	Lovers Of The World Unite - David and Jonathan					17	23	15	16	12	8715
13	19	When I Come Home - The Spencer Davis Group					19	16	19	21	19	8020
NEW	20	Sunny - Georgie Fame					22	20	20	22	22	6615
NEW	21	Another Tear Falls - The Walker Brothers					20	18	23	18	23	6580
14	22	Ashes To Ashes - The Mindbenders					21	22	22	19	20	6185
25	23	I Don't Care - Los Bravos					23	21	21	23	21	6150
19	24	Mama - Dave Berry					24	25	24	24	25	4160
23	25	Land Of 1,000 Dances - Wilson Pickett					25	26	28	27	24	2745
NEW	26	Lady Godiva - Peter and Gordon					27	23	29	30	30	2285
21	27	They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa ! - Napoleon XIV					26		26	26	27	2090
18	28	Just Like A Woman - Manfred Mann					28		25	29	28	1955
22	29	More Than Love - Ken Dodd					30	28	27		29	1770
27	30	How Sweet It Is - Junior Walker and The All Stars					29			25	26	1025
		In The Arms Of Love - Andy Williams						27				800
		I Can't Turn You Loose - Otis Redding						30	30	28		750
		Dear Mrs. Applebee - David Garrick						28				600

[RokinRobinOfLocksley]

Guantanamera - The Sandpipers
I always used to sing "One ton of manure" to this song!

Also known as "One Ton Tomato":

One ton tomato,
I'll eat a one ton tomato,
One ton tomat-oh
I'll eat a one ton tomat-oh...

[Metalweb]

Too Soon To Know was - extraordinary to realise - the only substantial hit Roy Orbison had between '64 and '89.

Although not specifically about the recent death of his wife Claudette, the lyrics ("too soon to know....if I can forget her...") were poignant....

[Graham76man]

Guantanamera - The Sandpipers
I always used to sing "One ton of manure" to this song!

The Sonny and Cher song was used a few years ago for an Amazon advert - the one with the little horse!

[Robbie]

A posthumous number 1 for Jim Reeves, some 2+ years after his death in a plane crash. At the time he was the third act to have a posthumous number 1, following Buddy Holly ('It Doesn't Matter Anymore') and Eddie Cochran ('Three Steps To Heaven').

[MrTibbs]

Greetings Pop Pickers !

Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending 24th September 1966. Enjoy.

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending September 24th 1966								NME	MM	DISC	RR	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey				Stores	200	250	100	85	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart				BBC			TOP	30	Scored
3	1	Distant Drums - Jim Reeves					1	1	1	1	1	19050
1	2	All Or Nothing - The Small Faces					2	2	2	2	2	18415
4	3	Too Soon To Know - Roy Orbison					3	3	3	5	3	17580
9	4	I'm A Boy - The Who					4	4	4	3	4	17245
11	5	You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes					6	5	6	6	7	15990
2	6	Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles					7	7	5	7	5	15910
12	7	Little Man - Sonny and Cher					5	6	7	4	6	15825
5	8	God Only Knows - The Beach Boys					8	10	8	9	8	14105
7	9	Working In The Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey					10	8	9	10	10	13985
6	10	Got To Get You Into My Life - Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers					9	9	10	8	9	13820
8	11	Lovers Of The World Unite - David and Jonathan					11	12	11	11	11	12500
NEW	12	Bend It - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich					12	11	13	12	13	11930
17	13	When I Come Home - The Spencer Davis Group					13	14	14	17	12	10665
19	14	Ashes To Ashes - The Mindbenders					14	16	15	14	14	10145
20	15	Walk With Me - The Seekers					15=	18	12	19	17	9740
23	16	Sunny - Bobby Hebb					17	13	16	20	21	9300
NEW	17	All I See Is You - Dusty Springfield					15=	15	19	13	19	9020
13	18	Just Like A Woman - Manfred Mann					20	19	18	18	20	7885
14	19	Mama - Dave Berry					18	20	21	15	15	7660
29	20	Winchester Cathedral - The New Vaudeville Band					19	17	22	16	18	7655
10	21	They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa ! - Napoleon XIV					21	24	17	21	16	7175
18	22	More Than Love - Ken Dodd					22	27	20	23	23	5030
26	23	Land Of 1'000 Dances - Wilson Pickett					23	25	23	24	22	4665
28	24	I Can't Turn You Loose - Otis Redding					24	21	26	29	29	3620
NEW	25	I Don't Care - Los Bravos					25=	26	27	28	26	2725
16	26	I Saw Her Again - The Mamas and Papas					29	30	24	27	28	2605
24	27	How Sweet It Is - Junior Walker and The All Stars					27	28	28	26	24	2445
15	28	Visions - Cliff Richard					28		25	25	27	2440
30	29	Big Time Operator - Zoot Money and The Big Roll Band					25=		29	22	25	1910
NEW	30	Guantanamera - The Sandpipers					30	22				1800
		Another Tear Falls - The Walker Brothers						23				1600
		Sunny - Georgie Fame						29				400
		Summer In The City - The Lovin' Spoonful							30			250
		Summertime - Billy Stewart								30		100
		Hi-Lili Hi-Lo - The Alan Price Set									30	85

[MrTibbs]

Greetings Pop Pickers !

Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending 17th September 1966. Enjoy.

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending September 17th 1966								NME	MM	DISC	RR	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey				Stores	200	250	100	85	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart				BBC			TOP	30	Scored
1	1	All Or Nothing - The Small Faces					1	1	1	1	1	19050
2	2	Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles					2	2	2	3	3	18230
6	3	Distant Drums - Jim Reeves					3	3	4	2	2	17715
4	4	Too Soon To Know - Roy Orbison					4	4	3	4	4	17395
3	5	God Only Knows - The Beach Boys					5	5	5	6	5	16410
9	6	Got To Get You Into My Life - Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers					6=	8	6	7	6	15375
14	7	Working In The Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey					6=	7	7	5	8	15355
8	8	Lovers Of The World Unite - David and Jonathan					8	6	9	9	9	14570
18	9	I'm A Boy - The Who					9	9	8	8	14	13895
5	10	They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa ! - Napoleon XIV					10	12	11	10	7	12940
28	11	You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes					11=	11	10	13	13	12580
26	12	Little Man - Sonny and Cher					11=	10	14	11	12	12065
11	13	Just Like A Woman - Manfred Mann					13	13	12	12	10	12035
7	14	Mama - Dave Berry					14	14	13	14	11	11300
15	15	Visions - Cliff Richard					17	16	16	19	19	8970
12	16	I Saw Her Again - The Mamas and Papas					15	18	17	16	17	8790
21	17	When I Come Home - The Spencer Davis Group					16	24	15	15	15	8360
17	18	More Than Love - Ken Dodd					19	17	20	18	18	7955
22	19	Ashes To Ashes - The Mindbenders					18	21	18	17	16	7925
NEW	20	Walk With Me - the Seekers					20	20	19	20	23	6980
13	21	Hi-Lili Hi-Lo - The Alan Price Set					21	26	22	21	20	5185
10	22	With A Girl Like You - The Troggs					22	19	26	25	21	5100
NEW	23	Sunny - Bobby Hebb					29	15	28	24		4650
23	24	How Sweet It Is - Junior Walker and The All Stars					23	25	25	22	22	4365
16	25	Summer In The City - The Lovin' Spoonful					24	27	21	23	28	4355
NEW	26	Land Of 1,000 Dances - Wilson Pickett					25	22	29	27	25	3210
20	27	The More I See You - Chris Montez					26		23	26	24	3095
27	28	I Can't Turn You Loose - Otis Redding					27=	29	24	28	30	2535
NEW	29	Winchester Cathedral - The New Vaudeville Band					27=	23			26	2025
RE	30	Big Time Operator - Zoot Money and The Big Roll Band					30	30	27	30	29	1470
		I Don't Care - Los Bravos						28				600
		Black Is Black - Los Bravos								29	27	540
		Run - Sandie Shaw							30			250

[MrTibbs]

I'm 100% with you on that Bob. It's a pleasant enough pop song but way, way down the list of standout recordings that year. For sheer imaginative ingenuity and pop perfection I believe Good Vibrations to be the beacon that shone forth from 1966 by a country mile. To be overlooked was nothing short of criminal.

[BobPatience]

And there appears Winchester Cathedral, the 'Best Contemporary (R&R) Recording' of 1967, according to the Recording Academy. Finishing ahead of 'Cherish', 'Monday, Monday', 'Eleanor Rigby', 'Last Train to Clarksville' and last but, definitely, not least 'Good Vibrations'. Not that I think it's a bad song, in fact I find it quite infectious. But I still cannot fathom how a silly Music Hall tune beat masterworks by both Brian Wilson and Paul McCartney. That said, this is far and away not the only instance in which I disagree with the Recording Academy.

[MrTibbs]

Greetings Pop Pickers ! I'm just in from work hence the late post.

Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending 10th September 1966.

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending September 10th 1966								NME	MM	DISC	RR	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey				Stores	200	250	100	85	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart				BBC			TOP	30	Scored
3	1	All Or Nothing - The Small Faces					1=	2	1	1	2	18765
1	2	Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles					1=	1	2	2	1	18700
2	3	God Only Knows - The Beach Boys					3	3	3	3	3	17780
7	4	Too Soon To Know - Roy Orbison					4	5	5	4	5	16610
4	5	They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa ! - Napoleon XIV					5	6	4	6	4	16545
16	6	Distant Drums - Jim Reeves					6	4	8	5	6	15875
5	7	Mama - Dave Berry					7	8	6	8	8	15105
8	8	Lovers Of The World Unite - David and Jonathan					8	7	7	12	7	14740
18	9	Got To Get You Into My Life - Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers					10	10	10	9	15	13010
6	10	With A Girl Like You - The Troggs					9	9	14	10	9	12620
13	11	Just Like A Woman - Manfred Mann					11	14	9	11	11	12600
12	12	I Saw Her Again - The Mamas and Papas					12	15	13	7	13	11630
9	13	Hi-Lili Hi-Lo - The Alan Price Set					14	17	11	13	14	11045
19	14	Working In The Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey					13	12	16	14	10	11035
11	15	Visions - Cliff Richard					15	10	15	19	12	11015
10	16	Summer In The City - The Lovin' Spoonful					17	22	12	16	17	9240
17	17	More Than Love - Ken Dodd					16	16	17	17	16	9175
NEW	18	I'm A Boy - The Who					18	13	23	18	20	7835
14	19	Black Is Black - Los Bravos					19	21	18	22	19	7170
15	20	The More I See You - Chris Montez					20	23	21	20	18	6305
30	21	When I Come Home - The Spencer Davis Group					21	25	20	15	23	6230
NEW	22	Ashes To Ashes - The Mindbenders					22	24	19	21	22	6165
27	23	How Sweet It Is - Junior Walker and The All Stars					23	20	26	26	27	4290
23	24	Ain't Too Proud To Beg - The Temptations					24	29	25	24	25	3110
22	25	Barefootin' - Robert Parker					26		22	29	24	3045
NEW	26	Little Man - Sonny and Cher					27	18		27		3000
NEW	27	I Can't Turn You Loose - Otis Redding					30	27	24			2550
NEW	28	You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes					29	19		30		2500
21	29	I Want You - Bob Dylan					28		27	25	26	2025
25	30	Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever - The Four Tops					25			23	21	1650
		Big Time Operator - Zoot Money and The Big Roll Band						28	28		28	1605
		Land Of 1,000 Dances - Wilson Pickett						26	30			1250
		Step Out Of Line - Twice As Much							29			500
		Out Of Time - Chris Farlowe								28	30	385
		Winchester Cathedral - The New Vaudeville Band						30				200
		Strangers In The Night - Frank Sinatra									29	170

[Graham76man]

I did some research into the people thinking they were famous people in mental hospitals connected with the re-incarnation thing where lots of people have had past lives as Cleopatra and Napoleon etc. Obviously if they had past lives (in mental hospitals) these would explain it. But it seems the facts of mental hospitals do not back this up. With nobody (in studies of the patients) claiming to be a famous person. Having said that the bloke who shot John Lennon said he was John Lennon! So maybe it still stands?

There's a video of it on YouTube, but I don't know if it is the original artist or somebody doing a video for it. Sections of it look old enough though to be from the 60's. The quality is not good either.

[Metalweb]

I remember hearing an interview with Jerry Samuels (just googled his real name) in which he claimed he knew several psychiatric patients and they all loved his record!

This must have been in the early 70s when the single was re-issued, made the breakers and almost re-charted.

Wonder where the cliché of asylum inmates thinking they're Napoleon comes from - presumably it pre-dates this.....

[MrTibbs]

Yeah Graham they both worked in The State Hospital at Carstairs in forensic psychiatry, and were appalled at me wanting to buy that record. The lecture I got lol

[Graham76man]

Going mad because a woman's left you OR
Going mad because your dogs left you

Which would have got the radio producers banning the record most?

I would have thought being in love with a dog?? So to put the verse in would would increase the risk of a ban.

[Graham76man]

Wow you had some forward thinking parents there, unless they worked with mental health issues or connected with it.

[MrTibbs]

Greetings Pop Pickers !

Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending 3rd September 1966.

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending September 3rd 1966								NME	MM	DISC	RR	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey				Stores	200	250	100	85	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart				BBC			TOP	30	Scored
1	1	Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles					1	1	1	1	1	19050
2	2	God Only Knows - The Beach Boys					2	2	2	2	2	18415
8	3	All Or Nothing - The Small Faces					3	3	3	3	3	17780
4	4	They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa ! - Napoleon XIV					4	4	4	4	4	17145
5	5	Mama - Dave Berry					5	6	5	5	6	16225
3	6	With A Girl Like You - The Troggs					6	5	6	7	5	16060
15	7	Too Soon To Know - Roy Orbison					7	7	10	6	8	14505
13	8	Lovers Of The World Unite - David and Jonathan					8	9	9	14	9	13470
10	9	Hi-Lili Hi-Lo - The Alan Price Set					11=	10	7	16	12	13315
7	10	Summer In The City - The Lovin' Spoonful					9	13	8	12	10	13035
6	11	Visions - Cliff Richard					10	8	15	13	7	12440
12	12	I Saw Her Again - The Mamas and Papas					11=	15	11	8	11	12200
17	13	Just Like A Woman - Manfred Mann					13	14	12	10	13	11780
9	14	Black Is Black - Los Bravos					14	12	13	9	16	11775
11	15	The More I See You - Chris Montez					15	16	14	11	14	10695
20	16	Distant Drums - Jim Reeves					16	11	17	15	17	10290
14	17	More Than Love - Ken Dodd					17	18	16	17	15	9110
24	18	Got To Get You Into My Life - Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers					18	17	18	18	18	8455
27	19	Working In The Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey					19	19	19	19	19	7620
16	20	Out Of Time - Chris Farlowe					20	22	21	22	23	5880
18	21	I Want You - Bob Dylan					21	25	20	25	20	5485
29	22	Barefootin' - Robert Parker					23	27	24	21	24	4145
25	23	Ain't Too Proud To Beg - The Temptations					24	23	27	26	21	3950
28	24	Give Me Your Word - Billy Fury					25	28	22	24	27	3890
23	25	Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever - The Four Tops					22	25	28	20	22	3815
19	26	Love Letters - Elvis Presley					26		23	23	28	3055
NEW	27	How Sweet It Is - Junior Walker and The All Stars					27	21		30		2100
NEW	28	Big Time Operator - Zoot Money and The Big Roll Band					30=		25		25	2010
21	29	I Couldn't Live Without Your Love - Petula Clark					28	28	26			1850
NEW	30	When I Come Home - The Spencer Davis Group					29	24				1400
		Revolver (LP) - The Beatles						20				2200
		Strangers In The Night - Frank Sinatra					30=		29		26	925
		Goin' Back - Dusty Springfield							30	29	30	535
		Warm And Tender Love - Percy Sledge								27		400
		Blowin' In The Wind - Stevie Wonder								28		300
		Goodbye Bluebird - Wayne Fontana						30				200
		Ashes To Ashes - The Mindbenders									29	170

[MrTibbs]

Greetings Pop Pickers !

Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending 27th August 1966.

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending August 27th 1966								NME	MM	DISC	RR	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey				Stores	200	250	100	85	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart				BBC			TOP	30	Scored
1	1	Yellow Submarine/ Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles					1	1	1	1	1	19050
3	2	God Only Knows - The Beach Boys					2	2	2	2	2	18415
2	3	With A Girl Like You - The Troggs					3	3	3	3	3	17780
10	4	They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa ! - Napoleon XIV					4	4	5	4	4	16895
5	5	Mama - Dave Berry					5	5	4	6	5	16660
8	6	Visions - Cliff Richard					6	7	7	7	7	15240
7	7	Summer In The City - The Lovin' Spoonful					9	9	6	10	12	14365
18	8	All Or Nothing - The Small Faces					8	6	10	9	9	14320
4	9	Black Is Black - Los Bravos					7	8	12	5	6	14075
11	10	Hi-Lili Hi-Lo - The Alan Price Set					11	10	8	11	11	13650
6	11	The More I See You - Chris Montez					10	11	11	8	8	13255
13	12	I Saw Her Again - The Mamas and Papas					12=	14	9	12	13	12330
14	13	Lovers Of The World Unite - David and Jonathan					12=	12	13	13	10	11885
15	14	More Than Love - Ken Dodd					14	15	14	15	14	10495
23	15	Too Soon To Know - Roy Orbison					15	13	16	14	17	10240
9	16	Out Of Time - Chris Farlowe					16	16	15	17	15	9760
21	17	Just Like A Woman - Manfred Mann					17	17	18	19	16	8525
16	18	I Want You - Bob Dylan					18	21	17	18	18	7905
12	19	Love Letters - Elvis Presley					19	22	19	16	19	7320
NEW	20	Distant Drums - Jim Reeves					20	20	22	25	22	5815
17	21	I Couldn't Live Without Your Love - Petula Clark					21	30	21	20	20	4735
19	22	Goin' Back - Dusty Springfield					22		20	21	21	4600
25	23	Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever - The Four Tops					23	23	24	24	26	4475
NEW	24	Got To Get You Into My Life - Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers					24	18		27	23	3680
26	25	Ain't Too Proud To Beg - The Temptations					26	25	26	29	24	3245
24	26	Strangers In The Night - Frank Sinatra					25	28	25	23	27	3240
NEW	27	Working In The Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey					29	24	28	22	29	3220
29	28	Give Me Your Word - Billy Fury					28		23	28	30	2385
28	29	Barefootin' - Robert Parker					27	27	30	26	25	2060
22	30	Get Away - Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames					30		27	30	28	1355
		Revolver (LP) - The Beatles						19				2400
		How Sweet It is - Junior Walker and The All Stars						26				1000
		Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks							29			500
		Blowin' In The Wind - Stevie Wonder						29				400

[Splodj]

I'm being very pedantic here, but the title is: "They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!"

[MrTibbs]

I loved the record at the time as a kid and my parents refused to let me buy it as they said it was still derogative to people with mental health issues so I bought The Small Faces instead. Memories. Memories.

[Metalweb]

Wasn't the line about the dog an afterthought - put in to minimise controversy and hopefully avoid airplay bans?

[Graham76man]

They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha Ha - is actually about a bloke in love with a dog, which has run off! Hence the lines "mutt" and ASPCA - American Society Prevention Cruelty (to) Animals!
The flip side is the same song backwards!

[Graham76man]

The Official Chart date system is messy. With them using publication dates rather than the week of sales. But I believe they were using the same week system as the others. In fact all the papers came out Thursday. Some later carried the Saturday date after Thursday, but still were in the shops Thursday.
So the charts went Monday to Saturday - sent out to the papers Monday - compiled and printed for Thursday.
Then when they changed the release date of records to Friday a few years ago. The Official Chart went back to Thursday for the chart date to give new records a full seven days of sales.