Blue on Blue (song)

"Blue on Blue"
Single by Bobby Vinton
from the album Blue on Blue
B-side"Those Little Things"
ReleasedApril 30, 1963[1]
RecordedApril 3, 1963[2]
GenrePop
Length2:21
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Burt Bacharach
Hal David
Producer(s)Bob Morgan
Bobby Vinton singles chronology
"Over the Mountain (Across the Sea)"
(1963) 		"Blue on Blue"
(1963) 		"Blue Velvet"
(1963)

"Blue on Blue" is a popular song composed by Burt Bacharach with lyrics by Hal David, first recorded[3] and released by Bobby Vinton in April 1963, backed by Burt Bacharach and his Orchestra.[4] Vinton's single spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 3 on July 6, 1963,[5][6] while reaching No. 2 on Billboard's Middle-Road Singles chart.[7][8] Vinton's single was a major hit in many other nations as well.

The song was ranked No. 42 on Billboard's end of year ranking "Top Records of 1963".[9]

The success of "Blue on Blue" prompted Bobby Vinton to record an entire album of blue-themed songs, also titled Blue on Blue, which produced an even bigger hit in the No. 1 "Blue Velvet".[10]

  1. ^ "Bobby Vinton's All-Time Greatest Hits," Varese (Vintage) Sarabande CD compilation, copyright 2003
  2. ^ "Bobby Vinton's All-Time Greatest Hits," Varese (Vintage) Sarabande CD compilation, copyright 2003
  3. ^ "Bobby Vinton's All-Time Greatest Hits," Varese (Vintage) Sarabande CD compilation, copyright 2003
  4. ^ Dominic, Serene (2003). Burt Bacharach: Song by Song. New York: Schirmer. pp. 104–5. ISBN 0-8256-7280-5. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  5. ^ Lonergan, David (2005). Hit Records, 1950-1975. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 22. ISBN 0-8108-5129-6. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  6. ^ Bobby Vinton - Chart History - The Hot 100 Archived 2016-01-16 at the Wayback Machine, Billboard.com. Accessed October 23, 2015
  7. ^ Bobby Vinton - Chart History - Adult Contemporary Archived 2016-01-16 at the Wayback Machine, Billboard.com. Accessed October 23, 2015
  8. ^ "Middle-Road Singles", Billboard, July 6, 1963. p. 36. Accessed October 23, 2015
  9. ^ "Top Records of 1963", Billboard, Section II, December 28, 1963. p. 30. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  10. ^ Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits (5th ed.). New York: Billboard Books. p. 146. ISBN 0-8230-7677-6. Retrieved September 26, 2012.