Gather Me

Gather Me
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1971
StudioAllegro Sound Studios, New York City
GenreFolk[1]
LabelNeighborhood (US)
Buddah (UK)
ProducerPeter Schekeryk
Melanie chronology
All the Right Noises
(1971)
Gather Me
(1971)
Stoneground Words
(1972)

Gather Me is a 1971 album released by Melanie and featuring the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart #1 song "Brand New Key" (a novelty hit which also reached the #1 chart position in Canada, New Zealand and Australia between November 1971 and March 1972[2]). The album also features the singles "Some Day I'll Be a Farmer" and the Top 40 hit "Ring the Living Bell". The album was certified Gold in the U.S. and was arranged by Roger Kellaway.

  1. ^ Breihan, Tom (February 14, 2019). "The Number Ones: Melanie's "Brand New Key"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 16, 2023. ...her LP Gather Me, which is otherwise a straight-up idiosyncratic folk record...
  2. ^ Brand New Key at Songs from the Year 1972.