Bus Stop (song)

"Bus Stop"
West German picture sleeve
Single by the Hollies
from the album Bus Stop
B-side"Don't Run and Hide"
Released17 June 1966 (1966-06-17)[1]
Recorded18 May 1966[2]
StudioEMI, London
Genre
Length2:53
LabelParlophone
Songwriter(s)Graham Gouldman
Producer(s)Ron Richards[5]
The Hollies singles chronology
"I Can't Let Go"
(1966)
"Bus Stop"
(1966)
"After the Fox"
(1966)

"Bus Stop" is a song recorded and released as a single by the British rock band the Hollies in 1966. It reached No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart.[6] It was the Hollies' first US top ten hit,[7] reaching No. 5 on the Billboard charts in September 1966. In Canada the song reached No. 1 and was their second top ten hit there.

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