| "Paloma Blanca" | ||||
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| Single by George Baker Selection | ||||
| from the album Paloma Blanca | ||||
| B-side | "Dreamboat" | |||
| Released | 1975 | |||
| Length | 3:27 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Johannes Bouwens | |||
| Producer(s) | Hans Bouwens | |||
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"Paloma Blanca" (Spanish for "white dove"), often called "Una Paloma Blanca", is a song written by Dutch musician George Baker (under his real name, Johannes Bouwens) and first recorded and released by his band, George Baker Selection. The single—the title track of the group's fifth album—was released in 1975 with "Dreamboat" (or "Dream Boat") as its B-side.[1] The song was a hit throughout Europe, reaching No. 1 in Austria, Finland, Flanders, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland, and it also topped the charts of New Zealand and South Africa.
In the United States, the song became a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Easy Listening Singles chart on 14 February 1976 (becoming that chart's overall No. 1 song for 1976), peaked at No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100, and reached No. 33 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. In Canada and the United Kingdom, "Paloma Blanca" peaked at No. 10, and in Australia, it reached No. 2. The song sold over two million copies worldwide.[2]
- ^ Paloma Blanca (Dutch 7-inch single vinyl disc). George Baker Selection. Negram. 1975. NG 496.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "George Baker" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 87, no. 43. 25 October 1975. p. G-3. Retrieved 3 July 2020.