To Sir with Love (song)

"To Sir With Love"
US vinyl release (Epic Records)
Single by Lulu
from the album To Sir, with Love
B-side
ReleasedSeptember 1967
GenrePop[1]
Length2:47
LabelEpic
Composer(s)Mark London
Lyricist(s)Don Black
Producer(s)Mickie Most
Lulu singles chronology
"Shout"
(1964)
"To Sir With Love"
(1967)
"Shout"
(1967)

"To Sir with Love" is the theme from James Clavell's 1967 film To Sir, with Love. The song was performed by British singer and actress Lulu (who also starred in the film), and written by Don Black and Mark London (husband of Lulu's longtime manager Marion Massey). Mickie Most produced the record, with Mike Leander arranging and conducting. The song peaked at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, and became the best-selling single of 1967 in the United States.

  1. ^ Breihan, Tom (22 October 2018). "The Number Ones: Lulu's "To Sir With Love"". Stereogum. Retrieved 14 June 2023. And its theme song, from the 19-year-old Scottish singer Lulu, was a dominant pop smash...