| "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" | ||||
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| Single by the Poppy Family | ||||
| from the album Which Way You Goin' Billy? | ||||
| B-side | "Endless Sleep" | |||
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| Genre | Sunshine pop | |||
| Length | 3:27 | |||
| Label | London | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Terry Jacks | |||
| Producer(s) | Terry Jacks | |||
| The Poppy Family singles chronology | ||||
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"Which Way You Goin' Billy?" is a song by the Canadian band the Poppy Family. First released as a single in 1969, it features on the album of the same name and was a chart-topping hit in Canada and Ireland. It was also a significant hit in other parts of the world, reaching #2 on both the U.S. Cash Box and Billboard pop charts.
The song was written by Terry Jacks and the lead vocal is performed by his wife Susan Jacks. The singer asks her husband Billy where he's going, knowing that he is leaving her. She pledges she'll still love him and stay his wife.
The single's B-side is a cover of Jody Reynolds' 1958 hit "Endless Sleep" and is sung by Terry Jacks.