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"Green, Green Grass of Home", written by Claude "Curly" Putman Jr., and first recorded by singer Johnny Darrell in 1965, is a country song made popular by Porter Wagoner the same year, when it reached No. 4 on the Country chart.[2] It was also recorded by Bobby Bare and by Jerry Lee Lewis, who included it in his album Country Songs for City Folks (later re-issued as All Country). Tom Jones learned the song from Lewis' version and, in 1966, he had a worldwide No. 1 hit with it.

For the album, see Green, Green Grass of Home (album).
For the song by George Ezra, see Green Green Grass (song).
"Green, Green Grass of Home"
Single by Porter Wagoner
from the album On the Road: The Porter Wagoner Show
B-side"Dooley"
ReleasedJuly 1965
RecordedJune 7, 1965
StudioRCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN
GenreCountry
Length2:24
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Curly Putman[1]
Porter Wagoner singles chronology
"I'm Gonna Feed You Now"
(1965)		 "Green, Green Grass of Home"
(1965)		 "Skid Row Joe"
(1965)
"Green, Green Grass of Home"
Single by Tom Jones
from the album Green, Green Grass of Home
B-side"Promise Her Anything"
ReleasedNovember 1966
GenreCountry pop
Length3:05
LabelDecca Records F22511[1]
Songwriter(s)Curly Putman[1]
Producer(s)Peter Sullivan[1]
Tom Jones singles chronology
"This and That"
(1966)		 "Green, Green Grass of Home"
(1966)		 "Detroit City"
(1967)

Lyrics


A man returns to his childhood home for what seems to be his first visit there since leaving in his youth. When he steps down from the train, his parents are there to greet him, and his beloved, Mary, comes running to join them. They meet him with "arms reaching, smiling sweetly". With Mary, the man strolls at ease among the monuments of his childhood, including "the old oak tree that I used to play on", feeling that "it's good to touch the green, green grass of home".

Abruptly, the man switches from song to speech, as he awakens and sees "four grey walls" surrounding him and remembers that he is in prison. As he resumes singing, we learn that the man is waking on the day of his scheduled execution.[3] He sees a guard and "a sad old padre" who will walk with him to his execution at daybreak, and then he will return home "in the shade of that old oak tree, as they lay me 'neath the green, green grass of home".

The Joan Baez version ends: "Yes, we'll all be together in the shade of the old oak tree / When we meet beneath the green, green grass of home."


Tom Jones version


Welsh singer Tom Jones, who was appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1965, visited Colony Records while staying in New York City. On asking if they had any new works by Jerry Lee Lewis, he was given the new country album.

Impressed with the song, Jones recorded and released the song in the UK in 1966 and it reached No. 1 on 1 December, staying there for a total of seven weeks.[4] The song has sold over 1.25 million copies in the UK as of September 2017.[5] Jones' version also reached No. 11 pop, No. 12 easy listening on the Billboard US charts.[6]

In September 2006, Jones performed the song as a duet with Jerry Lee Lewis during the taping of the latter's Last Man Standing TV special in New York City, and credited Lewis with providing the inspiration for his own recording.

In February 2009, Jones performed the song live with Vincent Moon on a special Take-Away Show, along with "If He Should Ever Leave You" and "We Got Love", in front of a camera in a hotel room in New York.[7]

Jones sang the song on the 2009-2010 edition of Jool's Annual Hootenanny on 1 January 2010.


Chart performance


Chart (1967) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[8] 2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[9] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[10] 14
Canada Adult Contemporary Singles (RPM) 10
Canada RPM Top 100 5
Ireland (IRMA)[11] 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12] 2
Norway (VG-lista)[13] 1
UK Singles (OCC)[14] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[15] 11
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[16] 12
West Germany (Official German Charts)[17] 6

Other versions


Since then it has been recorded by many other solo vocalists and groups including:


References


  1. Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 106. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  2. Porter Wagoner's "Green, Green Grass of Home" Chart Position Retrieved July 3, 2012.
  3. Tom Jones, "The Green Green Grass Of Home" Video Retrieved July 3, 2012.
  4. "All the Number One Singles - 1966". Archived from the original on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
  5. Copsey, Rob (5 June 2020). "Tom Jones's Official Top 20 most-streamed songs". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  6. "Green, Green Grass of Home (song by Tom Jones) • Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. 1966-12-24. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  7. Un invité (2009-02-09). "Tom Jones - La Blogothèque". Blogotheque.net. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
  8. "Tom Jones – Green, Green Grass of Home" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  9. "Tom Jones – Green, Green Grass of Home" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  10. "Tom Jones – Green, Green Grass of Home" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  11. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Tom Jones". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  12. "Tom Jones – Green, Green Grass of Home" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  13. "Tom Jones – Green, Green Grass of Home". VG-lista. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  14. "Tom Jones: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  15. "Tom Jones Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  16. "Tom Jones Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  17. "Offiziellecharts.de – Tom Jones – Green, Green Grass of Home". GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 3, 2020. To see peak chart position, click "TITEL VON Tom Jones"
  18. "Svensktoppen : 1967-01-07". Sr.se. Retrieved 2014-04-06.



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«Green, Green Grass of Home», escrita por Curly Putman, y grabada por primera vez por el cantante Johnny Darrell en 1965, es una canción de country hecha popular por Porter Wagoner en el mismo año, donde alcanzó la posición #4 en el Billboard Hot Country Songs.[2] También fue interpretada por Bobby Bare y por Jerry Lee Lewis, quien la incluyó en su álbum Country Songs for City Folks. Tom Jones se aprendió la canción de la versión de Lewis y, en 1966, consiguió el puesto #1 alrededor del mundo.


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