"Make Me an Island" is a 1969 hit song by Irish pop singer Joe Dolan, written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood. The lyric begins "Different eyes, different size, different girls every day". The song topped the charts in 14 countries worldwide[citation needed], and peaked at Number 2 in Ireland and Number 3 in the UK. In the US, Tom Northcott released a competing version of the song on Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Records.[1]
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Single by Joe Dolan | |
Released | 1969 |
Songwriter(s) | Albert Hammond * Mike Hazlewood. |
Charts (1969) | Peak position |
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Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] | 17 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] | 2 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[4] | 16 |
Ireland (IRMA)[5] | 2 |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[6] | 10 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] | 11 |
South Africa (Springbok)[8] | 2 |
UK Singles Chart[9] | 3 |
West Germany (Official German Charts)[10] | 15 |
Karel Gott - "Poslouchej Amore" (Make Me An Island)
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