| "Five O'Clock World" | ||||
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| Single by The Vogues | ||||
| from the album Five O'Clock World | ||||
| B-side | "Nothing to Offer You" | |||
| Released | October 1965 | |||
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| Length | 2:19 | |||
| Label | Co & Ce | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Allen Reynolds | |||
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| "Five O'Clock World" | ||||
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| Single by Hal Ketchum | ||||
| from the album Past the Point of Rescue | ||||
| Released | May 25, 1992 | |||
| Genre | Country pop | |||
| Length | 3:02 | |||
| Label | Curb | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Allen Reynolds | |||
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"Five O'Clock World" (also known as "5 O'Clock World") is a song written by Allen Reynolds and recorded by American vocal group The Vogues. It reached number 1 on WLS on 17 December 1965 and 7 January 1966, number 1 in Canada on the RPM singles chart on 10 January 1966 (their first of two chart-toppers there that year, followed by "Magic Town" in April), and number 4 in the U.S. on the Hot 100 on 15–22 January 1966 and is one of the Vogues' best-known hits, along with "You're the One".
- ^ Lanza, Joseph (1 February 2005). "The Cake Out in the Rain: The Carpenters and the Sugar-Depression 1970s". Vanilla Pop: Sweet Sounds from Frankie Avalon to ABBA. Chicago Review Press. p. 175. ISBN 1-55652-543-5.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (August 9, 2023). "The Alternative Number Ones: Julian Cope's "Charlotte Anne". Stereogum. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
...his cover of "5 O'Clock World," the great proto-bubblegum garage hit that the Vogues released in 1965.
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