The Seekers – I’ll Never Find Another You

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“I’ll Never Find Another You”
I'll Never Find Another You - The Seekers.jpg
Single by The Seekers
from the album The Best of The Seekers
B-side “Open Up Them Pearly Gates”
Released December 1964
Recorded 4 November 1964 at Abbey Road Studios London
Length 2:40
Label EMI Columbia DB 7431, Capitol
Songwriter(s) Tom Springfield
Producer(s) Tom Springfield
The Seekers singles chronology
  I’ll Never Find Another You
(1964)
What Have They Done to the Rain
(1965)

I’ll Never Find Another You” is a 1964 single by The Seekers which reached No. 1 in the UK in February 1965. It was The Seekers’ first UK-released single, and was the second-best selling single of 1965 in the UK. The song was also popular in the US, reaching peaks of No. 4 pop and No. 2 easy listening on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

The track was written and produced by Tom Springfield, who was also responsible for most of The Seekers’ subsequent hits.

The tune received a 1967 US revival as a country music No. 1 by Sonny James.

Sonny James

“I’ll Never Find Another You”
Single by Sonny James
from the album I’ll Never Find Another You
B-side “Goodbye Maggie Goodbye”
Released May 1967
Genre Country
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Tom Springfield
Producer(s) Kelso Herston
Sonny James singles chronology
Need You
(1967)
I’ll Never Find Another You
(1967)
It’s the Little Things
(1967)
Chart (1967) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 97

Sonny James – I'll Never Find Another You

In 2006, it received yet another revival with a folk rock cover from guitarist Les Fradkin on his CD Jangleholic.

I'll Never Find Another You

In July 2018, the song was featured in a Westpac bank TV advertisement in Australia, covered by Julia Jacklin.

Julia Jacklin – I'll Never Find Another You (The Seekers Cover)

The song was added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia’s Sounds of Australia registry in 2011.

 Chart performance

The Seekers

Chart (1964-65) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report 1
UK Singles Chart 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 4
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 2
Ireland 2

In 2010, the song was performed at a benefit for the homeless youth organization Teen Feed by Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard and his wife at the time, singer/actress Zooey Deschanel.

Ben Gibbard & Zooey Deschanel – I'll Never Find Another You (Live at The Crocodile – 11.3.2010)

Filipino singer/actress Nora Aunor covered the song for her 1968 album Nora Aunor Sings.

I'll Never Find Another You by Nora Aunor

  • Guitar cover by Dave Monk

I'll Never Find Another You- The Seekers – guitar cover by Dave Monk

  • Rune Larsen og Frisk Luft – I’ll Never Find Another You
Rune Larsen og Frisk Luft – I'll Never Find Another You
  • Al Martino – I’ll Never Find Another You
I'll Never Find Another You
  • Mirusia – I’ll Never Find And You
I'll Never Find Another You
  • Keith Potger and Nicki Gillis – I’ll Never Find Another You
I'll Never Find Another You – Keith Potger and Nicki Gillis (OFFICIAL)
  • I’ll Never Find Another You
I’ll Never Find Another You
  • I’ll Never Find Another You (The Seekers) – Scott Bradlee ft. Sara Niemietz
I'll Never Find Another You (The Seekers) – Scott Bradlee ft. Sara Niemietz
  • “I’ll Never Find Another You” – Australian Cast (Georgy Girl: The Seekers Musical)
"I'll Never Find Another You" – Australian Cast (Georgy Girl: The Seekers Musical)

The Story Of ‘I’ll Never Find Another You’ by The Seekers, 1964-2019

The Story Of 'I'll Never Find Another You' by The Seekers, 1964-2019

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