The Day I Met Marie

"The Day I Met Marie" is a song by Cliff Richard, released as single in August 1967. The song was written by Hank Marvin and produced by Norrie Paramor.^[1]

"The Day I Met Marie"
Cover of the single released in the Netherlands
Single by Cliff Richard
B-side	"Our Story Book"
Released	11 August 1967
Recorded	1 June 1967
Studio	EMI Studios, London
Genre	Baroque pop
Length	2:17
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Hank Marvin
Producer(s)	Norrie Paramor
Cliff Richard singles chronology
"I'll Come Runnin'" (1967) "The Day I Met Marie" (1967) "All My Love (Solo Tu)" (1967)

It reached number 10 on singles chart in both the UK^[2] and Ireland, number 5 in Australia, number 4 in New Zealand and number 7 in the Netherlands.^[3]

In an era when singles were often not included on studio albums, the track was not included in any of Richard's albums at the time. The first album it was released on was Richard's 1969 compilation The Best of Cliff. It has been included on numerous compilations since, including 40 Golden Greats in 1977, Love Songs in 1981, The Whole Story: His Greatest Hits in 2000, The 50th Anniversary Album in 2008 and 75 at 75 in 2015. A live version with the Shadows is also included on the 1979 live album Thank You Very Much.

The song was covered by the Shadows in their album, From Hank, Bruce, Brian and John, in 1967.

Track listing

1. "The Day I Met Marie" (2:16)
2. "Our Story Book" (2:31)

Charts

Chart (1967)	Peak position
Australia (Go-Set)[4]	7
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5]	5
Denmark (Danmarks Radio)[6]	10
Ireland (IRMA)[7]	10
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[8]	8
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[3]	7
New Zealand (Listener)[9]	4
Rhodesia (Lyons Maid)[10]	9
UK Singles (OCC)[2]	10

References

1. hitparade.ch
2. "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
3. "Cliff Richard – The Day I Met Marie" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
4. "Go-Set Australian charts - 27 September 1967". gosetcharts.com. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
5. Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
6. "danskehitlister.dk". 2016-04-09. Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
7. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – The Day I Met Marie". Irish Singles Chart.
8. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Cliff Richard" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
9. "flavour of new zealand - search listener". www.flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
10. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: Singles Chart Book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000