Traces (song)

"Traces"
Single by Classics IV
from the album Traces
B-side "Mary, Mary Row Your Boat"
Released January 1969
Format Vinyl record (7" 45 RPM)
Recorded 1968
Genre Jazz fusion, Pop-rock, psychedelic rock, surf rock
Length 2:45
Label Imperial
Writer(s) Buddy Buie, J. R. Cobb, Emory Gordy Jr.
Producer(s) Buddy Buie
Classics IV singles chronology
"Stormy"
(1968)		 "Traces"
(1969)		 "Everyday With You Girl"
(1969)

"Traces" is a 1968 song by the American rock band Classics IV. Released as a single in January 1969, the song served as the title track off their Traces album. It was written by Buddy Buie, J. R. Cobb and Emory Gordy Jr. The song peaked at position 2 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary music charts, making it the highest charting single by the Classics IV, charting even higher than that of "Spooky", "Stormy" and "Everyday With You Girl".[1]

Jane Morgan covered the song on her 1969 LP of the same name, as well as releasing it as a single that same year; Soul singer Billy Paul covered the song on his 1970 album Ebony Woman. Harry James recorded a version on his 1976 album The King James Version (Sheffield Lab LAB 3).

"Traces" received the honor of being listed in BMI's Top 100 Songs of the Century at number 32.[2]

Chart history

Chart (1969) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 2
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[4] 2

References

  1. ↑ "Classics IV: Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  2. ↑ "BMI Announces Top 100 Songs of the Century". bmi.com. 13 December 1999. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2007). Top Pop Singles: 1955-2006. Record Research.
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research.


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