My Boy
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Song meaning
A sentimental ballad, the song is sung in a first-person narrative from the point of view of a father to his young son under the presumption that the child is asleep and can’t hear what his father is trying to tell him. The father tells his son the truth of the strained relationship between the child's parents, and that all the father has left is the love of his son. Rather than risk losing that through a painful divorce, the father makes the decision to stay in a loveless marriage for the sake of his child.
Richard Harris version
Actor Richard Harris performed the song "My Boy" at a music contest sponsored by Radio Luxembourg in 1971. Despite not winning the contest, Harris recorded the song and released it as a single later that year. Appearing on Harris' album of the same name, the song reached #41 on the Billboard pop chart and peaked at #13 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart.[1]
Elvis Presley version
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Elvis Presley recorded a cover version of "My Boy" in late 1973 that was included on his 1974 album Good Times. Presley's version of the song reached #20 on the Billboard pop chart[2] and #17 on Cash Box.[3] In the UK, where Presley's career had had something of a resurgence in the previous few years, it made the top 10 peaking at number 5 in the first week of January 1975.[4] It was a bigger adult contemporary hit, spending one week atop the U.S.[1] and Canadian[5] charts in April 1975. "My Boy also peaked at #14 on the Billboard country chart.[6]
Charts
Richard Harris version
| Chart (1972) | Peak position |
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| Australian (Kent Music Report)[7] | 28 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Elvis Presley version
Template:Singlechart| Chart (1974–75) | Peak position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] | 10 |
| Belgium | 5 |
| Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[9] | 1 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles | 27 |
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| Netherlands | 9 |
| New Zealand (RIANZ) | 12 |
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| US Billboard Adult Contemporary[10] | 1 |
| US Billboard Country | 14 |
| US Cash Box Top 100 | 17 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1975) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] | 65 |
See also
References
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- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004) The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
- ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 22, 1975
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