It's Five O'Clock (song)

"It's Five O'clock" is a song by the Greek band Aphrodite's Child from their 1969 studio album It's Five O'Clock. It was also released as a single, in February 1970, on Mercury Records.

"It's Five O'Clock"
Single by Aphrodite's Child
from the album It's Five O'clock
Released1969 (promo), 1970
LabelMercury
Composer(s)Evangelos Papathanassiou
Lyricist(s)Richard Francis

The song was written by Evangelos Papathanassiou and Richard Julian Francis.[1] The song reached no. 6 in Switzerland and no. 11 in the Netherlands.[1] Italian singer Milva in 1981 released a German-language version titled "Kennst du das auch?" and a French-language version titled "Le drapeau de l'humanité".

A new studio version by ex-Aphrodite's Child vocalist Demis Roussos was included on his 1987 album The Demis Roussos Story on the label BR Music. The recording was also released as a single from that album (in 1987 on BR Music).[2]

Track listings

7-inch single Mercury 6033 001 (1969, Greece)
7-inch single Mercury 132 508 MCF (1970, Germany, Netherlands, France, Belgium)
7-inch single Polydor 56791 (1970, UK)
7-inch single Mercury 132 508 MCY (1970, Italy)
7-inch single Mercury 51 32 508 (1970, Spain)
7-inch single RTB S 53592 MER (1972, Yugoslavia)

A. "It's Five O'Clock" (3:28)
B. "Funky Mary" (4:11)[1]

7-inch EP Mercury 26 017 MCE (1970, Portugal)

  1. "It's Five O'Clock" (3:20)
  2. "Good Time So Fine" (2:44)
  3. "Take Your Time" (2:30)
  4. "Annabella" (3:20)[1]

7-inch single Philips 6060 320 (1982, Belgium)

A. "It's Five O'Clock" (3:29)
B. "I Want to Live" (3:51)[1]

Charts
Chart (1970) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[3] 1
Italy (FIMI)[4] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] 6
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 11
France (SNEP)[7] 1
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[8] 22
Chart (2015)
 Peak
position
France (SNEP)[7] 177

See also

References
  1. "spanishcharts.com - Aphrodite's Child - It's Five O'Clock". Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  2. "Demis Roussos - It's Five O'clock (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  3. "Jean-Michel Jarre – Oxygène IV" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  4. "Aphrodite's Child – It's Five O'Clock". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
  5. "Aphrodite's Child – It's Five O'Clock". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  6. "Aphrodite's Child – It's Five O'Clock" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  7. "Aphrodite's Child – It's Five O'Clock" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  8. "Aphrodite's Child – It's Five O'Clock" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
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