Out of the Question (Gilbert O'Sullivan song)

"Out of the Question"
"Out of the Question"
Single by Gilbert O'Sullivan
from the album Back to Front
B-side	"Everybody Knows"
Released	February 1973
Genre	Pop
Label	MAM
Songwriter(s)	Gilbert O'Sullivan
Producer(s)	Gordon Mills
Gilbert O'Sullivan singles chronology

"Out of the Question" is a popular song by Irish singer Gilbert O'Sullivan. It was written by O'Sullivan and produced by Gordon Mills.

The song became a hit in the only two countries it had been released as a single: the U.S. (#17)^[1] and Canada (#9).^[2] It was a much bigger adult contemporary hit, reaching number two and number one in those nations, respectively.^[3]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles^[4]	9
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[5]	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[6]	17
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening	2
U.S. Cash Box Top 100^[7]	22

Year-end charts

Chart (1973)	Rank
Canada^[8]	127
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)^[9]	137

References

^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 – ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ "Image : RPM Weekly – Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ "Image : RPM Weekly – Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ "Image : RPM Weekly – Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ "Image : RPM Weekly – Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 – ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ "Cash Box Top 100 5/19/73". Tropicalglen.com. 19 May 1973. Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ "Item: 9481 – Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.

External links

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[1] Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 – ISBN 0-89820-089-X

[2] "Image : RPM Weekly – Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

[3] "Image : RPM Weekly – Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

[4] "Image : RPM Weekly – Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

[5] "Image : RPM Weekly – Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

[6] Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 – ISBN 0-89820-089-X

[7] "Cash Box Top 100 5/19/73". Tropicalglen.com. 19 May 1973. Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

[8] "Item: 9481 – Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

[9] Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.

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v t e Gilbert O'Sullivan
Studio albums	Himself Back to Front I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter A Stranger in My Own Back Yard Southpaw Off Centre Life & Rhymes In the Key of G Sounds of the Loop
Compilations	The Berry Vest of Gilbert O'Sullivan
Singles	"Nothing Rhymed" "We Will" "Alone Again (Naturally)" "Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day" "Clair" "Out of the Question" "Get Down"
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