The Immigrant (Neil Sedaka song)
1975 single by Neil Sedaka
"The Immigrant" | |||
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Single by Neil Sedaka | |||
B-side |
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Released | March 1975 | ||
Recorded | 1975 | ||
Genre | Pop | ||
Length | 3 : 43 | ||
Label |
Rocket
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MCA
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Polydor (UK) |
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Songwriter(s) | Neil Sedaka , Phil Cody | ||
Producer(s) | Neil Sedaka, Robbert Appere | ||
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" The Immigrant " is a 1975 single written by Neil Sedaka and Phil Cody and performed by Sedaka. The single was the second release from his album, Sedaka's Back . "The Immigrant" was dedicated to John Lennon and the immigration problems that he faced. [1] The single peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent one week at number one on the Easy Listening chart in May 1975. [2]
Sedaka has referred to "The Immigrant" as his most controversial song and the only time he ever publicly waded into politics as a performer. [3] According to Philip Cody, the song's lyric writer, it was originally written as a tribute to his father, Anthony Feliciotto, who came to America from Sicily in 1930. Sedaka's parents had also emigrated, from Russia/Poland. Lennon responded favorably, stating that Sedaka and other songwriters in his Brooklyn neighborhood were among "the greatest songwriters in the world;" Sedaka joked that there must have been "something in the egg cream ." [4]
Chart history
Chart (1975) |
Peak
position |
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Canada RPM Adult Contemporary [5] | 3 |
Canada RPM Top Singles [6] | 9 |
New Zealand ( RIANZ ) [7] | 17 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [8] | 22 |
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening | 1 |
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 | 28 |
See also
References
- ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : "Today's Mini-Concert - 8/21/2020" . YouTube .
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001 . Record Research. p. 218.
- ↑ Reflections on "The Immigrant" , September 23, 2020
- ↑ Neil Sedaka: 'I think the songs will outlive me—It's a form of immortality.' Morning Joe . Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada" . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1975-05-17 . Retrieved 2019-05-12 .
- ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada" . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1975-06-07 . Retrieved 2019-05-12 .
- ↑ Flavour of New Zealand, 8 August 1975
- ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X