To Sir with Love ( song ) - wikipedia To Sir with Love ( song ) `` To Sir With Love '' US vinyl release ( Epic Records ) Single by Lulu from the album To Sir, with Love B - side `` It 's Getting Harder All the Time '' ( The Mindbenders ) ( UK ) `` The Boat That I Row '' ( US ) Released September 1967 Format 7 '' single Genre Pop Length 2 : 47 Label Epic Songwriter ( s ) Don Black ( lyrics ) Mark London ( music ) Mike Leander ( arranger ) Producer ( s ) Mickie Most Lulu singles chronology `` Shout '' ( 1964 ) `` To Sir With Love '' ( 1967 ) `` Shout '' ( 1967 ) `` Shout '' ( 1964 ) `` To Sir With Love '' ( 1967 ) `` Shout '' ( 1967 ) `` To Sir with Love '' is the theme from James Clavell 's 1967 film To Sir, with Love. The song was written by Don Black and Mark London ( husband of Lulu 's longtime manager Marion Massey ). Mickie Most produced the record, with Mike Leander arranging and conducting. In her recording, Lulu makes notable use of melisma. `` To Sir With Love '' was initially recorded by Lulu ( with The Mindbenders, who also acted in the film ). It was released as a single in the United States in 1967 and in October reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, where it remained for five weeks. The single ranked No. 1 in Billboard 's year - end chart, though the Monkees ' `` I 'm a Believer '', which debuted in December 1966 and spent most of its chart life in 1967, was the overall bigger hit. ( `` I 'm a Believer '' was ranked number five on the same year - end chart of the same year. ) It became a gold record. Canada 's RPM magazine put the song at No. 2 for the year 1967. `` To Sir with Love '' has the distinction of being the only record by a British artist to reach No. 1 on the US charts while not charting in the UK, where it appeared only as a B - side to `` Let 's Pretend '' ( released in the UK on 23 June 1967 ), which reached No. 11 on the UK Singles Chart. Herbie Mann 's instrumental rendition charted concurrently with Lulu 's run on the pop chart, reaching number 93 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 11 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Contents 1 Charts 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 References Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1967 -- 68 ) Peak position Australia KMR 18 Canada RPM Top Singles New Zealand 12 UK ( The Official Charts Company ) 11 US Billboard Hot 100 US Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1967 ) Rank Canada US Billboard Hot 100 US Cash Box Top 100 References Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 -- 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X ^ Jump up to : `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016. CS1 maint : Archived copy as title ( link ) Jump up ^ `` Adult Contemporary Music Chart ''. Billboard.com. Retrieved 14 October 2018. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ `` Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1967 ''. Tropicalglen.com. Retrieved 14 October 2018. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1967 / Top 100 Songs of 1967 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 14 October 2018. Jump up ^ `` Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1967 ''. Tropicalglen.com. Retrieved 14 October 2018. 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'' Songs of Love & Loss 2 `` Oh Me, Oh My '' Reset `` You Set Fire to My Life '' Eleven `` I Want to Love You '' Quand tout Recommence `` Tant que tu es là '' Other releases `` Turn Up the Beat '' `` Ti Voglio Qui '' `` Live for the One I Love '' `` Never ( Past Tense ) '' `` Voici les clés '' `` Only Lonely '' `` The Things We Do For Love '' `` A Foreign Affair '' Template Billboard Year - End number one singles ( 1960 -- 1979 ) 1960 : `` Theme from A Summer Place '' -- Percy Faith 1961 : `` Tossin ' and Turnin ' '' -- Bobby Lewis 1962 : `` Stranger on the Shore '' -- Mr. Acker Bilk 1963 : `` Sugar Shack '' -- Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs `` / Surfin ' U.S.A. '' - The Beach Boys 1964 : `` I Want to Hold Your Hand '' -- The Beatles 1965 : `` Wooly Bully '' -- Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs 1966 : `` Ballad of the Green Berets '' -- S / Sgt. Barry Sadler 1967 : `` To Sir, with Love '' -- Lulu 1968 : `` Hey Jude '' -- The Beatles 1969 : `` Sugar, Sugar '' -- The Archies 1970 : `` Bridge over Troubled Water '' -- Simon & Garfunkel 1971 : `` Joy to the World '' -- Three Dog Night 1972 : `` The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face '' -- Roberta Flack 1973 : `` Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree '' -- Tony Orlando and Dawn 1974 : `` The Way We Were '' -- Barbra Streisand 1975 : `` Love Will Keep Us Together '' -- Captain & Tennille 1976 : `` Silly Love Songs '' -- Wings 1977 : `` Tonight 's the Night ( Gonna Be Alright ) '' -- Rod Stewart 1978 : `` Shadow Dancing '' -- Andy Gibb 1979 : `` My Sharona '' -- The Knack Complete list ( 1946 -- 1959 ) ( 1960 -- 1979 ) ( 1980 -- 1999 ) ( 2000 -- 2019 ) Jump up ^ `` The Billboard Hot 100 - 1963 ''. Billboard. Archived from the original on October 20, 2006. Retrieved October 17, 2018. Jump up ^ Kowal, Barry. `` Billboard ( USA ) Magazine 's ( Magazine Chart ) Top 100 Singles of 1963 '', Hits of All Decades. September 20, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2018. Jump up ^ ( Fred ( 2003 ). The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits. New York : Billboard Books. p. 138. ISBN 0823076776. Retrieved 20 October 2018. ) Jump up ^ `` Top Records of 1963 '', Billboard, Section II, December 28, 1963. p. 30. Retrieved February 17, 2018. Jump up ^ Kowal, Barry. Billboard Magazine 's ( USA ) Top 100 Single Recordings of 1963, Hits of All Decades. August 27, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2018. 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Question: when was the song to sir with love released
Answer: September 1967