Will it Go Round in Circles - Wikipedia Will it Go Round in Circles `` Will It Go Round in Circles '' Single by Billy Preston from the album Music Is My Life B - side `` Blackbird '' Released March 1973 Genre Funk - soul Length 3 : 42 ( single version ) 4 : 28 ( album version ) Label A&M Records Songwriter ( s ) Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher Producer ( s ) Billy Preston Billy Preston singles chronology `` Slaughter '' ( 1972 ) `` Will It Go Round in Circles '' ( 1973 ) `` Space Race '' ( 1974 ) `` Slaughter '' ( 1972 ) `` Will It Go Round in Circles '' ( 1973 ) `` Space Race '' ( 1974 ) `` Will It Go Round in Circles '' is a song written by Bruce Fisher and Billy Preston, and recorded by Preston for his 1972 album Music Is My Life. On its release as a single in 1973, the song was a number - one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks, and sold over a million copies. The song was one of two number - one solo hits for Preston, the other being `` Nothing from Nothing '', although he is also credited on The Beatles ' 1969 hit `` Get Back ''. Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 Weekly singles charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 Covers 3 In popular culture 4 References 5 External links Chart performance Weekly singles charts Chart ( 1973 ) Peak position Canada U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles 10 Year - end charts Chart ( 1973 ) Rank Canada 18 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 8 Covers The song was covered by Donny Osmond on his 2009 album Love Songs Of The ' 70s. Phish covered the song twice in 1999, including on 10 September at The Gorge Amphitheatre. Orlando Brown covered the song for the 2006 soundtrack album That 's So Raven Too !, for his Disney Channel series That 's So Raven, his cover was also included the Disney Channel original film Wendy Wu : Homecoming Warrior. In popular culture The song was in the soundtrack of the 1996 Matt Dillon film, Beautiful Girls. The song was played in a diner in the pilot for House of Cards. References Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 08. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 468. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2015 - 02 - 24. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1973 / Top 100 Songs of 1973 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 08. Jump up ^ `` Phish Relisten ''. relisten.net. Retrieved 2016 - 12 - 22. Jump up ^ `` Wendy Wu : Homecoming Warrior Entry ''. IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 08. Jump up ^ `` Beautiful Girls Entry ''. IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 08. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Give Me Love ( Give Me Peace on Earth ) '' by George Harrison Billboard Hot 100 number one single July 7, 1973 ( two weeks ) Succeeded by `` Bad, Bad Leroy Brown '' by Jim Croce Billy Preston Studio albums The Most Exciting Organ Ever Early Hits of ' 65 Wildest Organ in Town ! Club Meeting Greazee Soul That 's the Way God Planned It Encouraging Words I Wrote a Simple Song Music Is My Life Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music The Kids & Me It 's My Pleasure Billy Preston A Whole New Thing Late at Night Billy Preston & Syreeta The Way I Am Pressin ' On On the Air Live albums Live European Tour Singles `` That 's the Way God Planned It '' `` My Sweet Lord '' `` Outa - Space '' `` Will It Go Round in Circles '' `` Space Race '' `` Nothing from Nothing '' `` Get Back '' `` With You I 'm Born Again '' Songs `` You Are So Beautiful '' Book : Billy Preston This 1970s single -- related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Will_It_Go_Round_in_Circles&oldid=790143547 '' Categories : 1973 singles Billy Preston songs Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Songs written by Billy Preston Songs written by Bruce Fisher Ringo Starr songs 1972 songs A&M Records singles 1970s single stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 11 July 2017, at 21 : 12. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who sang will it go round in circles
Answer: Billy Preston