| "It's Five O'Clock" | |
|---|---|
| Single byAphrodite's Child | |
| from the albumIt's Five O'clock | |
| Released | 1969 (promo), 1970 |
| Label | Mercury |
| Composer | Evangelos Papathanassiou |
| Lyricist | Richard Francis |
"It's Five O'clock" is a song by the Greek bandAphrodite's Child from their 1969 studio albumIt's Five O'Clock. It was also released as asingle, in February 1970, onMercury Records.
The song was written byEvangelos Papathanassiou and Richard Julian Francis.[1] The song reached no. 6 in Switzerland and no. 11 in the Netherlands.[1] Italian singerMilva 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 vocalistDemis Roussos was included on his 1987 albumThe Demis Roussos Story on the labelBR Music [nl]. The recording was also released as asingle from that album (in 1987 on BR Music).[2]
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)
7-inch EP Mercury 26 017 MCE (1970, Portugal)
7-inch single Philips 6060 320 (1982, Belgium)
| 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 |