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"'''{{PAGENAME}}'''" is a song written by Jimmy Webb. Originally recorded by Johnny Rivers in 1965, it was reinterpreted by American country music singer Glen Campbell on his album of the same name. Released on Capitol Records in 1967, Campbell's version topped ''RPM''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Canada Country Tracks, reached number two on ''Billboard''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Hot Country Singles chart, and won two awards at the 10th Annual Grammys.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&year=1967&genre=All|title=Past Winners Search|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences}}</ref> Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) named it the third most performed song from 1940 to 1990.<ref>[http://www.kbapps.com/lyrics50top.html "BMI list of Most Popular Songs from 1940–1990"]. Broadcast Music, Inc. September 2nd 1990. [https://web.archive.org/web/20030402124008/http://kbapps.com/lyrics50top.html Archived] from the original on April 2nd 2003.</ref> The song was ranked number 20 on BMI's Top 100 Songs of the Century.<ref>[https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/232893 BMI Announces Top 100 Songs of the Century | News | BMI.com]</ref> Frank Sinatra called it "the greatest torch song ever written."<ref>Takiff, Jonathan (January 17, 1992). [http://articles.philly.com/1992-01-17/news/26036803_1_jimmy-webb-wichita-lineman-song "The Man Behind The Hits"]. ''Philadelphia Daily News''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20141221072354/http://articles.philly.com/1992-01-17/news/26036803_1_jimmy-webb-wichita-lineman-song Archived] from the original on December 21st 2014.</ref> It was No. 450 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's Top 500 Songs of All Time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~dtompkin/music/list/Best9.html|title=Rolling Stone - 500 Greatest Songs (Music Database :: Dave Tompkins)|work=cs.uwaterloo.ca}}</ref>

American singer-songwriter [[John Walker]] performed the song in "[[Quicksand]]", the second episode of ''[[The Sandie Shaw Supplement (programme)|The Sandie Shaw Supplement]]''.

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