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"It's Five O'Clock"
Single by Aphrodite's Child
from the album It's Five O'clock
Released1969 (promo), 1970
LabelMercury
Composer(s)Evangelos Papathanassiou
Lyricist(s)Richard Francis

"It's Five O'clock" is a song by the Greek band Aphrodite's Child from their 1969 studio album It's Five O'Clock. It was also released as a single, in February 1970, on Mercury Records.

The song was written by Evangelos Papathanassiou and Richard Julian Francis.[1] The song reached no. 6 in Switzerland and no. 11 in the Netherlands.[1] Italian singer Milva 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 vocalist Demis Roussos was included on his 1987 album The Demis Roussos Story on the label BR Music [nl]. The recording was also released as a single from that album (in 1987 on BR Music).[2]

Track listings[edit]

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)

A. "It's Five O'Clock" (3:28)
B. "Funky Mary" (4:11)[1]

7-inch EP Mercury 26 017 MCE (1970, Portugal)

  1. "It's Five O'Clock" (3:20)
  2. "Good Time So Fine" (2:44)
  3. "Take Your Time" (2:30)
  4. "Annabella" (3:20)[1]

7-inch single Philips 6060 320 (1982, Belgium)

A. "It's Five O'Clock" (3:29)
B. "I Want to Live" (3:51)[1]

Charts[edit]

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

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