 Originally recorded by David and Jonathan, and then Gene Pitney in 1967, the latter's version of the song reached No.5 on the UK Singles Chart in December 1967, but failed to chart in the United States.The song was subsequently covered by a number of other acts including Cilla Black, Allison Durbin (dubbed "Australia's Queen of Pop" in the 1960s) on her 1968 album "I Have Loved Me a Man", Terry Reid, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on their 1986 album of covers "Kicking Against the Pricks".