Look Through Any Window

{{Use British English|date=January 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} {{More citations needed|date=December 2009}} {{Infobox song | name = Look Through Any Window | cover = Look Through Any Window picture sleeve.jpg | caption = Swedish picture sleeve | alt = | type = single | artist = the Hollies | album = | B-side = "So Lonely" | released = 27 August 1965 | recorded = 30 June 1965<ref name="liner notes">{{cite AV media notes |title=The 30th Anniversary Collection |others=The Hollies |year=1993 |type=CD |publisher=EMI Records |id=D 202205}}</ref> | studio = EMI, London<ref name="liner notes" /> | genre = * Jangle pop<ref>{{Citation | last = LaBate | first = Steve | title = Jangle Bell Rock: A Chronological (Non-Holiday) Anthology … from The Beatles and Byrds to R.E.M. and Beyond | work = Paste | date = December 18, 2009 }} </ref> * pop rock<ref>{{Citation |title=Look Through Any Window by The Hollies - Track Info {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/look-through-any-window-mt0013681466 |language=en |access-date=2022-11-14}}</ref> * folk rock<ref name= "Stanley 2013">{{cite book|first=Bob |last=Stanley|title=Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop|chapter= Before and After the Gold Rush: Laurel Canyon|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9emZAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT7|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=978-0-571-28198-5|page=406}}</ref> | length = 2:14 | label = *Parlophone (UK) *Imperial (US) | writer = Graham Gouldman, Charles Silverman | producer = Ron Richards | prev_title = I'm Alive | prev_year = 1965 | next_title = If I Needed Someone | next_year = 1965 }}

"'''Look Through Any Window'''" is a song by the British beat group the Hollies.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Staff |title=The Hollies: Look Through Any Window |url=https://www.sky.com/watch/title/programme/7c7f8ac7-e788-4fad-8f40-9ab492d7f67e/the-hollies-look-through-any-window-7c7f8ac7-e788-4fad-8f40-9ab492d7f67e |access-date=18 June 2022 |work=Sky}}</ref> It was their follow-up single to their first UK chart-topper, "I'm Alive", and reached No.4 in the UK Singles Chart at the beginning of October 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/artist/the-hollies/uk|title=The Hollies U.K. Discography|accessdate=10 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/10698/hollies/|title=The Hollies on U.K. Official Chart|website=Official Charts|accessdate=10 September 2019}}</ref>

"Look Through Any Window" was The Hollies' first American Billboard Top 40 hit, peaking at No.32 on 22 January 1966 ("Just One Look" in 1964 had been the band's first American chart hit). It made No.3 in Canada in the RPM Magazine charts, as well as in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5590.pdf| title=RPM Play Sheet - December 6, 1965}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965–March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(H).html|accessdate=5 September 2018}}</ref> It was written by Graham Gouldman and Charles Silverman. The Hollies also recorded a version in French (titled "Regardez par des fenêtres") that was not officially released at the time but was included on the 1988 compilation ''Rarities''.

''Cash Box'' described it as a "medium-paced laconic teen-slanted ditty with a contagious repeating rhythmic riff."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=October 2, 1965 |page=12 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1965/CB-1965-10-02.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}</ref>

First released as a single in the UK, it was included in the US version of the band's 1965 album ''Hollies'' titled ''Hear! Here!'' by their US label, Imperial Records.

The B-side, "So Lonely", later included on ''Hollies'' and ''Hear! Here!'', was also recorded by the Everly Brothers and released in July 1966 on their ''Two Yanks in England'' album.

== Cover versions == * The American group Gary Lewis & the Playboys recorded the song for their 1966 album ''Hits Again!''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cover versions of Look Through Any Window by The Hollies {{!}} SecondHandSongs |url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/48889 |work=secondhandsongs.com}}</ref> * The Yugoslav rock band Elipse recorded a Serbo-Croatian version entitled "Pogledaj kroz prozor" in 1966.<ref name="janjatović106">{{cite book|last=Janjatović|first=Petar|title=Ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960-2023|year=2024|publisher=self-released / Makart|location=Belgrade|page=106}}</ref> * The Brazilian band Renato e Seus Blue Caps recorded a version entitled “Pra Você Não Sou Ninguém”, in 1966, for their album ''Um Embalo Com Renato e Seus Blue Caps'', singing in Portuguese.

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Category:1965 singles Category:The Hollies songs Category:Parlophone singles Category:Songs written by Graham Gouldman Category:1965 songs Category:Imperial Records singles Category:Jangle pop songs