{{Infobox song | name = Make Me an Island | cover = <!--just the file name--> | type = single | artist = [[Joe Dolan]] | album = | B-side = If You Care a Little Bit About Me | released = May 9, 1969 | recorded = 1969 | studio = | genre = <!--do not add unsourced genres--> | length = 3:00 | label = [[Pye Records|Pye]] | writer = [[Albert Hammond]] * [[Mike Hazlewood]]. | producer = | prev_title = <!--for a singles chronology--> | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }}
'''"Make Me an Island"''' is a 1969 hit song by Irish pop singer [[Joe Dolan]], written by [[Albert Hammond]] and [[Mike Hazlewood]]. The song peaked at number two in Ireland and number three in the UK. A Canadian musician named [[Tom Northcott]] released a competing version of the song on [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Records]] and New Syndrome Records. It reached #8 on Canada's [[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] CanCon charts, June 30, 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5977.pdf| title=RPM Top 10 CanCon - June 30, 1969}}</ref>
==Charts== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Charts (1969) !Peak<br/>position |- {{singlechart|Austria|17|artist=Joe Dolan|song=Make Me an Island}} |- {{singlechart|Flanders|2|artist=Joe Dolan|song=Make Me an Island}} |- {{singlechart|Wallonia|16|artist=Joe Dolan|song=Make Me an Island}} |- |{{singlechart|Ireland2|2|song=Make Me an Island|accessdate=December 6, 2018}} |- {{singlechart|Dutch40|10|artist=Joe Dolan|song=Make Me an Island}} |- {{singlechart|Dutch100|11|artist=Joe Dolan|song=Make Me an Island}} |- |South Africa ([[Springbok Radio|Springbok]])<ref>{{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965–March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(D).html|accessdate=5 September 2018}}</ref> |align="center"|2 |- |[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/make-me-an-island/ |title=Official Charts Company |website=Officialcharts.com |date=1969-07-01 |accessdate=2018-12-06}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|3 |- {{singlechart|West Germany|15|artist=Joe Dolan|song=Make Me an Island|songid=49861|year=1969|accessdate=March 15, 2019}} |}
=== Sales=== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Ireland|nocert=true|salesamount=6,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qSkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=The+Beatles&pg=RA1-PA73|magazine=Billboard|title=Single Slump Hits Ireland|page=73|date=August 16, 1969|accessdate=August 8, 2023|first=Ken|last=Stewart}}</ref>}} {{Table end}}
=== Cover versions === Karel Gott - "Poslouchej Amore" (Make Me An Island)
== References == {{reflist}}
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[[Category:1969 songs]] [[Category:Joe Dolan songs]] [[Category:Songs written by Albert Hammond]] [[Category:Songs written by Mike Hazlewood]] [[Category:Warner Records singles]] [[Category:1969 singles]]
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