For a Few Dollars More (song)

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"For a Few Dollars More"

Single by Smokie

from the album The Montreux Album

B-side

"Goin' Tomorrow"

Released

January 1978

Length

3:34

Label

RAK

Songwriter(s)

Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman

Producer(s)

Mike Chapman

Smokie singles chronology

"Needles and Pins"
(1977)

"For a Few Dollars More"
(1978)

"Oh Carol"
(1978)

Music video

"For a Few Dollars More" on YouTube

"For a Few Dollars More" is a song by the British rock band Smokie from their 1978 studio album The Montreux Album. It was the album's first single. The song first came out in January 1978 as a single and later appeared on the album, which was released in October.

Background and writing

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The song was written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman and produced by Mike Chapman.

Charts

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Chart (1978)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[1]	57
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[2]	2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[3]	18
Germany^[4]	2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[5]	14
Norway (VG-lista)^[6]	2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[7]	19
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[8]	5
UK Singles (OCC)^[9]	17

Cover versions

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Chris Norman included his solo cover of the song on his 2000 studio album "Full Circle".^[10]

References

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^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 279. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Smokie – For a Few Dollars More" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
^ "Smokie – For a Few Dollars More" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
^ "spanishcharts.com - Smokie - For A Few Dollars More". Retrieved October 20, 2017.
^ "Smokie – For a Few Dollars More" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
^ "Smokie – For a Few Dollars More". VG-lista. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
^ "Smokie – For a Few Dollars More". Singles Top 100. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
^ "Smokie – For a Few Dollars More". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
^ "spanishcharts.com - Chris Norman - Full Circle". Retrieved October 20, 2017.

External links

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"For a Few Dollars More" at Discogs

v t e Smokie
Terry Uttley Martin Bullard Steve Pinnell Mike Craft Mick McConnell Alan Silson Chris Norman Clarence Dawson Ron Kelly Arthur Higgins Pete Spencer Alan Barton
Studio albums	Pass It Around Changing All the Time Midnight Café Bright Lights & Back Alleys The Montreux Album The Other Side of the Road Solid Ground Boulevard of Broken Dreams Wild Horses – The Nashville Album Take a Minute
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits
Singles	"Pass It Around" "If You Think You Know How to Love Me" "Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" "Something's Been Making Me Blue" "Wild Wild Angels" "I'll Meet You at Midnight" "Living Next Door to Alice" "Lay Back in the Arms of Someone" "It's Your Life" "Needles and Pins" "For a Few Dollars More" "Oh Carol" "Mexican Girl" "Do to Me" "Babe It's Up to You" "San Francisco Bay" "Take Good Care of My Baby" "Run to Me" "Little Town Flirt" "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Related articles	Smokie discography

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