Australian singles charts:
Bus Stop entered the Kent charts on 23 July 1966 and peaked at #2. The song was #29 on the Top 100 of 1966.
Songwriter:
Graham Gouldman
Producer:
Ron Richards
Record label of Australian release:
Parlophone
Songfacts:
Bus Stop was written by Graham Gouldman, who went on to form the band 10cc. He was just 19 when he wrote this song but he had already written three Yardbirds songs: For Your Love, Heart Full of Soul and Evil Hearted You.
Bus Stop is about a couple who meet one rainy day at a bus stop. Love blooms when they share an umbrella.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-hollies/bus-stop
Lyrics:
Bus stop, wet day, she’s there, I say
Please share my umbrella
Bus stop, bus goes, she stays, love grows
Under my umbrella
All that summer we enjoyed it
Wind and rain and shine
That umbrella, we employed it
By August, she was mine
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