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Those Were the Days (Gene Raskin song)
Song composed by Gene Raskin and Boris Fomin
Those Were the Days (Gene Raskin song)
"Those Were the Days" is a popular song, with lyrics by Gene Raskin set to the Russian romance song "Dorogoi Dlinnoyu", by Boris Fomin. It is a reminiscence of youth and romantic idealism, recalling drinking, singing, and dancing in a tavern with a friend, imagining a rosy future that has not been fulfilled. The first recording of Those Were the Days was released in 1962 by the American folk trio The Limeliters. The Welsh singer Mary Hopkin recorded "Those Were the Days" as her debut single in 1968. Produced by Paul McCartney of the Beatles and arranged by Richard Hewson, the song became a number-one hit in the UK and Canada, and reached number two in the US on the Billboard Hot 100 behind the Beatles' "Hey Jude". It was number one in the first edition of the French National Hit Parade launched by the Centre d'Information et de Documentation du Disque. The song was included on Hopkin's 1969 debut album, Post Card.
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