Substitute (The Righteous Brothers song)

"Substitute"
Single by Clout
from the album Substitute
B-side	"When Will You Be Mine"
Released	November 1977 (SA)[1] August 1978 (US)[2]
Length	3:28
Label	Sunshine Records Production
Songwriter(s)	Willie Harry Wilson
Producer(s)	Grahame Beggs
Clout singles chronology
"Since You've Been Gone" (1977) "Substitute" (1977) "You've Got All of Me" (1978)

"Substitute" is a song by Willie H. Wilson, recorded first by The Righteous Brothers and released as a single from their album The Sons of Mrs. Righteous in 1975.^[3] A 1978 version by the South African all-female band Clout was a global hit.

Clout version

In 1978, the song became a big hit for the South African band Clout, reaching No. 2 in the UK charts in August and being certified Gold by the BPI.^[4] It fared even better in the rest of Europe, Africa and Oceania where it reached No. 1 in Germany, Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa, as well as No. 2 in Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland. It fared exceptionally well on the annual charts too, reaching the Top 20 on the final year-end singles charts in the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland and the UK. This version was produced by Grahame Beggs.

Track listing

1. "Substitute" (W.H. Wilson) – 3:28
2. "When Will You Be Mine" (Carolyne Martin) – 2:59

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1978) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 12 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] 10 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] 2 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[7] 86 France (IFOP)[8] 16 Ireland (IRMA)[9] 1 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] 2 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] 2 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[12] 1 South Africa (Springbok Radio)[13] 1 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 13 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 2 UK Singles (OCC)[16] 2 US Billboard Hot 100[17] 67 US Billboard Adult Contemporary[18] 35 US Cash Box[19] 52 West Germany (GfK)[20] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1978) Rank Australia (Kent Music Report)[21] 77 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[22] 22 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[23] 13 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[24] 15 South Africa (Springbok Radio)[25] 2 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[26] 11 UK Singles (OCC)[27] 15 West Germany (Official German Charts)[28] 38

Sales and certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Belgium	—	60,000[29]
France	—	400,000[29]
Netherlands	—	100,000[29]
United Kingdom (BPI)[30]	Gold	600,000[29]

Other versions

• Australian group Peaches also charted locally at the same time, peaking at number 15 on the Australian chart.^[31]
• Gloria Gaynor in 1978 (U.S. #107)^[32] and by Polish-Swedish singer and actor Izabella Scorupco in 1990.

References

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21. "Kent Music Report No 236 – 1 January 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1978". Kent Music Report. Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2022 – via Imgur.com.
22. "Jaaroverzichten 1978" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
23. "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1978" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 23 April 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
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27. Scaping, Peter, ed. (1979). "Top 200 Singles in 1978". BPI Year Book 1979 (4th ed.). London, England: The British Phonographic Industry Ltd. pp. 186–89. ISBN 0-906154-02-2.
28. "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts: 1978". Offiziellecharts.de (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015.
29. Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2, illustrated ed.). Barrie & Jenkins. ISBN 0-214-20480-4. a continental hit, over 600,000 singles were sold in Britain, 400,000 in France, 100,000 in Holland and 60,000 in Belgium, it was No. 1 for 7 weeks in South Africa ^{[page needed]}
30. "British single certifications – Clout – Substitute". British Phonographic Industry.
31. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 231. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
32. Mitchell, Gail (3 October 2009). "A Musical Milestone". Billboard. Vol. 121, no. 39. p. 58. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2017.

External links

• "Substitute (12” Mix)" on YouTube