Share the Land (song)

"Share the Land"

Cover of the 1970 German single
Single by The Guess Who
from the album Share the Land
B-side "Bus Rider"
Released September 1970 (CAN, US)
November 1970 (UK)
Recorded 1970 at RCA's Mid-America Recording Center, Chicago, Illinois
Genre Rock
Length 3:53
Label Nimbus Records 0388 (CAN)
RCA Victor 0388 (US)
RCA Records 2026 (UK)
Writer(s) Burton Cummings
Producer(s) Jack Richardson
The Guess Who singles chronology
"Hand Me Down World"
(1970)		 "Share the Land"
(1970)		 "Hang on to Your Life"
(1970)

"Share the Land" is a song written by Burton Cummings and performed by The Guess Who. It reached #2 in Canada,[1] #10 on the Billboard Hot 100,[2] and #63 in Australia in 1970. The song was also released in the United Kingdom as a single, but it did not chart.[3] The song is featured on their 1970 album, Share the Land.[4]

The song was produced by Jack Richardson and arranged by The Guess Who.[5] A communalist anthem, the song looks forward to a future point where the world's land is to be given away and everyone will live together.

Personnel

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1970–71) Peak
position
Australia 63
Canada RPM 2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 10
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1970) Rank
Canada[6] 27
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[7] 89

References

  1. ↑ The Guess Who, "Share the Land" Canadian Chart Position Retrieved March 10, 2015
  2. ↑ The Guess Who, "Share the Land" United States Chart Position Retrieved March 10, 2015
  3. ↑ The Guess Who, "Share the Land" UK single release Retrieved March 10, 2015
  4. ↑ The Guess Who, Share the Land Retrieved March 10, 2015
  5. ↑ The Guess Who, "Share the Land" Canadian single release Retrieved March 10, 2015
  6. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.

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