It's Not Unusual
"It's Not Unusual" is a song written by Les Reed and Gordon Mills, first recorded by a then-unknown Tom Jones, after it had first been offered to Sandie Shaw. He intended it as a demo for her, but when she heard it she was so impressed with his delivery that she recommended he sing it instead.
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| Single by Tom Jones | ||||
| from the album Along Came Jones (It's Not Unusual) | ||||
| B-side | "To Wait for Love" (Bacharach-David) | |||
| Released | 22 January 1965 (UK) March 1965 (US) | |||
| Recorded | 11 November 1964 | |||
| Studio | Decca Studios, London | |||
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| Length | 2:03 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Peter Sullivan | |||
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The record was the second Jones single Decca released, reaching No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1965. It was his first hit in the United States, peaking at No. 10 in May of that year. It was released in the US by Parrot Records and reached No. 3 on Billboard's easy listening chart. The song was first aired on pirate radio in the UK, as the BBC rejected it because of Jones' sexual image. In the US, Jones performed the song on three occasions on the The Ed Sullivan Show.
"It's Not Unusual" is the theme song of his late 1960s–early 1970s television musical variety series, This Is Tom Jones. The first studio version was released in 1995 on the compilation album, The Legendary Tom Jones – 30th Anniversary Album.