NEW * Those Were The Days - Mary Hopkin {Stereo} 1968

1968....#2 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #1 U.S. Cash Box Top 100, #1 UK Singles Chart, #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #1 West Germany Original video edited and AI remastered with HQ stereo sound. “Those Were the Days“ is a song credited to Gene Raskin, who put a new English lyric to the Russian romance song “Dorogoi dlinnoyu“ (“Дорогой длинною“, literally “By the long road“), composed by Boris Fomin (1900–1948) with words by the poet Konstantin Podrevsky. It deals with reminiscence upon youth and romantic idealism. It also deals with tavern activities, which include drinking, singing and dancing. Mary Hopkin’s 1968 debut single of “Those Were the Days“, which was produced by Paul McCartney of the Beatles, and arranged by Richard Hewson, became a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart and on the Canadian RPM Magazine charts. The song was featured on her debut album Post Card.