5.7.0.5.

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"5.7.0.5."
Single by City Boy
from the album Book Early
B-side"Bad for Business"
Released1978 (1978)
Recorded1978
Length3:11
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Lol Mason
  • Steve Broughton
Producer(s)Robert John Lange
City Boy singles chronology
"Turn On to Jesus"
(1978)
"5.7.0.5."
(1978)
"What a Night"
(1978)

"5.7.0.5." (also "5-7-0-5") is a song recorded by the British rock group City Boy and written by group members Lol Mason and Steve Broughton. The song was first released as a single in 1978 and then as the first track on the group's fourth album, Book Early (1978).

"5.7.0.5." was City Boy's most successful song, reaching number eight on the UK Singles Chart.[1] The single peaked at number 27 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending 14 October 1978,[2] and charted in other countries.

The song was first recorded with different lyrics and with the title "Turn On to Jesus", and was released as a single earlier in 1978. However, this single was withdrawn. The new lyrics included part of a phone number as the title and chorus.

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Weekly chart performance for "5.7.0.5."
Chart (1978) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 11
Canada (RPM (magazine)[4] 55
Ireland (IRMA)[5] 6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 21
Norway (VG-lista)[7] 6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 11
UK Singles (OCC)[1] 8
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 27

Year-end charts[edit]

Year-end chart performance for "5.7.0.5."
Chart (1978) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[10] 61

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[11] Silver 250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  2. ^ "The Hot 100 Chart: 1978-10-14". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, New South Wales, Australia: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 978-0-646-11917-5.
  4. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - October 14, 1978" (PDF).
  5. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – 5.7.0.5". Irish Singles Chart.
  6. ^ "City Boy – 5-7-0-5". Top 40 Singles.
  7. ^ "City Boy – 5-7-0-5". VG-lista.
  8. ^ "City Boy – 5-7-0-5". Singles Top 100.
  9. ^ "City Boy Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Kent Music Report No 236 – 1 January 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1978". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 8 January 2022 – via Imgur.com.
  11. ^ "British single certifications – City Boy – 5-7-0-5". British Phonographic Industry.