Everybody Loves a Lover Columbia catalog number 41195, "Everybody Loves a Lover" first reached the "Billboard" magazine charts on July 21, 1958. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at number 6; on the Best Seller chart, at number 17; and on the Hot 100 composite chart, it reached number 14. The Doris Day version is noteworthy for the third verse, in which, through overdubbing, the first four lines of verse 2 are superimposed on the first four lines of verse 1, creating a counterpoint duet. The two segments end on the same word, "Pollyanna", sung in harmony. The song was Day's last big
Everybody Loves a Lover charting hit in the US, although she would hit number 4 in 1964 in the UK with the title song of her then-current movie "Move Over, Darling". The Doris Day version of "Everybody Loves a Lover" was used in the soundtrack for the BBC's period drama "Call the Midwife". "Everybody Loves a Lover" was remade by the Shirelles in 1962, reaching #19 in January 1963: this version, the group's final collaboration with producer Luther Dixon, replicates the backbeat and instrumentation of the Barbara George hit "I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)". Besides concurrent covers for the UK market