The song hit No.1 in the UK charts and No.4 in the US billboard hot 100. It proved so popular in the US that Springfield's 1965 album "Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty" was released there with a slightly different track listing, and titled after the hit single (the B side of the US single, "Little by Little", was issued in the UK as a separate A side and reached No.17 there). In 2004, the song made the "Rolling Stone" list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time at No.491. The song also topped the charts peaking at No.1 in The Philippines and peaked at No.1 in NME top thirty charts, it stayed in the number 1 position for two weeks from the week commencing 14 May 1966 to the week ending 28 May 1966. And also hit No.1 on Melody Maker magazine in May 1966.