Kon-Tiki (song)

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“Kon-Tiki”
Single by The Shadows
B-side "36-24-36" (Welch-Marvin-Harris-Meehan)
Released September 1961
Format 7" 45rpm
Label Columbia (EMI) 45-DB 4698
Writer(s) Michael Carr
The Shadows singles chronology
"The Frightened City"
(April 1961)
"Kon-Tiki"
(1961)
"The Savage"
(16 Nov 1961)
Cliff Richard and The Shadows chronology
" A Girl Like You"
(16 Jun 1961)
"When the Girl In Your Arms is the Girl In Your Heart"
(6 Oct 1961)

Kon-Tiki is an instrumental-only song by The Shadows. It became a #1 single in the United Kingdom.


Preceded by
"Johnny Remember Me" by John Leyton
UK number one single
by The Shadows

October 5, 1961 (one week)
Succeeded by
"Michael" by The Highwaymen