"Gramophone record" . . . . _:b429528773 . "4342079" . _:b429528772 . "CBS Records singles" . _:b429528773 "0"^^ . "413" . _:b429528794 . _:b429528772 "0"^^ . . _:b429528775 "0"^^ . "135.0"^^ . "151000.0"^^ . "The Compton Brothers songs" . _:b429528774 "0"^^ . _:b429528777 "0"^^ . _:b429528789 "0.0144196255"^^ . "1970 songs" . _:b429528789 . . _:b429528776 "0"^^ . _:b429528779 "0"^^ . "%22Yellow River%22 is a popular song recorded by the British band Christie. Written by band leader Jeff Christie, the song was offered to The Tremeloes, who recorded it with the intention of releasing it as a single early in 1970. However, after the success of their then most recent single, %22Call Me Number One%22, and after considering it too pop-orientated for their future direction, they decided to follow it up with another of their own compositions, %22By The Way%22, which was only a minor Top 40 success.Producer Mike Smith therefore took their vocals off the recording and added those of Jeff Christie. Released on 23 April 1970, it became an international hit, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart for one week in June 1970. In the US, it reached number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.The actual location of Yellow River in this song is not specified, although the author, Jeff Christie, is on record as saying that it was inspired by the idea of a soldier going home at the end of the American Civil War. As the song was released during the Viet Nam War, it has been interpreted as being about a soldier leaving the US Military at the end of his period of conscription." . _:b429528778 . "Number-one singles in Norway" . _:b429528778 "0"^^ . _:b429528781 "0"^^ . _:b429528781 . _:b429528777 . _:b429528782 . "Yellow River" . _:b429528780 "0"^^ . _:b429528774 . _:b429528785 . _:b429528787 . _:b429528783 "0"^^ . . "Irish Singles Chart number-one singles" . _:b429528782 "0"^^ . _:b429528780 . . "2009-03-01"^^ . "english" . _:b429528788 . _:b429528785 "0"^^ . _:b429528784 "0"^^ . _:b429528787 "0"^^ . "false"^^ . _:b429528782 . "-0.201199"^^ . _:b429528783 . _:b429528780 . _:b429528786 "0"^^ . _:b429528781 . _:b429528776 . _:b429528778 . _:b429528779 . "false"^^ . _:b429528776 . "false"^^ . _:b429528777 . _:b429528774 . _:b429528786 . _:b429528775 . "USA560928705" . _:b429528772 . _:b429528788 "0"^^ . "1970 singles" . _:b429528773 . _:b429528790 . _:b429528779 . _:b429528783 . _:b429528791 "0"^^ . _:b429528784 . _:b429528798 . _:b429528799 . _:b429528796 . _:b429528790 "0"^^ . _:b429528797 . _:b429528793 . _:b429528794 . _:b429528795 . "Epic Records singles" . _:b429528797 . _:b429528793 "0"^^ . "0"^^ . _:b429528792 . _:b429528793 . "-13.1"^^ . _:b429528790 . _:b429528795 . _:b429528791 . _:b429528792 . _:b429528788 . _:b429528792 "0"^^ . _:b429528789 . _:b429528775 . _:b429528786 . "19"^^ . "b6c26f93-4bd7-42eb-aef8-d4eaf6e2c5d4" . _:b429528787 . "301157"^^ . _:b429528795 "0"^^ . _:b429528784 . _:b429528785 . _:b429528799 . "1970-04-23"^^ . _:b429528796 . "5714dece25ac0d8aee40db88" . _:b429528794 "0"^^ . _:b429528791 . _:b429528798 . "Yellow River" . _:b429528796 "0"^^ . . _:b429528799 "0"^^ . _:b429528798 "0"^^ . _:b429528797 "0.0141182495"^^ . . "-0.0901227"^^ . "UK Singles Chart number-one singles" .