question: Which patriotic show tune occupied the UK Singles Chart for 17 weeks in 1967?
answer: Edelweiss
context: Title: List of UK hit singles by footballers
  Passage: Professional association football players have released records in the United Kingdom since at least the 1930s, when the Arsenal team issued a now-collectible gramophone disc.  The first such record to achieve commercial success was "Back Home", released by the England national team as part of their build-up to the 1970 FIFA World Cup, at which they would defend the trophy they had won four years earlier.  The single, written by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter, spent 17 weeks in the UK Singles Chart and reached number one on the chart dated 16 May.  England did not qualify for the World Cup again until 1982, but the Scotland national team had hits in 1974 and 1978 with singles released ahead of the World Cup, on the latter occasion teaming up with celebrity fan Rod Stewart.  England topped the charts again in 1990 with the single "World in Motion", recorded in collaboration with the band New Order and remembered for the rap performed by player John Barnes.
  Title: Key Largo (song)
  Passage: "Key Largo" is a popular song recorded by Bertie Higgins in 1981.  Released as a single in September 1981, the song became Higgins' only Top 40 hit in the United States in early 1982, when it peaked at #8 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart.  The song spent 17 weeks in the Top 40 and was certified Gold by the RIAA.  In addition, "Key Largo" topped the adult contemporary chart for two weeks.  In the United Kingdom, the song reached #60 on the UK Singles Chart.
  Title: Drive-Thru Booty
  Passage: Drive-Thru Booty is the debut album by British band Freak Power, fronted by musician, record producer and songwriter Norman Cook, singer, songwriter and trombone player Ashley Slater and vocalist Jesse Graham.  It was released in April 1994.  The album includes the singles "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out", which originally reached number 29 in the UK Singles Chart in 1993, and "Rush", which reached number 62 in 1994. " Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" was re-released in early 1995 and became a much bigger hit when it reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart.
  Title: Vince Hill
  Passage: Vince Hill (born Vincent Hill, 16 April 1934)) is an English traditional pop music singer and songwriter who is best known for his recording of the Rodgers and Hammerstein show tune "Edelweiss" (1967) which reached No.2 on the UK Singles Chart (staying on the chart for 17 weeks).  Along with a successful recording career in the 1960s, Hill hosted several hit TV shows during the seventies and eighties, including "They Sold a Million" (BBC), "Musical Time Machine" (BBC) and his own chat show "Gas Street" (ITV).
  Title: Edelweiss (song)
  Passage: "Edelweiss" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music".  It is named after the edelweiss, a white flower found high in the Alps "(Leontopodium alpinum)".  It was created for the 1959 Broadway production of "The Sound of Music" in the role originated by performer Theodore Bikel as a song for the character of Captain Georg Ludwig von Trapp.  In the musical, Captain von Trapp and his family sing this song during the concert near the end of Act II as a statement of Austrian patriotism in the face of the pressure put upon him to join the navy of Nazi Germany following the Anschluss.  It is also Captain von Trapp's subliminal goodbye to his beloved homeland, using the flower as a symbol of his loyalty to Austria.  In the 1965 film adaptation, the song is also sung by the Captain earlier in the film when he rediscovers music with his children.
  Title: Ha! Ha! Said the Clown
  Passage: "Ha!  Ha!  Said the Clown" is a song by Manfred Mann from 1967 which made No.4 on the UK Singles Chart (for 2 weeks), No.10 on the Australian Singles Chart, No.1 on the Austrian Singles Chart, No.1 on the West German singles chart, No.1 on the Netherlands Singles Chart, No.1 on the Norwegian Singles Chart, No.5 on the Swedish Singles Chart and when covered by Keith Relf of the Yardbirds made No.45 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.
  Title: Grace Kelly (song)
  Passage: "Grace Kelly" is a song by the British singer Mika, released for download on 9 January 2007.  It also appears on Mika's 2007 album "Life in Cartoon Motion".  Produced and mixed by Greg Wells, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number three and the UK Official Download Chart at number one.  One week later, it jumped to the top of the UK Singles Chart.  The track was number one on the UK Singles Chart for five weeks, and ended 2007 as the year's third biggest-selling single in that country.  In the U.S., "Grace Kelly" was made available for digital download on 16 January 2007.  This song was also #89 on "MTV Asia"' s list of Top 100 Hits of 2007.  It was designed to be a mocking satire of musicians who try to reinvent themselves to be popular.
  Title: Barbados (Typically Tropical song)
  Passage: "Barbados" was a UK Number 1 single released in May 1975 by Typically Tropical.  "Barbados" entered the UK Singles Chart at number 37 in late June 1975, and five weeks later was at Number 1 for a week.  In total, "Barbados" spent eleven weeks on the chart.  The track also reached Number 1 on the Irish Singles Chart, Number 1 on the South African Singles Chart, and 20 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report).  The track was later released on an album in 1975 by Gull Records.  The album was named "Barbados Sky".
  Title: Finally (CeCe Peniston album)
  Passage: Finally is the debut album by American singer CeCe Peniston, released on January 28, 1992 by A&M Records.  Prior to the release of this album, Peniston released her debut single "Finally", which topped the US "Billboard" Hot Dance Music Club Play chart on October 26, 1991, peaking eventually at number five on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and at number two in the UK Singles Chart.  The album yielded two additional singles which achieved dance number one status in the US; "We Got a Love Thang", co-written by Chantay Savage, and "Keep On Walkin'", written in collaboration with Kym Sims.  Both songs entered the UK Singles Chart top 10 and the "Billboard" Hot 100 top 20 in the US.  Despite the success of the singles, the album itself climbed only to number seventy on the US "Billboard" 200.  However, during its thirty-six weeks long presence in the chart it sold over 554,000 copies in the US.  The album peaked at number ten on the UK Albums Chart.  The total worldwide sales of the album surpassed 3,000,000 units.  Two further tracks were released from the album which were more in the R&B field; "Inside That I Cried" charted at number ten in the US R&B chart and at number forty-two in the UK, while "Crazy Love" peaked at number thirty-one in the US and at number forty-four in the UK.  The album was part of the resurgence of dance music in the United States during the mid-1990s.
  Title: How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees song)
  Passage: "How Deep Is Your Love" is a pop ballad written and recorded by the Bee Gees in 1977 and released as a single in September.  It was ultimately used as part of the soundtrack to the film "Saturday Night Fever".  It was a number three hit in the United Kingdom and Australia.  In the United States, it topped the "Billboard" Hot 100 on 24 December 1977 (becoming the first of six consecutive US number-one hits), ended the 10-week reign of Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life" and stayed in the Top 10 for a then-record 17 weeks.  The single spent six weeks atop the US adult contemporary chart.  It is listed at number 22 on the 55th anniversary edition of "Billboard's All Time Top 100".  Alongside "Stayin' Alive" and "Night Fever", it is one of the group's three tracks on the list.  The song was covered by Take That for their 1996 "Greatest Hits" album, reaching number-one on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks.
citations: Vince Hill Edelweiss (song)