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<p><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/ROVW/1c3ec26ebf_ZUNY_media.png?w=700"></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: rgb(19, 19, 19);">"Playground in My Mind" is a 1973 hit song by Clint Holmes. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: rgb(19, 19, 19);">It was written by Paul Vance with Lee Pockriss, and is a nursery rhyme-styled song which features a duet with record producer, Vance's son, seven-year-old Philip (July 28, 1965 – 13 December 2009) on the chorus.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: rgb(19, 19, 19);">"Playground in My Mind" was released in the U.S. in June 1972 but did not reach the Billboard Hot 100 chart until March 24, 1973, when it rose to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart behind, My Love by Paul McCartney and Wings. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: rgb(19, 19, 19);">The single stayed on the chart for 23 weeks. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: rgb(19, 19, 19);">The song was granted gold disc status by the R.I.A.A. on July 3, 1973.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: rgb(19, 19, 19);">The single went one better in Canada, topping the RPM 100 national singles charts there for three consecutive weeks in the same year (June 23 - July 7). </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: rgb(19, 19, 19);">On the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart, "Playground in My Mind" reached number one.</span></p>