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The Strangers vs Tony Burrows. This article claims the Strangers' version was released "in early 1970", whereas Burrows version appeared in May 1970 (according to infobox). For the former we have McFarlane in his entry for the Strangers writing "'Melanie Makes Me Smile'/'If You Think You're Groovy' reached #14 in June 1970." But Kent's Chart Book has it peaking at No. 10 in Australia in 1970. Burrows' rendition is verified by RPM (peaking in September) and Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 (1970).

I'm not sure whether the Strangers were the original recording artists of this song. Consider the Go-Set top 40/60 chart run from "18 July 1970" to "31 October 1970". This shows the Strangers' single entering in July and peaking on "19 September 1970" (note disagrees with McFarlane regarding when it peaked) and leaving in October. To confuse matters the Australian 1970 radio ban resulted in many British and Australian artists being denied airplay by commercial radio from May to October 1970. The Strangers, having signed with Fable Records, were not subject to the ban.

Lyn Nuttall's Pop Archives has an entry on "The Strangers – 'Melanie Makes Me Smile'", which describes the Burrows' one as the original.

I would like the opinion of interested editors before making the Strangers' version the cover and the Burrows' rendition as the original.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 03:43, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]