Top singles from the past
25 November 2025
Legendary pop band THE SEEKERS topped the UK Singles Chart
with their melancholic ballad THE CARNIVAL IS OVER, the group’s
second No.1.
Originally a Russian folk song from 1883 with lyrics written by Tom Springfield,
the brother of famous songstress Dusty Springfield. At its peak, the song was
selling 93,000 copies per day.
The song became The Seekers‘ signature recording, and the band
customarily closed their concerts, saying “Goodbye” to the audience
with it ever since its success in late 1965.
“Say goodbye, my own true lover
As we sing a lovers’ song
How it breaks my heart to leave you
Now the carnival is gone”
