Part Three into Paper Walls

"Part Three into Paper Walls"
Single by Russell Morris
A-side	"Part Three into Paper Walls"
B-side	"The Girl That I Love"
Released	July 1969
Studio	Armstrong Studios, Melbourne
Genre	Psychedelic rock, pop rock
Length	7:00
Label	EMI/Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Johnny Young Russell Morris
Producer(s)	Ian "Molly" Meldrum
Russell Morris singles chronology
"The Real Thing" (1969) "Part Three into Paper Walls" (1969) "Rachel" (1970)

"Part Three into Paper Walls" is a song by Australian pop singer Russell Morris. It was co-written by Morris and Johnny Young and produced by Ian "Molly" Meldrum. It was released as a double A-sided single, with "The Girl That I Love", in July 1969 and peaked at number one on the Australian Go-Set chart for four weeks. Morris became the first Australian artist to achieve consecutive number-ones with their first two singles.[1] The single was certified Gold in Australia[2] and was the 12th highest selling single of 1969.[3]

Background

Russell Morris had released his debut solo single, "The Real Thing" in March 1969.[4][5] It was written as "The Real Thing – Parts 1 and 2" by Johnny Young and the recording was produced by Ian "Molly" Meldrum.[4][5] The single peaked at number one on the Go-Set National Top 40.[4][5]

To write the follow-up single, "Part Three into Paper Walls"/"The Girl That I Love", Morris again worked with Young. They co-wrote the first track and Young wrote the second track.[4][5] Meldrum also produced this single, which appeared in July.[4] According to Australian music journalist, Ed Nimmervoll, "Part Three into Paper Walls" was "The Real Thing" revisited, while "The Girl That I Love" was a pop ballad, which Young had offered to Morris before he had recorded "Real Thing".[4] The single reached number one on 18 October 1969 and remained in the top spot for four weeks.[6]

Track listing

7" Single

• Side A "Part Three into Paper Walls" (Johnny Young, Russell Morris)[7] – 7:00
• Side B "The Girl that I Love" (Young) – 4:36

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1969)	Position
Australian Go-Set Chart[6]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1969)	Position
Australian Go-Set Chart[8]	12

See also

• List of Top 25 singles for 1969 in Australia

References

1. "RUSSELL MORRIS". www.milesago.com. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
2. The Very Best of (CD). Russell Morris. EMI Records. 2013.
3. "Go Set Chart THE TOP 40 FOR 1969". Pop Archives. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
4. Nimmervoll, Ed. "Russell Morris". HowlSpace. Archived from the original on 24 October 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
5. McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Russell Morris'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 9 August 2004.
6. "THE TOP 40 FOR 1969". Pop Archives. 1970. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
7. "'Part Three into Paper Walls' at APRA search engine". APRA AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society). Retrieved 30 June 2022.'
8. "THE TOP 40 FOR 1969". Pop Archives. 1970. Retrieved 24 August 2016.