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18 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, remaining on that chart for 28 weeks beginning December 28, 1968. The resulting album – a mixed bag of tunes and certainly not among Sinatra’s best – still peaked at No. Along with “Cycles,” Sinatra recorded a variety of other of pop and folk-rock songs for the album, including the Glen Campbell hits “Gentle on My Mind” and “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” as well Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” and others. Additional songs were recorded for the LP which was released in December 1968. 2 on the Contemporary Adult / Easy Listening chart, remaining on that chart for 15 weeks through early 1969.įollowing the success of the “Cycles” single that fall, it was decided that an album using the same name, Cycles, would be rushed into production for the Christmas season. 23 on Billboard Hot 100, lasting some 10 weeks on the charts. It also rose to No. After “My Way of Life” fell off the charts, however, “Cycles” became the bigger hit. It began to break through around October 12, 1968, and rose to No. 64.įrank Sinatra on the cover of Newsweek magazine, September 1965. What follows here is some background on Sinatra, the song, and its reception.Īfter Sinatra recorded in New York in July 1968, two songs were released for a single that August – “My Way Of Life” on the A side and “Cycles” on the B side. “My Way of Life” received more attention initially, lasting six weeks on the Billboard singles chart beginning August 31, 1968.

Still, over the years, “Cycles” has become a fan favorite. “Cycles,” in any case, proved to be a very good fit for Sinatra, as it has a classic Sinatra sound and feel to it – a song many believe to be underrated. Sinatra recorded the song for Reprise Records, then owned by Warner Brothers. The song was written by Gayle Caldwell, a singer-songwriter who had recorded with the New Christy Minstrel singers and also on her own. “Cycles” is the name of a song Frank Sinatra recorded in July 1968. Frank Sinatra, looking a little “life weary” in a troubled pose on the cover of a “Cycles” single sleeve.