the Billboard Hot 100 chart and affording the Carpenters' their thirteenth No. 1 on the easy listening chart. The Carpenters' version has a notable country pop feel, but was not particularly successful for their usual standard in that time. In fact, the single's lack of comparative success indicated a drop in the Carpenters' popularity, it being the first lead single from a mainstream Carpenters' album to fall short of the Top 5 since "Ticket to Ride" from the group's 1969 debut album Offering, while the No. 33 chart peak of the A Kind of Hush album afforded the Carpenters' their first Top 20 shortfall since Offering (Horizon would prove to be their last album to reach the top 20 in the United States). "There's a Kind of Hush" would remain the Carpenters' final top twenty hit until 1981's "Touch Me When We're Dancing". Richard Carpenter explained in the liner notes to the Carpenters' 2004 best-of compilation, Gold, that although he and Karen loved the song, he was not particularly pleased with how their remake turned out: Chart performance Weekly charts Year-end charts Personnel Karen Carpenter – lead vocals and backing vocals Richard Carpenter – backing vocals, Wurlitzer electronic piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, ARP Odyssey, orchestration Joe Osborn – bass guitar Tony Peluso – guitar Jim Gordon – drums Bob Messenger – tenor saxophone Lenny Castro – percussion See also List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1976 (U.S.) References External links 1966 songs 1967 singles 1976 singles Songs written by Les Reed (songwriter) Songs written by Geoff Stephens Herman's Hermits songs The Carpenters songs Four Jacks and a Jill songs Song recordings produced by Mickie Most A&M Records singles Columbia Graphophone Company singles MGM Records singles Fontana Records singles Philips Records singles