Chart performance:
| Week | Position | Movement | Comments |
| 25-Apr-69 | 17 | New | |
| 02-May-69 | 3 | +14* | Biggest climber/Star rater |
| 09-May-69 | 2 | +1 | |
| 16-May-69 | 1 | +1 | Peak |
| 23-May-69 | 2 | -1 | |
| 30-May-69 | 4 | -2 | |
| 06-Jun-69 | 7 | -3 | |
| 13-Jun-69 | 11 | -4 |
* This was the second song to climb 14 or more in a week. The previous one, The Monkees’ ‘I’m A Believer’ we would climb 16 places. Overall, we would see 12 climbs of 14 or more in a week with Mel & Kim’s ‘Respectable’ having the all time record of a 20 place climb.
Written by: Peter Sarstedt
Produced by: Ray Singer
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): United Artists
| Hit number for artist | 1 |
| Peak position | 1 |
| Weeks | 8 |
| Biggest climber awards | 1 |
| Star rater climbs | 1 |
| Biggest faller awards | 0 |
| Top 20 points | 121 |
| Overall Top 20 points ranking | =921 |
| Top 20 points ranking for the artist | 1 |
| Top 30 Points | 201 |
| Overall Top 30 points ranking | =1159 |
| Top 30 points ranking for the artist | 1 |
Annual ranking:
| 1969 | 33 |
Other chart success:
| Australia | 1 |
| Austria | 16 |
| Belgium | 17 |
| Canada | 44 |
| Germany | 9 |
| Ireland | 1 |
| Netherlands | 4 |
| New Zealand | 1 |
| Norway | 4 |
| UK | 1 |
| US | 70 |
Although some think that the character, Marie Claire, in the song’s lyrics was inspired by the life of Sophia Loren, Sarstedt (who wrote the song while in Copenhagen) has said it was about his girlfriend at the time whom he later married and then divorced. In 1997, Sarstedt released a follow up song called ‘The Last Of The Breed (Lovely 2)’ which picked up the story of Marie Claire 20 years on. Most pressing of the single note the ‘My Lovely’ part of the title in brackets, but the South African pressing does not. Ignoring the songs on the very first chart, ‘Where Do You Go To My Lovely’ would spend the least number of weeks on the chart for a chart topper.
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Artist link: Peter Sarstedt
SA Singles Charts 