Chart performance:

Week	Position	Movement	Comments
26-Aug-66	18	New
02-Sep-66	5	+13*	Biggest climber/Star rater
09-Sep-66	3	+2
16-Sep-66	2	+1	Peak
23-Sep-66	2	0	Peak
30-Sep-66	2	0	Peak
07-Oct-66	4	-2
14-Oct-66	7	-3
21-Oct-66	13	-6
28-Oct-66	18	-5

* At the time, this was the record biggest climb any song had seen. The record was broken 5 months later when The Monkee’s ‘I’m A Believer’ jumped 16 in a week.

Written by: P.F. Sloan & Steve Barri
Produced by: P.F. Sloan & Steve Barri
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): Imperial

Hit number for artist	1
Peak position	2
Weeks	10
Biggest climber awards	1
Star rater climbs	1
Biggest faller awards	0
Top 20 points	136
Overall Top 20 points ranking	=820
Top 20 points ranking for the artist	1
Top 30 Points	236
Overall Top 30 points ranking	=974
Top 30 points ranking for the artist	1

Annual ranking:

1966

31

Other chart success:

Zimbabwe

5

This hit featured the 2 songwriters, P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri in the band. Their second SA hit, ‘Pa Pa Doo Ron Ron’, would feature South African musician’s using The Fantastic Baggys‘ name under licence. ‘Tell ‘em I’m Surfing’ would be the only song to feature the word ‘surf’ or a derivative thereof in the song’s title which is quite remarkable given that The Beach Boys had 8 hits make our charts and none of them had ‘surf’, ‘surfer’ or ‘surfing’ in the title. ‘Tell ‘em I’m Surfing’ would be kept off the top spot by Roger Williams’ ‘Lara’s Theme (From Dr Zhivago)’ for its first week at 2, then by The Troggs’ ‘With A Girl Like You’ for the next 2 weeks.

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Artist link: The Fantastic Baggys