<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Runaround Sue" (1961) </Td> <Td> "The Wanderer" (1961) </Td> <Td> "Lovers Who Wander" (1962) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Runaround Sue" (1961) </Td> <Td> "The Wanderer" (1961) </Td> <Td> "Lovers Who Wander" (1962) </Td> </Tr> <P> "The Wanderer" is a song written by Ernie Maresca and originally recorded by Dion . The song, with a 12 - bar blues - base verse and an eight - bar bridge, tells the story of a travelling man and his many loves . The song is ranked number 243 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time . </P> <P> Maresca had co-written Dion's previous number - one hit, "Runaround Sue", but originally intended "The Wanderer" to be recorded by another group, Nino and the Ebb Tides . They passed on it in favor of another Maresca song, so Dion was given it as the B - side of his follow - up single, "The Majestic", a song which his record company had chosen for him . The record was turned over by radio DJs who preferred "The Wanderer", which duly entered the US charts in December 1961 and rose to number 2 in early 1962 (behind "Duke of Earl" by Gene Chandler). It also reached number 10 in the UK and number one in Australia . </P>

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