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{{Infobox song
| name       = For a Penny
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Pat Boone]]
| album      = [[Pat Boone's Golden Hits Featuring Speedy Gonzales]]
| EP         =
| A-side     = [[The Wang Dang Taffy-Apple Tango|The Wang Dang Taffy-Apple Tango (Mambo Cha Cha Cha)]]
| written    = [[Charles Singleton (songwriter)|Charles Singleton]]
| published  =
| released   = 1959
| format     =
| recorded   = 1959
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Pop Music|Pop]]
| length     = 2:16
| label      = [[Dot Records|Dot]]
| writer     = {{plainlist|*
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| prev_title  = [[With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair]]
| prev_title2 = [[Good Rocking Tonight|Good Rockin' Tonight]]
| prev_year  = 1959
| title2     = [[The Wang Dang Taffy-Apple Tango]]
| next_title = [['Twixt Twelve and Twenty]]
| next_year  = 1959
}}
"'''For a Penny'''" is a song by [[Pat Boone]] that reached number 23 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in 1959.<ref name="Billboard Hot 100" />
== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| headline      = 7" single {{nobold|(Dot 45-15914, 1959)<ref name="Pat Boone - For A Penny - ultratop.be">{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/82c44/Pat-Boone-For-A-Penny|title=Pat Boone - For A Penny|website=ultratop.be|access-date=2023-01-04}}</ref>}}
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| title1        = For a Penny
| note1         =
| writer1       = [[Charles Singleton (songwriter)|Charles Singleton]]
| lyrics1       =
| music1        =
| extra1        =
| length1       = 2:16
| title2        = [[The Wang Dang Taffy-Apple Tango|The Wang Dang Taffy-Apple Tango (Mambo Cha Cha Cha)]]
| note2         =
| writer2       = {{hlist|[[Aaron Schroeder]]|[[J. Leslie McFarland]]}}
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| extra2        =
| length2       = 2:20
}}
== Charts ==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="center"|Chart (1959)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|UK|19|date=19590703|accessdate=2023-01-04|refname=}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|23|artist=Pat Boone|accessdate=2023-01-02|refname=Billboard Hot 100}}
|}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Pat Boone}}
[[Category:1959 songs]]
[[Category:1959 singles]]
[[Category:Pat Boone songs]]
[[Category:Dot Records singles]]