Georgy Girl (song)
| "Georgy Girl" | ||||
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| Single by the Seekers | ||||
| from the album Come the Day | ||||
| B-side | "The Last Thing on My Mind" (Europe) "When the Stars Begin to Fall" (non-Europe) | |||
| Released | 10 October 1966 | |||
| Genre | Folk-pop[1] | |||
| Length | 2:21 | |||
| Label | EMI Columbia (DB 8134) (UK) EMI Capitol (5756) (US) | |||
| Composer(s) | Tom Springfield | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Jim Dale | |||
| The Seekers singles chronology | ||||
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| Audio | ||||
| "Georgy Girl (remaster)" on YouTube | ||||
"Georgy Girl" is a song by the Australian pop/folk music group the Seekers. It was used as the title song for the 1966 film Georgy Girl. Tom Springfield, who had written "I'll Never Find Another You", composed the music and Jim Dale supplied the lyrics. The song is heard at both the beginning and end of the film, with markedly different lyrics (and with different lyrics again from those in the commercially released version). It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song but the prize went to "Born Free". It was peformed at the 1967 Oscars ceremony by Mitzi Gaynor.[2]
The song became a hit in late 1966 and early 1967, reaching number one in Australia and number three in the United Kingdom. In the United States, it was the Seekers' highest charting single, reaching number one on the Cash Box Top 100. "Georgy Girl" reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100; "I'm a Believer" by The Monkees, kept the song from number one.[3] The song's U.S. success prompted the Seekers' British album Come the Day to be retitled Georgy Girl for its American release.
Chart history
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Certifications
[edit]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[13] | Gold | 1,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Cover versions
[edit]In 1966, The Lennon Sisters recorded a cover of this song as well, which did not chart as well as the original song. It was performed by the sisters in The Lawrence Welk Show.
In 1967, an instrumental version by the Baja Marimba Band reached number 98 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 14 on the easy listening chart.
The New Seekers, a reorganized group from 1969 with guitarist Keith Potger, released a version of the song on the UK version of the album We'd Like to Teach the World to Sing.
In 1971 Saori Minami recorded a cover of the song for her second album Shiokaze No Melody.
The "Georgy Girl" song and melody appear in a reworked version with new lyrics in the late 1970's and early 1980s Barbie doll commercials such as Beauty Secrets Barbie and Angel Face Barbie, among others. Instead of the main line " Hey there, Georgy Girl," often it's "Here comes Barbie fun,". Sometimes the Barbie commercials would have only the melody of "Georgy Girl" playing in the background with no lyrics being sung at all.
References
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- ^ Dimery, Robery (2015). "The Seekers - "The Carnival Is Over". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die. New York: Universe. p. 163.
- ^ Trott, Bill (2024-10-17). "Mitzi Gaynor, star of Hollywood musicals, dies at 93". Reuters. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ "Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1967-02-11. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Georgy Girl". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
- ^ "Flavour of New Zealand, 28 April 1967". Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 2/18/67". tropicalglen.com.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles of 1967". Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
- ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1967/Top 100 Songs of 1967". musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/1967YESP.html Archived 2018-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 23, 1967
- ^ "American single certifications – The Seekers – Georgy Girl". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
