“ Mandy ” (original title: “ Brandy ”) is a song written by and [1] .
The song “Brandy” became a hit in 1971 performed by Scott English and in 1972 in New Zealand performed by , but it became most popular in the 1974 version of the English singer Barry Manilow , called “Mandy”, to avoid confusion with the song American pop group . Barry Manilow’s version reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 . Later, many other artists recorded it. In particular, the Irish boy band Westlife was with her in 2003 in first place on the British chart.
Content
Scott English Version
| Brandy | |
|---|---|
| Single | |
| Side B | Lead Me Back |
| Released | 1971 |
| Format | 7 "single |
| Recorded by | 1971 |
| Genre | pop |
| Songwriter | |
| Label | Trojan / Horse / Fontana (UK) Janus (USA) |
The original version, called Brandy, was released as a single by (one of the authors) in 1971. In the UK she reached 12th place. In the USA it was a hit in the USA, but not big - it reached 91 places in the Billboard Hot 100 .
There is a version that Scott English wrote this song about his beloved dog. This is probably a legend, since Scott English himself denied it. According to his explanation, it arose as follows: once a reporter called him and asked who Brandy was, what irritated English, so that the reporter could get rid of it, he came up with a story that the song was about his dog [2] .
Charts
| Chart (1971) | Naive. pos. |
|---|---|
| Great Britain ( UK Singles Chart ) | 12 |
| USA ( Billboard Hot 100 ) [3] | 91 |
Bunny Walters Version
| Brandy | |
|---|---|
| Single | |
| Released | 1972 |
| Format | 7 "single |
| Recorded by | 1972 |
| Genre | pop |
| Songwriter | , |
| Label | |
In 1972, the song was released as a single by . This version was a big hit in New Zealand, reaching 4 places there [4]
| Chart (1972) | Naive. pos. |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | four |
Barry Manilow Version
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| Single Barry Manilow from the album Barry Manilow II | |||||||
| Side B | "Something's Comin 'Up" | ||||||
| Released | October 7, 1974 | ||||||
| Format | 7 "single | ||||||
| Recorded by | 1974 | ||||||
| Genre | pop | ||||||
| Duration | 3:15 (single ver.) 3:32 (album ver.) | ||||||
| Producer | Barry Manilow , | ||||||
| Songwriter | , | ||||||
| Label | Bell | ||||||
| Timeline of the Barry Manilow Singles | |||||||
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In 1974, Barry Manilow recorded this song, changing the name of the girl and the name of the song to Mandy. The song became a “breakthrough” for the singer. She became his first career song in 1st place on the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Easy Listening American charts and his first gold single. The name of the song was changed since another version of the song group visited the band since the time of version three years ago. in 1st place on the American charts in 1972. Therefore, Manilow decided to change the name to avoid confusion with this completely different song [5] .
Charts
Weekly Charts
| Chart (1974-75) | Naive. pos. |
|---|---|
| Canada ( RPM ) | one |
| Germany | nineteen |
| Ireland | 6 |
| New Zealand | thirty |
| Great Britain ( UK Singles Chart ) | eleven |
| USA ( Billboard Hot 100 ) | one |
| United States ( Cash Box Top 100) | one |
Total Charts for the Year
| Chart (1975) | Naive. pos. |
|---|---|
| USA ( Billboard Hot 100 ) [6] | 35 |
| United States ( Cash Box ) [7] | 17 |
| Canada | 12 |
Westlife Group Version
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| Single Westlife from Turnaround album | |||||||||||||
| Released | November 17, 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Format | Cd single | ||||||||||||
| Recorded by | Rokstone Studios , London Olympic Studios , London 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Genre | pop | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 3:19 | ||||||||||||
| Producer | |||||||||||||
| Label | Bmg | ||||||||||||
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On November 17, 2003, the song "Mandy" was released as a single by Westlife . It was the second single from their fourth studio album, Turnaround .
For the group, the song “Mandy” became the twelfth single topping the British charts. [8] Sales of the single in the UK, as of 2009, amounted to more than 190 thousand copies [9] .
List of Songs
- CD single (UK)
- Mandy - 3:19
- “You See Friends (I See Lovers)” - 4:11
- Greased Lightning - 3:19
- Mandy (video) - 3:19
- Mandy (making of the video) - 2:00
- CD single (UK)
- Mandy - 3:19
- Flying Without Wings (live) - 3:41
Charts
| Chart (2003) | Naive. pos. |
|---|---|
| Austria | sixteen |
| Belgium (Walloon) | 3 |
| Belgium (Flanders) | 50 |
| Denmark | 2 |
| Netherlands | 27 |
| European Hot 100 Singles [10] | 3 |
| Germany | 14 |
| Ireland ( Irish Singles Chart ) | one |
| Norway | 15 |
| Scotland ( Scottish Singles Chart ) [11] | one |
| Sweden | four |
| Switzerland | thirty |
| Great Britain ( UK Singles Chart ) [8] | one |
Total Charts for the Year
| Chart (2003) | Naive. pos. |
|---|---|
| Ireland ( Irish Singles Chart ) | five |
| Great Britain ( UK Singles Chart ) | 32 |
Notes
- ↑ Mandy (legal title) - BMI Work # 955340 unopened (inaccessible link) . Repertoire.bmi.com. Date of treatment April 2, 2014. Archived July 15, 2012.
- ↑ Quote from The Billboard Book of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits.
- ↑ Scott English | Awards | AllMusic . Date of treatment March 30, 2016.
- ↑ Brandy - BUNNY WALTERS (1972) - Pop Archives - Sources of Australian Pop Records from the 50s, 60s and 70s . Pop Archives. Date of treatment April 2, 2014.
- ↑ Huey, Steve Mandy - Barry Manilow | Listen, Appearances, Song Review . AllMusic. Date of treatment April 2, 2014.
- ↑ [ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1975.htm Top 100 Hits of 1975 / Top 100 Songs of 1975] . Musicoutfitters.com. Date of treatment July 3, 2014.
- ↑ Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1975 Archived on October 21, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 Roberts, David. British Hit Singles & Albums. - 19th. - London: Guinness World Records Limited, 2006 .-- P. 692. - ISBN 1-904994-10-5 .
- ↑ Westlife: Official Top 20 . Mtv.co.uk (October 28, 2009). Date of treatment April 2, 2014.
- ↑ Inc; Nielsen Business Media. Billboard (unopened) .
- ↑ Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company