Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)

"Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)"
Single by Johnny Farnham
from the album Sadie
A-side"Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)"
B-side"In My Room"
ReleasedNovember 1967
Recorded1967
GenrePop
Length3:13
LabelEMI, Columbia
Songwriter(s)Ray Gilmore, Johnny Madara, Dave White
Producer(s)David Mackay
Johnny Farnham singles chronology
"Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)"
(1967) 		"Friday Kind of Monday" / "Underneath the Arches"
(1968)

"Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" was Australian pop singer Johnny Farnham's first solo single.[1] The novelty song was released in November 1967 and was No. 1 on the Go-Set National Singles Charts for five weeks in early 1968[2][3] (six weeks on the Australian charts in 1968 based on the Kent Music Report).[4] It was the largest-selling single in Australia by an Australian artist in the 1960s.[1][5]

"Sadie" sold approximately 183,000 copies in Australia and was the highest-selling Australian single until "Up There Cazaly" was released in 1979.[6][7][8] It was also released in New Zealand, Denmark and Germany.[9] The B-side, "In My Room", was written by Farnham.[10] The A-side's label includes the acknowledgement "Vacuum cleaner solo: Mr. Jolly".[a]

  1. ^ a b McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'John Farnham'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 29 August 2004. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Go-Set search engine results for "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)"". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
  3. ^ "Go-Set Magazine's Number One Singles in Australia 1966–1974". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 5 September 2009. NOTE: Go-Set published its National Singles Charts from October 1966 until August 1974, they were compiled by Ed Nimmervoll.
  4. ^ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book (1940–1969). Turramurra, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book, 2005. ISBN 0-646-44439-5. NOTE: In 2005, David Kent back calculated all chart positions for 1940–1969 based on existing local charts: there were no nationally recognised charts until Go-Set published their first charts in October 1966. Kent published his first Kent Music Report charts in mid-1974.
  5. ^ Nimmervoll, Ed. "John Farnham". HowlSpace – The Living History of Our Music (Ed Nimmervoll). Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  6. ^ "International Dateline - Australia" (PDF). Cash Box. 15 September 1979. p. 57. Retrieved 1 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
  7. ^ Jenkins, Jeff; Ian Meldrum (2007). Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia. Melbourne, Vic: Wilkinson Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921332-11-1. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
  8. ^ Creswell, Toby; Samantha Trenoweth (2006). 1001 Australians You Should Know. North Melbourne, Vic: Pluto Press. pp. 84–85. ISBN 978-1-86403-361-8. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  9. ^ "Sadie The Cleaning Lady - JOHNNY FARNHAM (1967)". Pop Archives – Sources of Australian Pop Records from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. PopArchives.com.au. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  10. ^ ""In My Room" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 6 September 2009.


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