| "Sunny Girl" | ||||
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| Single by the Hep Stars | ||||
| B-side | "Hawaii" | |||
| Released | March 1966 | |||
| Recorded | March 1966 | |||
| Studio | Europafilm Studios, Stockholm | |||
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| Length | 2:23 | |||
| Label | Olga | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Benny Andersson | |||
| Producer(s) | Gert Palmcrantz | |||
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| 1968 Dutch release | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Sunny Girl" (audio) on YouTube | ||||
"Sunny Girl" is a song written by Benny Andersson, which was recorded and released as the Swedish rock group Hep Stars' tenth single in March 1966.[1] Their second original song after "No Response", it was the song which made Andersson believe in himself as a songwriter, with support from their manager Åke Gerhard.[2] As a result, almost all singles by the Hep Stars following "Sunny Girl" are original compositions.[3]
Nonetheless, the single became a huge success in Sweden, reaching number 1 on both Kvällstoppen and Tio i Topp, their first to do so since "Bald Headed Woman" in mid-1965.[4][5] It was the Hep Stars only top-10 single outside of the Nordic countries, as it reached number 4 in the Netherlands in 1968. Another Swedish group, the Telstars, reached Svensktoppen with a translation of the song in September 1966. Andersson has since stated dislike for the lyrics.
- ^ "Sunny Girl" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^ "The Hep Stars - Sunny Girl". www.thehepstars.se. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ "The Hep Stars - Discography". www.thehepstars.se. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ "The Hep Stars - Bald Headed Woman". www.thehepstars.se. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ "BALD HEADED WOMAN av HEP STARS". NostalgiListan (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 July 2020.