Brown Eyed Girl

"Brown Eyed Girl"
Dutch 7-inch vinyl single
Single by Van Morrison
from the album Blowin' Your Mind!
B-side"Goodbye Baby"
ReleasedJune 1967 (1967-06)
Recorded28 March 1967
StudioA & R, New York City
Genre
Length3:05
Label
Songwriter(s)Van Morrison
Producer(s)Bert Berns
Van Morrison singles chronology
"Brown Eyed Girl"
(1967)
"Ro Ro Rosey"
(1967)
Audio
"Brown Eyed Girl" on YouTube

"Brown Eyed Girl" is a song by Northern Irish singer and songwriter Van Morrison. Written by Morrison and recorded in March 1967 for Bang Records owner and producer Bert Berns, it was released as a single in June of the same year on the Bang label, peaking at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song spent a total of sixteen weeks on the chart.[2] It featured the Sweet Inspirations singing back-up vocals and is considered to be Van Morrison's signature song.[3]

  1. ^ Farber 2007, p. 55.
  2. ^ "Van Morrison Brown Eyed Girl Chart History". Billboard.
  3. ^ Yorke, Into the Music, p. 42