| "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 | |||
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| "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.
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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.