"The Killing of Georgie Parts 1 and 2" | ||||
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Single by Rod Stewart | ||||
from the album A Night on the Town | ||||
B-side |
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Released | 13 August 1976 (UK)[1] | |||
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Length | 6:30 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Rod Stewart | |||
Producer(s) | Tom Dowd | |||
Rod Stewart singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)" on YouTube |
"The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)" is a song written and recorded by Rod Stewart and released as a track on his 1976 album A Night on the Town. The song tells the story of a gay man who was killed in New York City. A two-part song, Part I was the more popular hit and was blended into the more melancholy and sombre Part II.
The song was released as a single in August 1976 and spent ten weeks on the UK Singles Chart, reaching a peak position of No. 2.[2] It charted moderately well elsewhere, reaching No. 25 in the Netherlands, No. 30 in the US and No. 33 in Canada.