Georgy Girl (song)
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| “Georgy Girl” | |||||
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| Single by The Seekers | |||||
| B-side | "The Last Thing on My Mind" | ||||
| Format | 7" 45rpm | ||||
| Label | EMI Columbia DB 8134 | ||||
| Writer(s) | Tom Springfield, Jim Dale (lyrics) | ||||
| The Seekers singles chronology | |||||
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Georgy Girl, the title song to the film Georgy Girl, performed by The Seekers, was a #2 U.S. and #1 Australian hit, and a #3 British hit in late 1966 / early 1967.
The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song (music by Tom Springfield, lyrics by Jim Dale).
In 1970, the film was adapted for a short-lived Broadway musical of the same name.
[edit] References in popular culture
In The Simpsons episode, Lisa the Beauty Queen, Homer twice sings the song Georgy Girl, with the lyrics, "Heyyy thereeee, blimpy boy! Flying through the sky so fancy free!"[1] Georgy Girl would also be parodied in an another episode, when Artie Ziff creates a device to convert modem noises into easy-listening music.
