Barry Manilow Version
| "Mandy" | ||||||||
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| Single by Barry Manilow | ||||||||
| from the album Barry Manilow II | ||||||||
| B-side | "Something's Comin' Up" | |||||||
| Released | 1974 | |||||||
| Format | 7" vinyl | |||||||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||||||
| Genre | Pop | |||||||
| Length | 3:20 (single version) | |||||||
| Label | Bell | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Scott English Richard Kerr |
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In 1974, recorded by Barry Manilow under the title "Mandy", the song was Manilow's first number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts, and his first gold single.
In the three years between English's 1971 recording and Manilow's, Looking Glass had charted with a selection titled "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" in 1972. Therefore, to avoid confusion, when Manilow decided to record the selection, he changed the title to "Mandy." It was Clive Davis who suggested that Manilow record the selection.Joe Renzetti arranged the record. Manilow originally recorded it as an up-tempo bubblegum pop tune similar to English's original, but he and his producer, Ron Dante, reportedly hated the way it turned out; thus, he re-recorded it as a ballad and was much more pleased with the results. It was Manilow's first hit single and the first song on Clive Davis's Arista Records label (formerly Bell Records) to hit the Billboard Hot 100.
In the Manilow version, the fist two lines from the fourth verse following the instrumental section, were omitted, being:
"Riding on a country bus"/ No one even noticed us."
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