Scott English Version
| "Brandy" | ||||||||
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| Single by Scott English | ||||||||
| B-side | "Lead Me Back" | |||||||
| Released | 1971 | |||||||
| Format | 7" vinyl | |||||||
| Recorded | 1971 | |||||||
| Genre | Pop | |||||||
| Label | Trojan/Horse/Fontana (UK) Janus (U.S.) |
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| Writer(s) | Scott English Richard Kerr |
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Under the title "Brandy", the selection's original title, the song charted in 1971 for Scott English, one of its joint authors-composers, whose version of it reached number 12 in the UK Singles Charts. It was also released in the United States, but it was not successful there.
The suggestion that Scott English wrote the song about a favorite dog is apparently an urban legend. English has said that a reporter called him early one morning asking who "Brandy" was, and an irritated English made up the "dog" story to get the reporter off his back.
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