Georgy Girl (song)

Infobox Single
Name =Georgy Girl


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Artist =The Seekers
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B-side ="The Last Thing on My Mind"
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Format =7" 45rpm
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Label =EMI Columbia DB 8134
Writer =Tom Springfield, Jim Dale (lyrics)
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Last single ="Morningtown Ride"
This single ="Georgy Girl"
Next single ="When Will the Good Apples Fall"
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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.

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!" [http://www.snpp.com/episodes/9F02.html] Georgy Girl would also be parodied in an another episode, when Artie Ziff creates a device to convert modem noises into easy-listening music.