Pretty Flamingo
Clash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP | "Pretty Flamingo" | ||||
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 HMV POP 1523 picture sleeve | ||||
Single by Manfred Mann | ||||
| B-side | "You're Standing By" | |||
| Released | 15 April 1966 (1966-04-15) | |||
| Format | 7" 45 RPM | |||
| Recorded | 1966 at EMI Studios in Abbey Road, London, England | |||
| Genre | Sunshine pop | |||
| Length | 2:31 | |||
| Label | His Master's Voice POP 1523[1] | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mark Barkan[1] | |||
| Producer(s) | John Burgess[1] | |||
Manfred Mann singles chronology | ||||
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"Pretty Flamingo" is a song written by Mark Barkan, which became a hit in 1966 when Manfred Mann's recording of it was released as a single. The single reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 5 May 1966.[2][1] Manfred Mann's recording was a minor hit in the United States where it spent eight weeks on Billboard 's Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 29 during the week of August 6, 1966.[3] It was also successful in Ireland, and was number one there for four weeks, keeping the Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black" at number two.
Contents
1 Song profile
2 Charts
3 References
4 External links
Song profile
The speaker describes a woman—whom "all of the guys call [...] 'Flamingo', 'cause her hair glows like the sun and her eyes can light the sky"—for whom the singer has fallen, and his plans to win her affection.
The recording features future Cream bassist Jack Bruce, who briefly joined the band in 1965.[1] The original demo of the song was recorded by noted New York City vocalist Jimmy Radcliffe stylized for The Drifters, but songwriter Mark Barkan was dissatisfied with the overly produced results and had Radcliffe recut the song with a pared-down arrangement.[citation needed]
Both the Everly Brothers and Gene Pitney released cover versions of 'Pretty Flamingo' on albums they recorded in 1966 (the Everly Brothers' Two Yanks in England and Pitney's Backstage (I'm Lonely) [which was titled Nobody Needs Your Love in the U.K.]).
Darius covered the song on the 2002 charity album NME in Association with War Child Presents 1 Love.[4]
Charts
| Chart (1966) | Peak position |
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| Canada RPM 100[5] | 2 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[6] | 1 |
| Germany (Official German Charts)[7] | 12 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] | 15 |
| Norway (VG-lista)[9] | 3 |
| Rhodesia (Lyons Maid Hits of the Week) | 1 |
| Sweden (Kvällstoppen)[10] | 6 |
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[11] | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[12] | 29 |
References
^ abcde Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 100–1. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
^ "Official Singles Chart UK Top 100". Theofficialcharts.com. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
^ "The Hot 100 : August 06, 1966 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
^ "'1 LOVE' – ALL IS REVEALED!". NME. 2002-09-30. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
^ "100" (PHP). RPM. 5 (23). 1 August 1966. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Pretty Flamingo". Irish Singles Chart.
^ "Musicline.de – Mann, Manfred Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Manfred Mann – Pretty Flamingo" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
^ "Topp 20 Single uke 22, 1966 – VG-lista. Offisielle hitlister fra og med 1958" (in Norwegian). VG-lista.
^ Hallberg, Eric (1993). Kvällstoppen i P3 (1st ed.). Sweden: Drift Musik. ISBN 91-630-2140-4.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
^ "Manfred Mann Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
External links
- Official UK Chart website
- Official Manfred Mann website
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