Enigma869 wrote:Ah, yes. Good old "Mandy". I think that song was the anthem for every woman named Amanda, until Boston trumped Barry with their release of "Amanda". More Barry song facts on this dreadful track
Scott English wrote the lyrics and recorded it in 1971 as "Brandy." His version was a hit in the UK. In the US, this was changed to "Mandy" to avoid confusion with the Looking Glass hit "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)."
Richard Kerr wrote the music. Kerr is a pianist who teamed up with Will Jennings to write 2 more hits for Manilow: "Looks Like We Made It" and "Somewhere In The Night."
This was Manilow's first hit single and the first song on Clive Davis' Arista Records label (formerly Bell) to hit the Billboard Hot 100.
The bit about "Mandy" being about Manilow's dog is an urban myth. Songwriter and original performer Scott English says he was woken by a phone call from a reporter, wanting to know who "Brandy" was. "I would have said anything to get rid of him," says English, "So I spat out the first thing that came to mind: It was about a dog like Lassie and I had sent her away - now you go away!' And I hung up on him."
The Simpsons parodied this in the episode in which Homer feels torn between his attractive new co-worker (Mindy) and his own wife. They were in a hotel room together, and a turkey slips behind the bed. Later, when Homer brings Marge to the room, he starts singing to her, "Oh, Margie, you came and you found me a turkey." John from Boston
Couldn't be about Barry's dog anyway, his dog at the time was a Beagle named Bagel.
Yes, I remember that, there was a pic on the back of one of his albums.
Mandy was first an upbeat song and Barry slowed it down.
Geeze, you guys are getting me in a Manilow mood and I haven't listened to him in twenty years.........
