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SKU: A0.1145782
By Barry Manilow. By Richard Kerr and Scott English. Arranged by Unimusic Academy (Academia Unimusica). Contemporary,Pop,Rock,Singer/Songwriter. Score. 4 pages. Unimusic Academy (Academia Unimusica) #745983. Published by Unimusic Academy (Academia Unimusica) (A0.1145782)."Mandy" is a romantic song that has had several versions. It was recorded for the first time in 1971, with the title "Brandy" by Scott English, however, it achieved popularity with the version of the American Barry Manilow in 1974, being his first song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and his first golden song.12 In 1992 Italian music producer Marco Parmigiani produced a Eurodance version on 12-inch vinyl. It was released in Italy on the Disc-O-Very Records label, and a year later it was published in Spain on the mythical Barcelona label Max Music. The version sounded a lot in the Valencian discos of the 90s. It was later re-recorded by the Irish group Westlife in 2003, becoming the number one version of the UK chart. The song also appeared in several movies, such as Can't Hardly Wait, being performed by various characters. One theory is that because of Manilow's alcoholism, "Brandy" became "Mandy". Scott English is thought to have written "Brandy" after his favorite dog that he let get away. English claimed (as quoted in The Billboard Book of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits) that an assistant phoned him early that morning to ask who "Brandy" was, and he angrily lied that it was a dog so that she would conversation will end quickly. When Manilow recorded "Mandy" he was not satisfied with the electronic rhythm of the original English version, so he preferred to sing it as a ballad and was much more pleased with the results. The song was parodied on Gift Grub under the title "Andy" on The Drew Carey Show, where the name "Mandy" is replaced with "Kyra". Who also performed a parody of "Mandy" was the German singer LaFee at the age of 13. Thanks to this imitation, called "Handy", it was that a music producer discovered her in a singing contest for children in Germany. Korean actor, singer and model Jang Keun Suk sings this song during the movie You are my pet It also appeared in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (originally aired November 2006), and in an episode of The Simpsons, Homer sings it to Margo as "Oh, Margo". Years later, in an episode of Family Guy, Manilow himself sings Gregg a version of his song, "Oh, Quagmire.".
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