Single:
Little Green Bag first entered the Australian singles chart* on 6 April 1970 and peaked at #12. The song was #62 on the Top 100 of 1970.
Album:
The song is on the album Little Green Bag (originally titled Little Greenback).
Songwriters:
Jan Visser, Hans Bouwens
Producer:
Luke Wiley
Record label of Australian release:
Parlophone
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Little Green Bag was written by Dutch musicians Jan Visser and George Baker (Hans Bouwens), and released as the George Baker Selection’s debut single by Dutch label Negram.
In 1992, the song was used in Quentin Tarantino’s film Reservoir Dogs.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Green_Bag
Songfacts – Little Greenback:
Little Green Bag was actually called “Little Greenback,” like in money, but the seven-inch single debut was misprinted by publisher label Negram. Wouldn’t you know it, it became their top hit, and so became known by the wrong name. Worse yet, they had to change the name of the album to reflect that. If you listen to the vocals, “greenback” is actually the word sung.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/george-baker-selection/little-green-bag
Lyrics:
Lookin’ back on the track for a little greenback
Got to find just the kind or losin’ my mind
Out of sight in the night, out of sight in the day
Lookin’ back on the track, gonna do it my way
Out of sight in the night, out of sight in the day
Lookin’ back on the track, gonna do it my way
Lookin’ back
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