Single:
Mighty Quinn entered the Australian singles chart* on 24 February 1968 and peaked at #8. The song was #55 on the Top 100 of 1968.
Songwriter:
Bob Dylan
Producer:
Mike Hurst
Record label of Australian release:
Philips
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Songfacts:
This was written by Bob Dylan, but Manfred Mann was the first to record it. It was fairly rare for Dylan to let anyone record one of his songs before he did, but Mighty Quinn was one of the few exceptions.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/manfred-mann/quinn-the-eskimo
Wikipedia:
The subject of the song is the arrival of Quinn (an Eskimo), who changes despair into joy and chaos into rest, and attracts attention from the animals.
Dylan is widely believed to have derived the title character of the song from actor Anthony Quinn’s role as an Eskimo in the 1960 movie The Savage Innocents.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinn_the_Eskimo_(Mighty_Quinn)
Lyrics:
Everybody’s building ships and boats
Some are building monuments
Others jotting down notes
Everybody’s in despair
Every girl and boy
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
Everybody’s gonna jump for joy
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