Single:
Mrs Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter entered the Australian singles chart* on 8 May 1965 and was a #1 hit. The song was #9 on the Top 100 of 1965.
Album:
The song is on the 1965 album Herman’s Hermits.
Songwriter:
Trevor Peacock
Producer:
Mickie Most
Record label of Australian release:
Columbia
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Songfacts:
This song is about a guy who is heartbroken over losing his girl, so he decides to tell her mother all about it. It was originally sung by the actor Tom Courtenay in a 1963 British television play called The Lads, which Herman’s Hermits lead singer Peter Noone recorded on tape. He and the band learned the song and started playing it in their live sets.
The song was written by Trevor Peacock who was also appearing in the play. Peacock is well known to British TV audiences for playing the part of Jim Trott in the BBC sitcom The Vicar of Dibley.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/hermans-hermits/mrs-brown-youve-got-a-lovely-daughter
Lyrics:
Mrs. Brown you’ve got a lovely daughter
Girls as sharp as her are somethin’ rare
But it’s sad, she doesn’t love me now
She’s made it clear enough it ain’t no good to pin
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