Single:
My Friend Stan entered the Australian singles chart* on 19 November 1973 peaked at #44.
Album:
The song is on Old New Borrowed and Blue which entered the Australian albums chart* on 25 February 1974 and peaked at #6.
Songwriters:
Noddy Holder, Jim Lea
Producer:
Chas Chandler
Record label of Australian release:
Polydor
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
My Friend Stan, alongside the compilation Sladest, was Slade’s first release following drummer Don Powell’s near-fatal car crash in July 1973. The accident threw the band’s future into doubt, however Powell survived and was soon able to join the band in recording material for their new album Old New Borrowed and Blue. One of the earliest songs to be recorded, My Friend Stan saw Powell still walking with the aid of a stick. He had to be lifted onto his drum stool during recording.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Friend_Stan
Lyrics:
My friend Stan′s got a funny old man
Oh yeah, oh yeah
He makes him work all night ’til he can′t do it right
Oh yeah, aha
And from the way you blacked my eye,
I know that you’re the reason why
And from the way you fix his tie
I see you’re gettin′ to him, gettin′ to hi
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