Brown Eyed Girl

"Brown Eyed Girl" is a hit song written and recorded in 1967 by singer and songwriter Van Morrison and produced by Bang Records chief Bert Berns. The song was first released on the album Blowin' Your Mind as Morrison's first single as a solo artist and became his biggest hit. The song's nostalgic lyrics about a former love were considered too racy at the time to be played on many radio stations, so a radio-edit of the song was released which excised the lyrics "making love in the green grass." This edited version appears on the compilation album The Best of Van Morrison.

Related Topics:
1967 - Van Morrison - Bang Records - Bert Berns - Blowin' Your Mind - The Best of Van Morrison

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The song was originally titled "Brown-Skinned Girl" but Morrison later changed it to "Brown Eyed Girl" because he felt it sounded better http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/~hayward/van/glossary/browneyed.html.

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In April 2005, the White House announced that "Brown Eyed Girl" gets regular rotation on George W. Bush's iPod. Morrison announced before a university performance in England: "Yeah, it's good to hear things like that, you know. But I would have preferred if it was a new song." http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/7371946/vanmorrison?pageid=rs.Home&pageregion=single2

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April - 2005 - White House - George W. Bush - IPod - England

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The song has been recorded by many diverse artists including El Chicano, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Jimmy Buffett, Bob Dylan, Everclear, Lagwagon, Buster Poindexter,Sex Pistols, Ziggy Marley, Pennywise, and Steel Pulse Henry Paul Band.

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El Chicano - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Jimmy Buffett - Bob Dylan - Everclear - Lagwagon - Buster Poindexter - Sex Pistols - Ziggy Marley - Pennywise - Steel Pulse - Henry Paul Band

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