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Wikipedia article"'Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)'" is a song that was a hit for the Louisiana-based John Fred & His Playboy Band in late 1967. The song was jointly written and composed by Fred and bandmate Andrew Bernard. Arrangements and contentThe song features strings, brass, a sitar, piano, bass, guitar, drums, breathing sounds, and dissonant string sounds. Its title is a play on, and a mondegreen of, the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". (Fred thought the lyrics were "Lucy in disguise with diamonds" when he first heard that song.) The other members of the Playboy Band did not like the unusual slow abrupt ending with Fred intoning the final line, "I guess I'll just take your glasses." Chart performanceIn January 1968, the song reached number one in the US and became a gold record. It also hit number one in Germany, Switzerland, and Australia, and number 3 in both Canada and the United Kingdom. Weekly chartsYear-end chartsSee also*List of number-one hits of 1968 (Germany) *List of number-one hits of 1968 (Switzerland) *List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1968 (U.S.) *List of 1960s one-hit wonders in the United States ReferencesCategory:1967 singles Category:Gary Lewis & the Playboys songs Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Category:Cashbox number-one singles Category:Number-one singles in Australia Category:Number-one singles in Germany Category:Number-one singles in South Africa Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland Category:1967 songs Category:Mondegreens Category:Songs written by John Fred | |
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