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Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)

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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 content



The 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 performance



In 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 charts



Year-end charts



See 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

References



Category: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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