Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)

"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.

"Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)"
Single by John Fred & His Playboy Band
from the album Agnes English
B-side"Out of Left Field"
ReleasedOctober 1967
GenrePop rock
Length2:55
LabelPaula Records
Songwriter(s)John Fred Gourrier, Andrew Bernard
Producer(s)John Fred Gourrier, 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 the selection.)[1][2]

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."[3]

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,[4] Switzerland[5] and Australia,[6] and number 3 in both Canada[7] and the United Kingdom.[8]

Cover versions
  • Los Quandos released a Spanish version in 1968 in one of their EP's, with the title of "Judy con disfraz" with Spanish lyrics by Julio Guiu Sr.
  • Patrick Zabé released a French version in 1967, with the title of "Les Lunettes".
  • Gary Lewis and the Playboys released a cover version on their 1968 album Gary Lewis Now!
  • Silicon Teens, the virtual British electronic new wave pop group, created by Mute Records founder Daniel Miller, released a radically different electropop version in 1979.
  • Jello Biafra released a live version as part of his 2015 live album of New Orleans rock and soul covers, Walk on Jindal's Splinters.
  • The Residents recorded in 1975 for the first track of Side B, titled Hitler Was a Vegetarian, for their 1976 album The Third Reich 'n Roll.
  • Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings released a cover as part of their 2007 compilation album Jukebox.
  • The band Cracked Actor released a cover of the song on the B-side of their Nazi School 7" single in 1981.

See also

References
  1. Kasser, Tom (July 2013). Lucy in the Mind of Lennon. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-974760-3.
  2. "Seven things you didn't know about "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"". blog.oup.com. Oxford University Press. July 9, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  3. Bronson, Fred. Billboard Book of Number One Songs.
  4. Ehnert, Günter (1999). HIT BILANZ Deutsche Chart Singles 1956–1980. ISBN 3-922542-24-7
  5. Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1968) Archived 2008-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Go-Set National Top 40, 20 March 1968
  8. Judy in Disguise (with Glasses) UK chart position Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 09-21-11
  9. Go-Set National Top 40, 20 March 1968
  10. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada" (PDF). Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1968-02-03. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  11. Ehnert, Günter (1999). HIT BILANZ Deutsche Chart Singles 1956-1980. ISBN 3-922542-24-7
  12. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Judy in Disguise With Glasses". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  13. Flavour of New Zealand, 11 April 1968
  14. "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  15. Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1968) Archived 2008-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
  16. Judy in Disguise (with Glasses) UK chart position Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 09-21-11
  17. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  18. Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 27, 1968
  19. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.
  20. "Top 20 Hit Singles of 1968". Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  21. Swiss Year-End Charts, 1968
  22. http://www.sixtiescity.net/charts/68chart.htm#top100
  23. Musicoutfitters.com
  24. "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 28, 1968". Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
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