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. It was jointly composed by Fred and bandmate Andrew Bernard.

"Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)"
blue side-A label
Solid center variant of the UK single
Single by John Fred & His Playboy Band
from the album Agnes English
B-side"Out of Left Field"
ReleasedOctober 1967
Genre
Length2:55
LabelPaula Records
Songwriter(s)
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 had initially believed the lyrics to "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" were "Lucy in disguise with diamonds" upon first hearing the song.)[2][3]

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."[4]

Chart performance

In January 1968, the song reached #1 in the US and became a gold record. It also hit #1 in Germany,[5] Switzerland,[6] and Australia,[7] and #3 in both Canada[8] and the United Kingdom.[9]

Other versions

Anthony Swete recorded a version which got into the Buenos Aires Top Ten in April 1968.[35]

See also

References
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  2. Kasser, Tom (July 2013). Lucy in the Mind of Lennon. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-974760-3.
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