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"Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" was Australian pop singer Johnny Farnham's first solo single.[1] The novelty song was released in November 1967 and was No. 1 on the Go-Set National Singles Charts for five weeks in early 1968[2][3] (six weeks on the Australian charts in 1968 based on the Kent Music Report).[4] It was the largest selling single in Australia by an Australian artist in the 1960s.[1][5] The single, "Sadie" sold approximately 183,000 copies in Australia and was the highest selling Australian single until "Up There Cazaly" was released in 1979.[6][7][8] and was also released in New Zealand, Denmark and Germany.[9] The B-side, "In My Room" was written by Farnham.[10] The A-side's label includes the acknowledgement "Vacuum cleaner solo: Mr. Jolly".

"Sadie (The Cleaning Lady) (1967 single)"
Single by Johnny Farnham
from the album Sadie
A-side"Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)"
B-side"In My Room"
ReleasedNovember 1967
Recorded1967
GenrePop
Length3:13
LabelEMI, Columbia
Songwriter(s)Ray Gilmore, Johnny Madara, Dave White
Producer(s)David Mackay
Johnny Farnham singles chronology
"Sadie (The Cleaning Lady) (1967 single)"
(1967)
"Friday Kind of Monday" / "Underneath the Arches"
(1968)



Background


Farnham's manager, Darryl Sambell, had disliked "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" because the lyrics were so persistent.[7] However, EMI's inhouse producer, David Mackay, insisted so the single was released in November 1967. The song had been written by United States writers Ray Gilmore, Johnny Madara and Dave White.[7][11] Sambell approached the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) TV program This Day Tonight to do a "day in the life of" segment where they followed Farnham around to radio studios to promote the single. Sambell also arranged for the electrical appliance store Godfrey's to supply a vacuum cleaner salesman, a Mr Jolly, to be on hand.[7][12] By arrangement with Sambell, Melbourne radio DJ Stan Rofe pretended that he disliked "Sadie" before playing it.[7][12] Rofe continued the ploy on TV's Upright and viewers responded with calls to play the song.[12] Rofe was also a writer for Go-Set, a teen-oriented pop magazine. Another writer for the magazine, Molly Meldrum, praised Farnham's efforts.[7] "Sadie" hit No. 1 on the Go-Set National Singles Charts in January 1968 and remained there for five weeks.[2] Selling 180,000 copies in Australia, "Sadie" was the highest selling single by an Australian artist of the decade.[7][8] The B-side, "In My Room", was written by Farnham.[10] The album, Sadie, also produced by Mackay, was released in April.[13]

According to author Jeff Jenkins, another local pop performer, Mike Furber, had the first option on recording "Sadie" but declined; Furber later told Sambell that due to this mistake he was not destined for success.[7]


Track listing


  1. "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady) (Ray Gilmore, Johnny Madara, Dave White) – 3:13
  2. "In My Room" (Johnny Farnham)[10] – 2:17

Cover versions



Chart positions


Year Singles Chart Position Catalogue #
1968 Kent Music Report[4] 1 DO-5032
Go-Set[2] 1

References


  1. McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'John Farnham'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 29 August 2004. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  2. "Go-Set search engine results for "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)"". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
  3. "Go-Set Magazine's Number One Singles in Australia 1966–1974". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 5 September 2009. NOTE: Go-Set published its National Singles Charts from October 1966 until August 1974, they were compiled by Ed Nimmervoll.
  4. Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book (1940–1969). Turramurra, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book, 2005. ISBN 0-646-44439-5. NOTE: In 2005, David Kent back calculated all chart positions for 1940–1969 based on existing local charts: there were no nationally recognised charts until Go-Set published their first charts in October 1966. Kent published his first Kent Music Report charts in mid-1974.
  5. Nimmervoll, Ed. "John Farnham". HowlSpace – The Living History of Our Music (Ed Nimmervoll). Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  6. "International Dateline - Australia" (PDF). Cash Box. 15 September 1979. p. 57. Retrieved 1 December 2021 via World Radio History.
  7. Jenkins, Jeff; Ian Meldrum (2007). Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia. Melbourne, Vic: Wilkinson Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921332-11-1. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
  8. Creswell, Toby; Samantha Trenoweth (2006). 1001 Australians You Should Know. North Melbourne, Vic: Pluto Press. pp. 84–85. ISBN 978-1-86403-361-8. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  9. "Sadie The Cleaning Lady - JOHNNY FARNHAM (1967)". Pop Archives – Sources of Australian Pop Records from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. PopArchives.com.au. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  10. ""In My Room" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  11. ""Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  12. Duncan Kimball, ed. (2002). "JOHN FARNHAM". MILESAGO: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975. ICE Productions. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  13. Holmgren, Magnus; Reboulet, Scott; Albury, Lyn; Birtles, Beeb; Warnqvist, Stefan; Medlin, Peter. "John Farnham". Passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  14. "Svensktoppen 1968" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 29 October 2020.



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