Sunny Girl (song)
| "Sunny Girl" | ||||
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| Single by the Hep Stars | ||||
| B-side | "Hawaii" | |||
| Released | March 1966 | |||
| Recorded | March 1966 | |||
| Studio | Europafilm Studios, Stockholm | |||
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| Length | 2:23 | |||
| Label | Olga | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Benny Andersson | |||
| Producer(s) | Gert Palmcrantz | |||
| Hep Stars singles chronology | ||||
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| 1968 Dutch release | ||||
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| "Sunny Girl" (audio) on YouTube | ||||
"Sunny Girl" is a song written by Benny Andersson, which was recorded and released as the Swedish rock group Hep Stars' tenth single in March 1966. Their second original song after "No Response", it was the song which made Andersson believe in himself as a songwriter, with support from their manager Åke Gerhard. As a result, almost all singles by the Hep Stars following "Sunny Girl" are original compositions.
Nonetheless, the single became a huge success in Sweden, reaching number 1 on both Kvällstoppen and Tio i Topp, their first to do so since "Bald Headed Woman" in mid-1965. It was the Hep Stars only top-10 single outside of the Nordic countries, as it reached number 4 in the Netherlands in 1968. Another Swedish group, the Telstars, reached Svensktoppen with a translation of the song in September 1966. Andersson has since stated dislike for the lyrics.