Green-Eyed Lady
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| name = Green-Eyed Lady
| cover = Green-Eyed_Lady_-_Sugarloaf.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Sugarloaf
| album = Sugarloaf
| B-side = West of Tomorrow
| released = August 1970
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- Progressive rock{{cite book|first=Chuck|last=Eddy|title=The Accidental Evolution of Rock 'n' Roll: A Misguided Tour Through Popular Music|chapter= Pomp Up The Jam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N0488R7-hYUC|date=22 March 1997|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=0-306-80741-6|page=145}}
- hard rock{{cite book|first=Chuck|last=Eddy|title=The Accidental Evolution of Rock 'n' Roll: A Misguided Tour Through Popular Music|chapter= Pomp Up The Jam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N0488R7-hYUC|date=22 March 1997|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=0-306-80741-6|page=145}}
- jazz rock
| length = 6:53 (album version)
5:58 (long single version)
2:58 (radio edit)
3:33 (short single version)
| label = Liberty Records
| writer = Jerry Corbetta, J.C. Phillips & David Riordan{{cite web |url=http://www.45cat.com/record/56183s |title=45cat - Sugarloaf - Green-Eyed Lady |website=45cat.com |date= |accessdate=2017-03-04}}
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| next_title = Tongue in Cheek
| next_year = 1971
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"Green-Eyed Lady" is a popular single by the American rock band Sugarloaf. Written by Jerry Corbetta, J.C. Phillips and David Riordan, it was featured on the band's debut album, Sugarloaf and was their first single. It peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970 and was RPM magazine's number one single for two weeks.{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3712&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3712.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3712 |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date= 17 July 2013|accessdate=2016-10-03}} It has been featured on dozens of compilation albums.{{cite web|author=Stewart Mason |url=http://allmusic.com/song/green-eyed-lady-t134474 |title=Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf | Song Info |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2016-10-03}}
Single versions
The single was released in the United States in three different versions sharing the same catalog number (Liberty 56183), but different matrix numbers on the record labels. The original single release (LB-2860-S) was a 5:58 version with no edits but an early fadeout, almost immediately after the last verse.{{cite web |title=Green Eyed Lady (Long Version) / West Of Tomorrow |url=https://www.discogs.com/Sugarloaf-Green-Eyed-Lady-Long-Version-West-Of-Tomorrow/release/3523829 |website=discogs.com |year=1970 |accessdate=16 December 2019}}
This was edited down to 2:58 on the mono/stereo promotional single (LB-2860-DJ/LB-2860-S-DJ) for radio airplay in which the entire organ and guitar solos are edited out.{{cite web |title=Green-Eyed Lady |url=https://www.discogs.com/Sugarloaf-Green-Eyed-Lady/release/13785814 |website=discogs.com |year=1970 |accessdate=16 December 2019}} When "Green-Eyed Lady" started climbing the charts, the recording was reworked one last time to include a shortened piece of the organ/guitar break on a single (LB-2860-S-RE) that has become the common 3:33 version used by radio stations today.{{cite web |title=Green-Eyed Lady / West Of Tomorrow |url=https://www.discogs.com/Sugarloaf-Green-Eyed-Lady-West-Of-Tomorrow/release/4003482 |website=discogs.com |year=1970 |accessdate=16 December 2019}} Aside from other minor edits, the two shorter tracks begin with the opening's third bar and also end with early fadeouts. The album version ended with a cadence in the organ.
Critical reception
"Green-Eyed Lady" received generally positive reviews. One reviewer called it "jazzy and memorable",{{cite web|url=http://midnighttracker.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/more-than-a-green-eyed-lady/ |title=More than a green-eyed lady | The Midnight Tracker |website=Midnighttracker.wordpress.com |date=2007-11-20 |accessdate=2016-10-03}} while John Laycock of the Windsor Star called it a "bewitching single".{{cite news |title=Pop |first=John |last=Laycock |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=October 8, 1970 |accessdate=March 24, 2011|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dTU_AAAAIBAJ&pg=5750,948308&dq=green-eyed-lady&hl=en}}
Chart performance
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=Weekly charts=
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| Chart (1970)
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| Australia Go-Set{{Cite web |url=http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1971/19710116.html |title=Go-Set National Top 60, 16 January 1971 |access-date=17 July 2018 |archive-date=29 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329012701/http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1971/19710116.html |url-status=dead }}
| style="text-align:center;"|53 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles
| style="text-align:center;"|1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100
| style="text-align:center;"|3 |
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=Year-end charts=
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In popular culture
Four years after the release of the single, Sugarloaf described the process of recording "Green-Eyed Lady" and selling it to the recording industry (namely the failed attempt to get CBS Records to distribute the record) in their song "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You," which also became a hit.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}
The song is featured in the 1997 comedy film Home Alone 3, starring Alex D. Linz and Rya Kihlstedt.{{cite web|url=http://www.soundtrackinfo.com/title/tracks.asp?homealone3 |title=Home Alone 3 Soundtrack (complete album tracklisting) |website=SoundtrackINFO.com |date=1997-12-09 |accessdate=2016-10-03}}