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Belfast Boy

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"Belfast Boy"
Single by Don Fardon
B-side"Echoes of the Cheers"
ReleasedMarch 1970 (1970-03)
GenrePop rock
Length2:14
LabelYoung Blood
Songwriter(s)Tony Colton, Johnny Harris & Raymond Barry Smith
Don Fardon singles chronology
"Indian Reservation"
(1968)
"Belfast Boy"
(1970)
"Follow Your Drum"
(1972)

"Belfast Boy" is a song by the British singer Don Fardon. Released as a single in March 1970 it spent five weeks in the UK Singles Charts, peaking at number 32. It is a tribute to the Manchester United and Northern Ireland footballer George Best, then at the height of his career.[1] It was featured in a BBC documentary of the same year The World of Georgie Best.

Although less successful than another football-themed song of the same year "Back Home" by the England World Cup squad, it became established as a football anthem and was closely associated with the player. Following the death of Best in 2005, Fardon re-released the single which reached number 77 in the British charts.

References

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  1. ^ Goldman p.90

Bibliography

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  • Lawrence Goldman. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008. Oxford University Press, 2013.
  • Wayne Jancik. The Billboard Book of One-hit Wonders. Billboard Books, 1998.