Belfast Boy | |
Cover: | File:Belfast Boy.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Don Fardon |
B-Side: | "Echoes of the Cheers" |
Genre: | Pop rock |
Length: | 2:14 |
Label: | Young Blood |
Prev Title: | Indian Reservation |
Prev Year: | 1968 |
Next Title: | Follow Your Drum |
Next Year: | 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.