I'm Mandy Fly Me Explained

I'm Mandy Fly Me
Type:single
Artist:10cc
Album:How Dare You!
B-Side:How Dare You
Released:March 1976
Length:4:41 (single version)
5:21 (album version)
Label:Mercury
Producer:10cc
Prev Title:Art for Art's Sake
Prev Year:1975
Next Title:The Things We Do for Love
Next Year:1976

"I'm Mandy Fly Me" is a single by 10cc released in 1976. It was taken from the How Dare You! album, and reached No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]

Writing and recording

The album version of "I'm Mandy Fly Me" features an intro in the form of one of the bridge sections of the band's 1974 song "Clockwork Creep". The section, whose lyrics are "Oh, no you'll never get me up in one of these again / 'Cause what goes up must come down", is rendered soft and tinny, as if heard playing from a portable transistor radio or an in-flight audio system.[2]

In a radio interview,[3] songwriter Eric Stewart recalled the origins of the song:

He continued:

Record World said that it has "shifting harmonies and twisting time signatures."[4]

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official Charts: I'm Mandy Fly Me. . 2 January 2009. 27 December 2020.
  2. Web site: The Story Behind The Song: I'm Mandy Fly Me by 10cc. 12 August 2015. 27 December 2020.
  3. Web site: I Write The Songs. The10ccfanclub.com. 8 October 2018.
  4. Record World. March 20, 1976. 1. 2023-03-06. Hits of the Week.
  5. Book: Kent, David . David Kent (historian) . Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . Australian Chart Book . . 307 . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6.