Sleepy Joe | |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Herman's Hermits |
B-Side: | Just One Girl |
Released: | 19 April 1968 (UK) April 1968 (US) |
Recorded: | De Lane Lea Studios, London, 8 December 1967 |
Genre: | Pop rock |
Label: | MGM 13934 |
Producer: | Mickie Most |
Prev Title: | I Can Take or Leave Your Loving |
Prev Year: | 1967 |
Next Title: | Sunshine Girl |
Next Year: | 1968 |
"Sleepy Joe" is a song written by John Carter, and Russell Alquist and performed by Herman's Hermits. It reached #4 in New Zealand, #9 in Canada and Ireland,[1] #10 in Norway, #12 in the United Kingdom, #17 in Sweden, #18 in South Africa,[2] #21 in Australia, #61 in the United States, and #37 in Australia in 1968.[3]
Billboard described the single as a "clever and catchy rhythm material."[4]
The song was produced by Mickie Most.[5]