My Girl Bill

"My Girl Bill"
Single by Jim Stafford
from the album Jim Stafford
B-side "L.A. Mamma"
Released April 1974
Format 7"
Length 3:12
Label MGM Records
Writer(s) Jim Stafford
Producer(s) P. Gernhard and Roland Kent LaVoie
Certification Gold
Jim Stafford singles chronology
"Spiders & Snakes"
(1973)		 "My Girl Bill"
(1974)		 "Wildwood Weed"
(1974)

"My Girl Bill" is a 1974 hit song written and recorded by Jim Stafford. It was the third of four U.S. Top 40 singles from his eponymous debut album.

The song is about a man named 'William', or Bill, and his friend, the narrator of the song, who is taking Bill home with him. The lyrics employ double entendre, leading the listener to infer that the men are themselves involved in a romantic relationship as the title also suggests. However, a twist occurs at the end, when a woman is mentioned who has been a mutual love interest but has summarily rejected Bill.

"My Girl Bill" reached number 12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number 7 on the Canadian pop singles chart. It was a crossover hit onto the Adult Contemporary and Country charts of both nations. The song was also a Top 20 hit in the UK and Australia.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1974) Peak
position
Australia[1] 12
Canadian RPM Top Singles 7
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary 18
Canadian Country 16
UK[2] 20
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 12
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 9
U.S. Cashbox Top 100 10
U.S. Country 64

Year-end charts

Chart (1974) Rank
Australia[1] 91
Canada[3] 83
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 90

Later uses

"My Girl Bill" was included on the 1975 Ronco compilation album, "Far Out."[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Hung, Steffen. "australian-charts.com - Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
  3. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
  4. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1974/Top 100 Songs of 1974". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
  5. ↑ "Far Out (Ronco, 1975) | Side One: It's A Miracle - Barry Man…". Flickr. 2005-11-12. Retrieved 2016-10-09.

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