Carrie Anne

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"Carrie Anne"
Hollies - Carrie Anne US.jpg
US Picture Sleeve
Single by the Hollies
B-side "Signs That Will Never Change"
Released26 May 1967 (1967-05-26) [1]
Recorded1 May 1967 [1]
Studio EMI, London [1]
Genre Pop rock, soft rock [2]
Length2:55
Label
Songwriter(s) Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, Tony Hicks
Producer(s) Ron Richards
The Hollies singles chronology
"On a Carousel"
(1967)		"Carrie Anne"
(1967)		"King Midas in Reverse"
(1967)

"Carrie Anne" is a song written by Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, and Tony Hicks and released by British pop rock group the Hollies. It was recorded on 1 May 1967 and was released as a single in the same month by Parlophone Records in the United Kingdom and Epic Records in the United States. It became a hit in 1967, reaching No.3 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also a hit in the US and Canada, peaking at No.9 on both pop charts. It also reached No.4 in the Irish charts.

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Conception and recording

According to Allan Clarke the song was written during a concert the group did with Tom Jones; Graham Nash and Tony Hicks were the main composers, with Allan Clarke supplying the lyrics for the middle eight. [1] The introduction features vocal harmonies strongly influenced by the Beach Boys. A steelpan solo is featured, probably the first use of the instrument on a pop record. The solo (mostly a harmonized restatement of the vocal melody) was probably played by Trinidadian Ralph Richardson, [3] though others argue it may have been Mario Gibbins. [4] The track was recorded in only two takes on 1 May 1967 at EMI's Abbey Road Studios. The first take was a false start and can be heard on the compilation The Hollies at Abbey Road: 1966 to 1970.

Cashbox called it "a gently driving, pulsating, soft-rock venture that is likely to stir up a lot of activity with the teens". [2]

The song is a shy tribute to Marianne Faithfull, as was Gene Clark's "My Marie".

"Carrie Anne" appeared on the soundtrack of Michael Apted's 1974 movie Stardust . It was also used in the HBO series The Sopranos , episode "Down Neck" (Season 1, Episode 7), during one of Tony's flashbacks.

Charts

The story with Carrie Anne is that we wrote it – started it – as a song for Marianne Faithfull. We’d all seen her and we all wanted her. She was a deliciously sexy young Catholic schoolgirl with all of the baggage that comes along with that. We loved Marianne and she actually came on the road with the Hollies for a month or so... We tried to find a name that was kind of similar to Marianne and one that would not give the game away, shall we say.
–Graham Nash [5]

Chart (1967)Peak
position
Australia ( Go-Set ) [6] 7
Finland (Soumen Virallinen) [7] 32
West Germany (Official German Charts) [8] 8
Ireland (IRMA) [9] 4
Netherlands (Dutch Singles Chart) [10] 4
Norway (VG-Lista) [11] 7
United Kingdom (UK Singles Chart) [12] 3
United States Billboard Hot 100 9

Cover versions

Actress Carrie-Anne Moss reportedly was named (by her mother) in honour of the song, which was released three months before her birth.

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  2. 1 2 "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 10 June 1967. p. 22. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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