Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)
| "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" | ||||
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| Single by Johnny Farnham | ||||
| from the album Sadie | ||||
| A-side | "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" | |||
| B-side | "In My Room" | |||
| Released | November 1967 | |||
| Recorded | 1967 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:13 | |||
| Label | EMI, Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ray Gilmore, Johnny Madara, Dave White | |||
| Producer(s) | David Mackay | |||
| Johnny Farnham singles chronology | ||||
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"Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" was Australian pop singer Johnny Farnham's first solo single. The novelty song was released in November 1967 and was No. 1 on the Go-Set National Singles Charts for five weeks in early 1968 (six weeks on the Australian charts in 1968 based on the Kent Music Report). It was the largest-selling single in Australia by an Australian artist in the 1960s.
"Sadie" sold approximately 183,000 copies in Australia and was the highest-selling Australian single until "Up There Cazaly" was released in 1979. It was also released in New Zealand, Denmark and Germany. The B-side, "In My Room", was written by Farnham. The A-side's label includes the acknowledgement "Vacuum cleaner solo: Mr. Jolly".