One of the most played (overplayed?) records in the history of classic rock and oldies radio. According to music publishing rights firm BMI, this is still one of the ten most played songs ever in their huge catalog. But Van Morrison claims he's never seen a penny of royalties from it! He left the group Them ("Gloria") to go solo and signed a bad contract with the infamous Bert Berns. Van said it took plenty of lawsuits to extricate himself from that deal. We're all glad he got to a better place in his career. The original title was "Brown Skinned Girl" but upon further review was changed.
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