The #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of May 4, 1965, was a novelty track by Herman’s Hermits titled ‘Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter.’
When I first saw this title, I was reminded of daily commenter Dana’s question just last week: If you removed the parenthetical opening phrase of B.J. Thomas’ ‘(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song,’ would it still have the longest title of a #1 song?
Well, the answer is no… today’s SOTD has a seven-word title with no parentheses, topping the six non-parenthetical words in Thomas’ track. So that mystery didn’t take long to solve.
This was the first #1 for Herman’s Hermits on the Hot 100, and one of two in their career. Their second, ‘I’m Henry VIII, I Am,’ came later this same year.
Also released in 1965 were two tongue-in-cheek responses to this song: ‘Mrs. Jones, Your Son Gives Up Too Easy,’ by Lynn and the Mersey Maids, and ‘Mrs. Schwartz, You’ve Got An Ugly Daughter‘ by Marty And The Monks.
Mrs. Brown, you’ve got a lovely daughter
Girls as sharp as her are something rare
But it’s sad, she doesn’t love me now
She’s made it clear enough, it ain’t no good to pine
She wants to return those things I bought her
Tell her she can keep them just the same
Things have changed, she doesn’t love me now
She’s made it clear enough, it ain’t no good to pine
[Chorus]
Walkin’ about
Even in a crowd, well
You’ll pick her out
Makes a bloke feel so proud
[Verse 2]
If she finds that I’ve been ’round to see you (’round to see you)
Tell her that I’m well and feelin’ fine (feelin’ fine, ooh)
Don’t let on, don’t say she’s broke my heart
I’d go down on my knees but it’s no good to pine
[Chorus]
Walkin’ about
Even in a crowd, well
You’ll pick her out
Makes a bloke feel so proud
[Verse 3]
If she finds that I’ve been ’round to see you (’round to see you)
Tell her that I’m well and feeling fine (feelin’ fine, ooh)
Don’t let on, don’t say she’s broke my heart
I’d go down on my knees but it’s no good to pine
[Outro]
Mrs. Brown, you’ve got a lovely daughter (lovely daughter)
Mrs. Brown, you’ve got a lovely daughter (lovely daughter)
Mrs. Brown, you’ve got a lovely daughter (lovely daughter)
Mrs. Brown, you’ve got a lovely daughter (lovely daughter)
Meet Me In Montauk 
Thank you for addressing my query.😛
This was, of course, another song that Peter Noone played in that Atlantic City show I mentioned a few months ago,
Just loving the “response “ song titles 😂