Curly (song)

"Curly" was a song recorded in 1969 by the English rock group The Move. It was written and produced by Roy Wood. In their 19 July 1969 edition, Melody Maker, was cited as "an obvious success for The Move".[2]

The song peaked at number 12 in the UK Singles Chart,[3] and was the last single by the band to feature Carl Wayne before his departure, as well as the first with Rick Price replacing Trevor Burton on bass guitar.[1] The instrumentation is mainly acoustic, and Roy Wood was featured on multi-tracked recorder as well as acoustic guitar.[4]

After a run of five high charting UK singles, "Curly" was not well received. However, the use of a recorder and briefly a mellotron, plus short a cappella harmonies, set it apart from most other songs of that time.[4]

Reportedly the song was disliked by the band's drummer Bev Bevan, who thought it was too pop and sugary.

Released as a single only, it was later included on the remastered versions of Looking On in 1998 and Shazam in 2007.