Tornado Alley (PROG)

[blackhawks]

The lyrics tell of Brandy, a barmaid in a busy seaport harbor town which serves "a hundred ships a day." Though lonely sailors flirt with her, she pines for one who has long since left her because he claimed his life, his love, and his lady, was “the sea.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandy_(You%27re_a_Fine_Girl)

Name popularity effect[edit]

Following the song's release in 1972, "Brandy" increased in popularity as a girl's name in the United States.

According to data from the Social Security Administration,[8] drawn from "Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States," Brandy was the 353rd most popular name in 1971, 140th in 1972, and, in 1973 (the first full year after the song's popularity), 82nd.

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1972)

Peak
position

Australia[10] 10
Canadian RPM Top Singles[11] 1
New Zealand (Listener)[12] 5
South Africa[13] 14
UK 51
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening[14] 7
U.S. Cashbox[15]