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{{About|the 1964 song by The Tams|the 1963 song by the Beatles|Don't Bother Me}}
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{{Infobox song
| name       = Hey Girl Don't Bother Me
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[The Tams]]
| album      = Hey Girl Don't Bother Me!
| B-side     = Take Away
| released   = {{Start date|1964}}
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[R&B]], [[Soul music|soul]]
| length     = 2:25
| label      = [[ABC Records|ABC]]
| writer     = [[Ray Whitley (songwriter)|Ray Whitley]]
| producer   =
| prev_title = Silly Little Girl
| prev_year  = 1964
| next_title = It's All Right (You're Just In Love)
| next_year  = 1964
| misc       = {{External music video
| 1         = [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xE0b2E59NA "Hey Girl Don't Bother Me"] on YouTube
| header    = Official audio}}
}}
"'''Hey Girl Don't Bother Me'''" is a popular [[single (music)|single]] by American vocal group [[The Tams]]. Written by [[Ray Whitley (songwriter)|Ray Whitley]], it was originally released in 1964 and reached number 41 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and number 10 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B chart]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=566}}</ref> In [[RPM (magazine)|Canada]] it reached number 21.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4702.pdf| title=RPM Top 40-5s - September 28, 1964}}</ref>
It later became a favourite on the [[Northern soul]] scene in the UK, belatedly reaching number one on the [[UK Singles Chart]] for three weeks in September 1971.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| pages= 264–5}}</ref>
The single was also number one on the [[Irish Singles Chart]], for one week, the same month.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timetravelrecords.co.uk/The-Tams-The-Best-of-The-Tams|title=The Tams - The Best of The Tams - www.timetravelrecords.co.uk|website=www.timetravelrecords.co.uk|accessdate=21 April 2018}}</ref> The group appeared on BBC's ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' with the song on eight separate occasions in 1971: August 19 and 26, September 7, 16, 23 and 30, October 7 and December 27.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hardprog.pagesperso-orange.fr/top_of_the_pops_1971_episode_guide_2315.htm|title=top of the pops 1971 episode guide|website=hardprog.pagesperso-orange.fr|accessdate=21 April 2018}}</ref>
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart (1971)
!Peak<br> position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=282}}</ref>
|align="center"|87
|-
|Canada ([[RPM (magazine)|RPM]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.7594.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - October 30, 1971}}</ref>
|align="center"|78
|-
|Ireland
|align="center"|1
|-
|United Kingdom ([[Official Charts Company]])
|align="center"|1
|}
==See also==
*[[List of number-one singles of 1971 (Ireland)]]
*[[List of number-one singles from the 1970s (UK)#1971|List of number-one singles from the 1970s (UK)]]
==References==
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[[Category:1964 singles]]
[[Category:UK singles chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Irish Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:ABC Records singles]]
[[Category:1964 songs]]
[[Category:Northern soul songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Ray Whitley (songwriter)]]
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