Brandy (Scott English song) arranged the record. In the Manilow version, the first two lines from the fourth verse, following the instrumental section, were omitted. They were: "Riding on a country bus/<br>No one even noticed us." The remaining lines were then used as a bridge instead. "Mandy" was covered by Irish boy band Westlife in 2003 and was released as the second single from their fourth studio album, "Turnaround". The single peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart to become the band's twelfth #1 single on the chart. The single sold over 200,000 copies in the UK. The single was released on Monday,
The Loco-Motion the US album chart on July 30, 2005. In May 1986, Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin released a cover version of the song as a single. The duo had scored a UK No. 1 hit back in 1981 with their cover of "It's My Party" but had achieved little success since. For this 1986 single, they embarked on a big promotional push in an attempt to gain a second significant hit. The single, however, stalled at No. 70 in the UK charts in June. Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue released a cover version of the song in July 1987, as