Georgy Girl The Seekers. A single release of the song (with somewhat different lyrics) topped the singles chart in Australia, and was a top-ten hit in both the UK and the US (#2 for two weeks). It was the 56th biggest British hit of 1967, and the 57th biggest American hit of 1967. It became a gold record, and was also nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Original Song from a Motion Picture category. The film was the basis for an unsuccessful musical stage adaptation called simply "Georgy". It was adapted for BBC Radio 4 in 2013 by Rhiannon Tise.
The Girl Who Returned on a budget of $2,000, "The Girl Who Returned" made a profit from dollar screenings at Yale and other colleges. Other than these showings, the film was not released commercially until 2009, as an easter egg on "The Sexy Box", a DVD boxset of "Squeeze Play!", "Waitress!", "Stuck on You!", and "The First Turn-On!". In December 2016, the film made its debut on the Troma Now streaming service. The Girl Who Returned The Girl Who Returned is a 1969 American comedy film, notable as the directorial debut of Lloyd Kaufman, future co-founder and president of Troma Entertainment. It was made