My lifelong closest friend, Wendy, became a two-time second living organ donor yesterday. Both of her recipients began their relationships with Wendy as strangers. I’ve always substituted Wendy for the actual song title throughout the lyrics any time I sing her this song. I think that’s especially appropriate today. Thank you, organ donors.
My first love surprised myself to see Barry Manillow perform Our song "Mandy" .I still can't believe he isn't here today.We will meet again and fall in love all over again.What I would do or give to feel his arms around me again Now 30 years later is as clear as yesterday. ❤😢 Rip B.Boyd
Most guys probably regret a lost girlfriend or failed marriage at some time in their life, and Mr Manilow nails it with these lyrics. I've got my own Mandy.
You are so right.....if you want to ball yours eyes out after a break up, this is the song ..... My girlfriend of about 5 years, left me suddenly and that night ,my dad took me out to eat and that song came on the radio at the restaurant..tore me up..couldnt eat....
My hubby dedicated this sing to me, I've known Barry for over 40 yrs ..Out of the blue, he said do you no this song...I sung some of it, he was quite .he said it's Yours‼️He left our marriage..I knew he realized the Truth 🔑, he passed 2 mos later...He was coming home..💋😭💋Love You SAM‼️
My life long best friend was named Mandy. She passed last year. I remember when were kids and would giggle say this was her song. Oh how I wish she was here now to giggle with . My heart aches so much. I will always love her and she will always be my best friend.
@@barrymanilow551gmailcom you have no idea how much your Song means to me - it was my light in a very dark time in my life. Mandy's dad left me 6 months pregnant. "But I sent you away O Mandy" for me refers to the time where I seriously considerd abortion cause with no husband, MS and very little money I saw no way of raising a child on my own. Today Mandy is 13. She loves the story of how we named her and is proud of the fact that she has "her own song". I sang it to her throughout my pregnancy as it meant so much to me. Today as we 'enjoy the bliss of tennagehood lol' I often say and sing 'OH MANDY...' 😁. Fun fact...my sister held her first while I was still sedated from the c-section and the nurse asked them what the babys name was to get the paperwork started. They wanted to say Amanda bit knew I was very much wanting a MANDY. As she grew older they told her she could always change her name to Amanda but no thanks she always replied. Fun fact 2: people ask her 'so what is your actual name' a lot thinking it is a nickname. Fun fact 3: when her name gets called in the Hospital waiting room via loudspeaker it is pronounced the German way which is totally wrong. Still haven't gotten used to that 🙈. "I never realized how happy you made me oh Mandy" pretty much sums up the years of my life.
@@karinnovak5620 omg, what an extremely beautiful story. Wow.... a very beautiful name mandy. God bless you karin and Mandy, for ever and ever..... most sincerely leslie and baby louise ❤💖💕💓💗♥❤💖💕💓💗... than you for sharing ..... . ✝️
I have a special friend from Glendora and his name is Tom,he always play this song to me.He played Mandy using his guitar.You make my day Tom and thank you so much for our friendship.❤❤❤❤❤
I cry every time I hear this and I play it all day no cap . I'm so in love now from being patient it's gorgeous I hope and pray everyone gets what they deserve and get treated right ❤
This song is so underrated and I think most of the new generation didn't know about "Mandy". Personally I found this song as part of the soundtrack of the TV series "Too Old Too Die Young". ❤ What a production, indeed!
Prayers for comfort in your grandmother’s eternal love and gratitude for you. I’d sense her gratefulness for you reached new heights as you perform your lovely rendition of this fitting and beautiful song. Please know you are not alone. Not ever. 🙏🏾👍🏿🫶🏻
Oh yes, think about it, my heart (Jack).....you always walked away, when will you stay? It's all up to you, not me, I neeeeeeed you...😽💞💋 // Thanks for sharing!
Named my daughter Mandy after hearing this song by a Barry M. Impersonator in Vegas. I was 3 months pregnant and started crying. Didn’t know true love until the day she was born ❤️
Hello, Jeanie. You have got the really true LOVE now. It is your own LOVE to your daughter. I hope and wish you, your daughter will give your LOVE to you back. Good mood and the best health for you. And the true LOVE.
wow, it's the same how I named my daughter 21 years ago, when I was driving in a raining day, and this song was played on radio, and I fall in love instantly
I knew a girl named Mandy and I really really liked her. She left town a few days before New Year's Eve. The feelings I went through felt like a heart attack. A buddy of mine had a heart attack and he told me what the pain felt like. (The same). After 6 months she moved further away. Like in Star Trek Scotty said: "it's like the first time you fall in love, you don't really love another like you did that first one"
With all due respect to Scotty, he was wrong. It's not always the first you love the most. Can be 2nd, and further out from there. Happens all the time and with often messy and troubling consequences!
@@barrymanilow551gmailcom Gracias a ti ! Tú música es especial y la oigo siempre,Mandy es mi favorita! Linda letra y lindo sentimiento! Muchas bendiciones y éxitos siempre !
Jodie, this song is for you. You came and you gave without taking but I sent you away. You were, are, and always will be my Mandy. I wish I didn’t tell you I didn’t have feelings for you anymore because that was an outright lie, and now, you’re gone forever.
This song was originally supposed to be named "Brandy" but due to a very popular song that was out at the time named brandy, by the band the looking glass, Barry decided to change the name to Mandy. And as they say, the rest is history.
@@stevenharris8419 Yes.Just googled it.Bunny Walters 1972.Always thought it was a Barry Manilow original. Just goes to show things aren't always what they seem.
Saw this wonderful man in concert last night at the palladium. What a showman . Didn't want it to end. His voice is as strong as ever.. Wonderful show. I shall remember it forever 😊
I remember all my life Raining down as cold as ice Shadows of a man A face through a window Crying in the night The night goes into Morning, just another day Happy people pass my way Looking in their eyes I see a memory I never realized How happy you made me Oh, Mandy Well, you came and you gave without taking But I sent you away Oh, Mandy Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking And I need you today Oh, Mandy I'm standing on the edge of time I've walked away when love was mine Caught up in a world of uphill climbing The tears are in my mind And nothing is rhyming Oh, Mandy Well, you came and you gave without taking But I sent you away Oh, Mandy Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking And I need you today Oh, Mandy Yesterday's a dream I face the morning Crying on a breeze The pain is calling Oh, Mandy Well, you came and you gave without taking But I sent you away Oh, Mandy Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking And I need you today Oh, Mandy You came and you gave without taking But I sent you away Oh, Mandy You kissed me and stopped me from shaking And I need
My patootie sent me this song. I knew it came from her. I cried when I listened to the song. She needed me even though she pushed me away. I love her so much. She is my baby and only my baby. I miss you, baby...
