My Name Is Jack - wikipedia My Name Is Jack `` My Name Is Jack '' is a song written by American record producer John Simon and released as a single by British group Manfred Mann in 1968. Their version reached number 8 on UK record charts. It became an international Top 10 hit, however, in the U.S., the song reached only # 104. Contents 1 Background 2 Chart history 3 Cover versions 4 References 5 External links Background The lyrics and music were written by John Simon, and his own version was included on the soundtrack of the 1968 film You Are What You Eat. The song tells the story of a resident of the `` Greta Garbo Home for Wayward Boys and Girls '', which was the nickname of a real hostel, the Kirkland Hotel, in San Francisco, where part of the movie was filmed. Formerly the Kashu Hotel, the building became dilapidated and was demolished ; the Christ United Presbyterian Church was opened on the site in 1975. The song was one of the first high - profile sessions at the newly constructed Trident Studios in London, which would later become renowned for its use by artists like The Beatles, David Bowie, Queen, and others. Chart history Chart ( 1968 ) Peak position Austria Australia ( Go - Set ) 10 Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 7 Canada RPM Top Singles 27 Germany 7 Ireland ( IRMA ) 13 Netherlands 16 New Zealand ( Listener ) 10 UK Singles Chart 8 U.S. Billboard 104 Cover versions 1978 -- Moonriders, Nouvelles Vagues 1994 -- Pizzicato Five, Great White Wonder References ^ Jump up to : `` AFI Catalog of Feature Films - You Are What You Eat ''. American Film Institute. Retrieved 17 July 2014. Jump up ^ Shinner, Merrill ( 13 April 1977 ). `` Manfred Mann rewrites the past ''. St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved 17 July 2014. ^ Jump up to : Betts, Graham ( 2004 ). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952 - 2004 ( 1st ed. ). London : Collins. p. 488. ISBN 0 - 00 - 717931 - 6. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959 - 2004 Jump up ^ GarboForever.com. Retrieved 17 July 2014 Jump up ^ Mark Christensen, Acid Christ : Ken Kesey, LSD, and the Politics of Ecstasy, IPG, 2010, p. 203, Retrieved 17 July 2014 Jump up ^ Greta Garbo Home for Wayward Boys and Girls, discussion at HipForums.com. Retrieved 17 July 2014 Jump up ^ San Francisco 's Japantown, Arcadia Publishing, 2005, p. 35 Jump up ^ Go - Set National Top 40, 28 August 1968 Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1968 - 08 - 03. Retrieved 2018 - 07 - 04. Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts -- Search Results -- My Name Is Jack ''. Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 6, 2018. Jump up ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 6 September 1968 Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959 - 2004 Jump up ^ `` Nouvelles Vagues '', ' Discogs.com. Retrieved 1 December 2015 Jump up ^ `` Great White Wonder '', ' Discogs.com. Retrieved 1 December 2015 External links Lyrics Manfred Mann Manfred Mann Mike Hugg Mike Vickers Tom McGuinness Paul Jones Mike d'Abo Jack Bruce Klaus Voormann Dave Richmond Studio albums The Five Faces of Manfred Mann Mann Made As Is Up the Junction Mighty Garvey ! EPs Manfred Mann 's Cock - a-Hoop Groovin ' with Manfred Mann The One in the Middle No Living Without Loving Machines Instrumental Asylum As Was Instrumental Assassination Compilations Mann Made Hits Soul of Mann What A Mann Chapter Two : The Best of the Fontana Years Basic : Original Hits The Best of Manfred Mann : The Definitive Collection The Best of the EMI Years Manfred Mann at Abbey Road, 1963 - 1966 BBC Sessions Very Best of Manfred Mann The Story Classic Masters The Evolution of Manfred Mann Complete Greatest Hits UK singles `` Why Should We Not '' `` Cock - a-Hoop '' `` 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 '' `` Hubble Bubble ( Toil and Trouble ) '' `` Ha ! Ha ! Said the Clown '' `` Do Wah Diddy Diddy '' `` Sha La La '' `` Come Tomorrow '' `` Oh No, Not My Baby '' `` If You Gotta Go, Go Now '' `` Pretty Flamingo '' `` You Gave Me Somebody to Love '' `` Just Like a Woman '' `` Semi-Detached Suburban Mr James '' `` Ha ! Ha ! Said the Clown '' `` Sweet Pea '' `` So Long, Dad '' `` Mighty Quinn '' `` Theme from `` Up The Junction '' `` My Name Is Jack '' `` Fox on the Run '' `` Ragamuffin Man '' Related articles Discography Manfred Mann Chapter Three Manfred Mann 's Earth Band The Manfreds Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=My_Name_Is_Jack&oldid=848766816 '' Categories : 1968 songs Manfred Mann songs Hidden categories : Singlechart usages for Ireland2 Singlechart called without artist All articles lacking reliable references Articles lacking reliable references from July 2016 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 4 July 2018, at 04 : 55 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who sang my name is jack and i live in the back
Answer: Manfred Mann