Bobby 's Girl ( song ) - wikipedia Bobby 's Girl ( song ) `` Bobby 's Girl '' Single by Marcie Blane B - side `` A Time To Dream '' Released September 28, 1962 Genre Pop Rock Length 2 : 15 Label Seville Records 45 - 120 Songwriter ( s ) Gary Klein, Henry Hoffman Marcie Blane singles chronology `` Bobby 's Girl '' ( 1962 ) `` What Does a Girl Do '' ( 1963 ) `` Bobby 's Girl '' ( 1962 ) `` What Does a Girl Do '' ( 1963 ) `` Bobby 's Girl '' is a song and single written by Gary Klein and Henry Hoffman and performed by American teenage singer, Marcie Blane. It was first released in 1962 in America. It has a spoken introduction and a backing refrain of `` You 're not a kid anymore '' and was popular with the American teenage audience. It entered the charts in October and made the Top 10 within a month reaching 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 by December, where it stayed for four weeks only to be kept from the top of the charts by The Four Seasons ' `` Big Girls Do n't Cry '' and Elvis Presley 's `` Return to Sender ''. It reached 2 on the Cash Box chart staying on the charts for nineteen weeks and made Blane the top selling female singer in the US. Susan Maughan version `` Bobby 's Girl '' Single by Susan Maughan B - side `` Come a Little Closer '' Released 1962 Genre Pop Rock Length 2 : 15 Label Philips Records 326544 BF Songwriter ( s ) Gary Klein, Henry Hoffman Susan Maughan singles chronology `` ' Baby Doll Twist '' ( 1962 ) `` Bobby 's Girl '' ( 1962 ) `` Mama Do The Twist '' ( 1962 ) `` Baby Doll Twist ( 1962 ) `` Bobby 's Girl '' ( 1962 ) `` Mama Do The Twist '' ( 1962 ) The Susan Maughan cover version was also released in 1962, in the UK. It featured Wally Stott and his orchestra and chorus. Maughan 's version spent nineteen weeks on the UK 's Record Retailer chart, peaking at No. 3. Tracey Ullman version In 1983, Tracey Ullman released a version of `` Bobby 's Girl '' on the album You Broke My Heart in 17 Places and as a single. Ullman 's version reached No. 45 in Germany. References Jump up ^ `` Bobby 's Girl ''. www.discogs.com. Retrieved 1 June 2013. Jump up ^ `` Bobby 's Girl ''. BMI Repertoire. 2006. Archived from the original on 2012 - 07 - 14. Retrieved 2013 - 06 - 01. Jump up ^ Yesteryear 's Hits. Billboard. Retrieved 2013 - 06 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Marcie Blane ''. www.spectropop.com. Retrieved 2013 - 06 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Bobby 's Girl - Susan Maughan ''. www.discogs.com. Retrieved 1 June 2013. Jump up ^ `` UK Official charts - Susan Maughan ''. www.officialscharts.com. Retrieved 2013 - 06 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Cover details ''. www.whosampled.com. Retrieved 2013 - 06 - 01. Jump up ^ Tracey Ullman - Bobby 's Girl, norwegiancharts.com. Accessed July 21, 2016. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bobby%27s_Girl_(song)&oldid=796170221 '' Categories : 1962 songs American pop songs American rock songs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk About Wikipedia Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 18 August 2017, at 23 : 55. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who sang i wanna be bobby girl
Answer: American teenage singer, Marcie Blane