"Go Away, Little Girl" is a popular song written by Gerry
Goffin and Carole King. The lyrics consist of a young man
asking an attractive young woman to stay away from him, so he
won't be tempted to betray his steady girlfriend by kissing
her. The song is notable for making the American Top 20 three
times: for Steve Lawrence in 1962 (US #1), for The Happenings
in 1966 (US #12), and for Donny Osmond in 1971 (US #1). It is
also the first song, and one of only nine songs, to reach US #1
by two different artists.
In late 1962, Steve Lawrence released the original recording
of this song. The single reached number one on the Billboard
Hot 100 in January 1963 and remained in the top position for
two weeks. This recording also spent six weeks atop the U.S.
Easy Listening chart. It also went to #1 on the New Zealand
Lever chart and #18 in Canada.
Mark Wynter's 1962 cover of the song on the Pye Records
label also made the UK Singles Chart, reaching number six in
Britain.
Donny Osmond's cover version reached number one on the Hot
100 chart in September 1971. It remained in the top position
for three weeks. Osmond's version also went to #36 on the
Australian Go-Set chart.
"Go Away Little Girl" has also been covered by numerous
other artists, such as Del Shannon, Bobby Vinton and Bobby Vee
.