"Green-Eyed Lady" is a popular single by the 1970s psychedelic rock

Psychedelic rock

Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...

 band Sugarloaf

Sugarloaf (band)

Sugarloaf was an American, Denver, Colorado based, rock and roll band in the 1970s, featuring Jerry Corbetta.Jerry Corbetta founded the band with guitarist Bob Webber of the Moonrakers; the other initial bandmembers were drummer Bob MacVittie on drums and rhythm guitarist Veeder Van Dorn III, also...

. Written by band members Jerry Corbetta and Dave Riordan, the song was featured on the band's debut album, Sugarloaf and was the band's first single. It peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 in 1970 and was RPM Magazine's number one single for two weeks. It remains the band's most popular song, according to the Last.fm

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 rankings. It has been featured on dozens of compilation album

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Critical reception

The song received generally positive reviews. One reviewer called the song "jazzy and memorable," while John Laycock of the Windsor Star

Windsor Star

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called it a "bewitching single."

Popular culture

The song is featured in the 1997 comedy film

Comedy film

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 Home Alone 3

Home Alone 3

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, starring Alex D. Linz

Alex D. Linz

Alexander David Linz is an American actor who starred in several late 1990s and early 2000s films and television programs as a child actor. His notable film roles include Home Alone 3 and Max Keeble's Big Move ....

 and Rya Kihlstedt

Rya Kihlstedt

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