Brand New Key
Melanie
1972
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
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About Melanie
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Melanie developed a singing and songwriting career around a distinctive voice and a blend of folk, rock and playful pop. Her appearance at Woodstock in 1969 helped bring her to a wider audience. Candles in the Rain followed with Lay Down and an interpretation of Ruby Tuesday. Gather Me included Brand New Key in 1971, while later recordings continued a substantial catalog beyond the songs most closely associated with her early public profile.
Artist background sources
Apple Music - Melanie artist biography
Read licensed biography for style, Woodstock, 1970/1971 albums and repertoire. Omit psychological interpretation, rankings and changing present-tense performance claims. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Brand New Key by Melanie appears at number 9 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1972. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1972 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
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Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1972 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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