Brandy - Scott English (original Version Of Mandy - Barry Manilow) May 2026

: Scott English admitted he fabricated the dog story to get a pestering reporter off the phone.

: Manilow’s version omitted two lines from the fourth verse: "Riding on a country bus / No one even noticed us" . The Myth of the Dog : Scott English admitted he fabricated the dog

: The original by Scott English was more "rock and roll" and uptempo. Manilow and producer Ron Dante initially struggled with it until Manilow sat at the piano and slowed it down, finding the "love song hiding" within the arrangement. : Scott English admitted he fabricated the dog