Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl 😎 ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ is a song by Northern Irish singer and songwriter Van Morrison. Written by Morrison and recorded in March 1967, it was released as a single in June of the same year, peaking at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song spent a total of sixteen weeks on the chart. The song's nostalgic lyrics about a former love were considered too suggestive at the time to be played on many radio stations. A radio-edit of the song was released which removed the