did you know that brandy (you're a fine girl) and king harvest's dancing in the moonlight were both released in 1972?

 you know what else was released in 1972?

American Pie. banger.

Lean On Me. banger.

Rocket Man. banger.

I Gotcha by Joe Tex (featured in a Dr. Pepper commercial during my childhood.) banger

Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress. banger.

Garden Party. banger.

Bang a Gong  (Get it On). banger.

Use Me. banger.

Roundabout. banger.

I Can See Clearly Now. banger.

No but the reason Brandy is a good song is because the guy says

brandy

you're a fine girl (you're a fine girl)

what a good wife you would be (such a fine girl)

but my wife my love and my lady is the sea

doo-doo doo doo dodod doodood doooddo 

Not enough songs out there about meeting the love of your life but then giving yourself to the SEA. The sailing life. Tons of songs, and endless parade of songs about how romantic love is the be-all end-all of life. Only Brandy by the Looking Glass was brave enough to say that the life of a sailor is even greater than that.