"Lady Godiva" is a popular song originally recorded and released in 1966 as a single by British pop duo Peter and Gordon.
The song is a music hall-style number which frivolously references the legend of Lady Godiva, re-imagining it in the modern day: a film director from Hollywood witnesses her legendary ride (with "her long blonde hair" obscuring her breasts and other private parts) and recruits the lady to star in his movie.
It is revealed in the third verse that he directs pornographic films, thus attracting a seemingly large crowd who are "craning their necks" to see the lady.
In the US, "Lady Godiva" rose as high as #6 in December 1966,[3] the duo's first Top Ten showing since "I Go to Pieces" in February 1965.
Peter and Gordon returned to the US Top 40 with two subsequent singles: "Knight In Rusty Armour" and "Sunday for Tea", but "Lady Godiva" would be the duo's final UK hit.
[8] "Lady Godiva" was Day's first single to get a physical release in UK record stores, following a distribution deal with Universal Music.
He got the deal because the ten-year-old son of the head of distribution at Universal was a fan of Day's band, Chameleon Circuit.