What is "charly"

Charly (marketed and stylized as CHAЯLY) is a 1968 American science fiction drama film, directed and produced by Ralph Nelson, and written by Stirling Silliphant.

The film stars Cliff Robertson as Charly Gordon, an intellectually disabled adult who is selected by two doctors to undergo a surgical procedure that triples his IQ as it did for Algernon, a laboratory mouse who also underwent the same procedure; additional roles are co-played by Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala, Leon Janney and Dick Van Patten.

During production, Silliphant adapted the movie from the story Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. The film received positive reviews to date, and was a massive success at the box office and home media sales. A sequel is in decision.

Charly is a 1968 film starring Cliff Robertson in an Academy Award-winning performance. It may also refer to:

In entertainment:

• Charly Records, a British record label
• Charly García (born 1951), Argentine musician
• Charly McClain, American country music singer
• "Charly" (song), a 1991 single by The Prodigy
• Charly, a 1980 novel and 2002 movie by Jack Weyland

French communes:

• Charly-sur-Marne, in the Aisne department
• Charly, Cher, in the Cher department
• Charly, Rhône, in the Rhône department
• Charly-Oradour, in the Moselle department

Other

• Operation Charly, countering left-wing activities in Central America

"Charly" is the debut single released by the British electronic act the Prodigy, taken from their debut album Experience. The version featured on the album is the significantly longer "Trip Into Drum & Bass" remix.

It was released in the UK on 12 August 1991 through XL Recordings on vinyl, CD and cassette tape format . Almost a year later, it was released as a double A-side single with " Everybody in the Place" in the United States on 18 June 1992 through Elektra Records on CD, digipak and maxi-single format.

On 22 November 2004 the single was released on digital download format. On 1 October 1992, "Charly" had sold over 200,000 copies in the UK which in turn enabled it a Silver BPI certification. The Alley Cat Mix of "Charly" features as track number three on the expanded disc two of the band's debut album Experience. "Charly" appears on the band's compilation album Their Law: The Singles 1990–2005 as track number nine.