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The song is a music hall-style number which frivolously references the legend of Lady Godiva, re-imagining it in the modern day. The track was a drastic stylistic shift for Peter and Gordon, who had specialized in melancholy love songs. The music hall style of "Lady Godiva" matched several Herman's Hermits' hits, as well as "Winchester Cathedral" by the New Vaudeville Band, which was rising up the UK charts when Peter and Gordon recorded "Lady Godiva". Eventually "Winchester Cathedral" and "Lady Godiva" would share the US Top Ten, with the former succeeding the latter at #1 in Canada.