Strange one off oddities.
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Looking under the Novelty genre in iTunes brings up these weird songs.
Alan Sherman - Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! - reached No.14 in 1963
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjbbyi7Kwqc
Guy Marks - Loving You Has Made Me Bananas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEoLFkT-SKQ
Mad Jocks - No Lager (2 Unlimited parody)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mST4PIWV7Y
And of course the daddy of them all....
Napoleon XIV - They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha Haa!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWATQ4Jd80A
Although this is a very close second...
Wubble U - Petal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKTPf4BaHNs
Alan Sherman - Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! - reached No.14 in 1963
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjbbyi7Kwqc
Guy Marks - Loving You Has Made Me Bananas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEoLFkT-SKQ
Mad Jocks - No Lager (2 Unlimited parody)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mST4PIWV7Y
And of course the daddy of them all....
Napoleon XIV - They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha Haa!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWATQ4Jd80A
Although this is a very close second...
Wubble U - Petal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKTPf4BaHNs
Edited by mp3manager on Saturday 22 November 19:35
Brown Sauce (the folks from Swap Shop) - I wanna be a winner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDzsa9EP-a4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDzsa9EP-a4
Bis - Kandy Pop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA-klHp-nk4
First unsigned band on TOTP. I went to primary school with two of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA-klHp-nk4
First unsigned band on TOTP. I went to primary school with two of them.
The Chaps - Rawhide.
I had the picture disc version of this for some reason!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DBkJToM78c
I had the picture disc version of this for some reason!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DBkJToM78c
Sex Pistols - Friggin in the Riggin. Amazingly got to No. 3 in 1979. I bet they did not play this on TOTP. I can remember this at school being played all the time in the youth club.
Lyrics are really NSFW! You have been warned!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV6R0I2oHKY
Lyrics are really NSFW! You have been warned!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV6R0I2oHKY
I don't know whether this counts as an oddity, but a singer from a metal band, doing Wuthering Heights, in the original key as sung by Kate Bush.. Amazing..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnG5iLR9g9k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnG5iLR9g9k
Edited by Fugazi on Friday 28th November 18:49
Another one:
Chalk Dust - The Umpire Strikes Back. Peaked at No 19 in 1982.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goqXf4gp9sQ
Chalk Dust - The Umpire Strikes Back. Peaked at No 19 in 1982.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goqXf4gp9sQ
Number 1 in 30 countries. 2 billion views on Youtube. For a pop dance tune sung in Korean. Don't get much odder than that.
Psy- Gangnam Style
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0
Psy- Gangnam Style
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0
The Singing Postman - 'Hev Yew Gotta Loight Boy?' 1964. Not charted but was a well known "underground" hit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqmXLkJ8Bwk
The Wurzels - Combine Harvester (Brand New Key) No 1 1976.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9rQmyAxS3U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqmXLkJ8Bwk
The Wurzels - Combine Harvester (Brand New Key) No 1 1976.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9rQmyAxS3U
Morningside said:
Anyone remember the Barron Knights?
They used to do dreadful parodies of current hit records in the late '70s and early '80s.
Their first hit was "Call Up The Groups" back in 64, pretty sure I've still got the single somewhereThey used to do dreadful parodies of current hit records in the late '70s and early '80s.
Edited by suthol on Monday 8th December 02:13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqJHoZBJYxI
NSFW, and banned by all radio stations, but still got to no. 22 in the charts.
NSFW, and banned by all radio stations, but still got to no. 22 in the charts.
Another one NSFW, even though it would have been Ireland's Xmas no.1 in 2010 if it wasn't for the X Factor.
The Rubberbandits ~ Horse Outside
The Rubberbandits ~ Horse Outside
entropy said:
Paul Hardcastle is married to Nell McAndrew.Yes, that Nell McAndrew
Piersman2 said:
The Chaps - Rawhide.
I had the picture disc version of this for some reason!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DBkJToM78c
I've got that. I've always wondered who was behind it.I had the picture disc version of this for some reason!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DBkJToM78c
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