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The Chicken Song
United KingdomRob Hubbard
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Length: 05:00, Page Loaded: 910 times
Format: SID    Platform: C64
Last Played: 20.03.24 03:12:31
Last User Request: madstop
Total Plays: 159 (added: 13.04.07)
Appears in Favourites: 0 times

Rating: 3.6 (5 Votes)


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Votes for this track:
6: ALiEN^bf 25.04.07 4: madstop 09.12.07 3: Lee CuLpRiT 28.05.08 2: Salinga 07.04.10 3: Bobic 29.04.10


Comments for this track:
bullet ALiEN^bf | Comments: 1885 | 2007.04.25
Best chicken song ever. (:

bullet ALiEN^bf | Comments: 1885 | 2010.04.08
http://www.the-commodore-zone.com/articlelive/articles/19/7/Rob-Hubbard/Page7.html
One of the famous demos of the day was the Chicken Song; it had some strange music compositions like Eastbenders (a rendition of the popular music on the United Kingdom (UK) soap Eastenders!) and of course the Chicken Song by the maestro himself Rob Hubbard (based on the music that appeared in the famous United Kingdom (UK) satirical Spitting Image television show). A simple, fun and boppy tune, nothing special but became quite popular.


http://everything2.com/title/The+Chicken+Song
This song was originally featured at the end of a British current affairs satire show called "Spitting Image". Most episodes ended with a musical number, usually sending up newsworthy figures in a musical parody of a recent hit.

"The Chicken Song" was intended as a parody of "Agadoo" by "Black Lace" - a tune that had become a million-selling single a year before. Despite (or perhaps thanks to) a repetitive melody and gibberish lyrics, Agadoo became one of the first holiday anthems, and therefore a perfect target for satirists.

The chicken song was actually written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor who later became Grant Naylor, the entity responsible for Red Dwarf. If you still have a single of this record, great care must be taken playing it in case you accidentally play the B-Side called "I've Never met a nice South African".

May, 1986 was a great month for novelty records. The chicken song displaced "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco and remained at number one for three weeks. The chicken song was knocked down by a rather good cover version of "Spirit in the Sky" by Doctor and the Medics.


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