Gompie

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Gompie is a Dutch café in Nijmegen, which in 1995 edited the Smokie hit Living next door to Alice, just adding "Alice, Who the fuck is Alice!?" and reaching number-17 in the UK and number-1 in the Netherlands.

[edit] Background

The hit Living next door to Alice was listened to on a regular basis in café Gompie. When the name Alice had passed, it was common for the disk jockey to turn the volume down and the entire café would scream "Alice, who the fuck is Alice?". Rob Peters, director of a small record company, happened to visit café Gompie one evening and experienced this show. He then realized that this could be made into a hit. He approached his friend Peter Koelewijn and one day later the hit was recorded. Gompie was chosen for the artist name.

The single became a big hit in the Benelux and some other countries. In England and the United States, a censored version was released with the name Alice, who the bleep is Alice?, which wasn't a success in either country.