Spicks and Specks (song)

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“Spicks and Specks”
Single by The Bee Gees
B-side "I Am the World"
Released September 1966
March 1967 (UK)
Format 7" single
Recorded Mid-1966, St Clair Studio, Hurstville, New South Wales
Genre Beat, Pop
Length 2:52
Label Spin EK-1474 (AUS)
Polydor 56727 (UK)
Writer(s) Barry Gibb
Producer Nat Kipner
Bee Gees Australian singles chronology
"Monday's Rain"
(1966)
"Spicks and Specks"
(1966)
"Born a Man"
(1967)

"Spicks and Specks" is a song by The Bee Gees (chart positions: #1 (Australia), #28 (Germany), #2 (Netherlands)).

An instrumental version of the song is part of the soundtrack for Melody, which also featured several other Bee Gees songs.

A version of the song performed and produced by The Dissociatives is used as the theme song of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's music based quiz show Spicks and Specks (2005-present).

Status Quo covered the song on their debut album.

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