The Chicken Song

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“The Chicken Song 2”
Single by Spitting Image featuring The Wet Gits
Released	1986
Format	7"
Recorded	1986
Genre	Pop

"The Chicken Song" is a song by the British parody/satire comedy programme Spitting Image.

The song was a parody of summer holiday disco songs such as "Agadoo" or "Do The Conga" which were in vogue during the mid 1980s. The song made specific reference to the group Black Lace who performed those songs

The nonsensical lyrics were written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor.

The song featured heavily during the 1986 season of Spitting Image, playing recurrently in the background and being hummed by characters. At one stage, the puppet of Pope John Paul II played it on a banjolele.

A subsequent release as a single reached number one in the official UK Singles Chart for three weeks in 1986.

The B-side of the single was another popular song from the TV series, entitled I've Never Met a Nice South African, which mocked the apartheid-era nation's inhabitants.

An E.P. of the Chicken Song was also released. The extended "12 hour" version contained numerous random repetitions of the verses and chorus at times when the song appears to be over. When the track is actually finished and the stylus reaches the end of the run-out groove, the first bar of the song is constantly repeated in the final locked-groove in order to irritate the listener even further. The B-side of this contained I've Never Met A Nice South African and a parody of Phil Collins called Hello, You Must Be Going.

Released on the "Spit In Your Ear" CD is the "Celebrity Mega Mix", which features celebrities like Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Tina Turner singing the lyrics.

Preceded by "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco

UK number one single May 13, 1986

Succeeded by "Spirit in the Sky" by Doctor and the Medics