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The title track was also a number one hit and remains the group's biggest hit, especially outside of Australia, reaching the top 5 of the UK charts and also entering the lower end of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. [3] At the Australian 1976 King of Pop Awards the song won Most Popular Australian Single. [4]
"Chirpy Chirpy, Cheep Cheep" is a song recorded in 1970 by its composer Lally Stott, [4] and made popular in 1971 by Scottish band Middle of the Road, for whom it was a UK #1 chart hit. [5] That version is one of fewer than fifty singles to have sold more than ten million physical copies worldwide.
Some bands have invented a language for their lyrics; examples include Kobaïan, used by French progressive rock band Magma, and Vonlenska, also called Hopelandic, employed by the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós. Adriano Celentano's 1972 song "Prisencolinensinainciusol" is sung in gibberish that is meant to sound like American English.
It was first released on his 1983 album One Particular Harbour and reached No. 22 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. The song begins with lyrics in Tahitian: Ia ora te natura E mea arofa teie ao nei. The translation given is: "Nature lives (life to nature) Have pity for the Earth (Love the Earth)" It concludes with the same verse plus:
The song's title, for example, is a homophone of "Mares eat oats". The song was first played on radio station WOR , New York, by Al Trace and his Silly Symphonists. It made the pop charts several times, with a version by the Merry Macs reaching No. 1 in March 1944.
It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on December 7, 1951 and lasted 1 week on the chart, at #26. [3] Lucienne Delyle recorded a version in 1952 with French lyrics. A 1952 arrangement of "Charmaine" by Billy May and His Orchestra reached # 17 on the Billboard charts. The single was May's biggest hit under his own name. [5]
"Kickstarts" is a song by British singer Example. This is the third single from Example's second album, Won't Go Quietly. The song was available to download on 13 June 2010, with a physical single release on 14 June 2010. Production was handled by British drum and bass musician Sub Focus.
"Gertcha" is a song from Chas & Dave's 1979 album Don't Give a Monkey's, which was released as a single in May 1979 and entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 67. [1] The song stayed in the charts for 8 weeks [1] and peaked at number No. 20 on 30 June 1979. [2] The song was used as the music behind a notable television commercial for Courage ...