I know this country has been going down the pan for a long while but I was somewhat staggered when it was pointed out to me today at what is currently No.66 on the Offical UK Single Chart.
Has anyone else seen this?
(Prepared to be a little shocked if you do look the title and artist up!)
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What the hell does it sound like??
I'm genuinely shocked that this is not banned especially given that the average Singles Chart follower must be about 10 and probably doesn't care about Nick Clegg in any event.
Purile & irresponsible.
I mentioned it to the guy sitting next to me at work and he says "Oh yes, I was cameraman on one of his previous videos".
Catchy little number not as offensive as number one.
About 5 years ago I was helping promote local ska/soul band The Dualers, with a potential hit single 'Don't Go'.
On the Saturday of release they played outside HMV Croydon and sold about 3,000 units in the store that day. This should have given them top 20 status on the Sunday, but we received a text during the chart show on Sunday afternoon saying that OCC (Official Chart Company) had blocked the single from the charts while they investigated an 'unusual pattern of sales' by a group that wasn't a 'member of the club'!
It's only no 66 in the charts - how many copies would you have to sell to get there? A few hundred? A thousand maybe? It's Christmas, I daresay a few lads have been buying copies as "amusing" presents for their mates.
But I'll give that one a miss. Stag night comedy, maybe best after a few pints.
Who is this Rihannon character clogging up the charts?
Numbers 48 & 52 more your time then Oakster?
Led by the phenomenal website b3ta.com, it was never expected to get to number one, but the fact that it got to 66 shows the influence they have.
Also, Kunt and the Gang wrote the original song, then it was suggested to them that it could be considered to be a reference to Nick Clegg and his deference to David Cameron. KATG thought this was amusing and wrote an alternative 'Nick Clegg' version with relevant lyrics.
KATG have been making songs on the far side of offensive for some time now. They've got a solid cult fanbase and have never expected more.
It's a joke.
PS For the uninitiated, a link to b3ta.com is below. To my mind, it's one of the best things ever to come out of the internet as it's free, totally uncensored and all links are virus free. More importantly, in places it's absolutely hilarious.
b3ta.com
Ok, don't visit it then.
The weekly newsletter makes me laugh every week and I'm none of those things.
By the way Leroy, I'm often puzzled by why you so often give your opinions so aggressively.
Just saying.
Well this was No 1 on the day I turned the poptastic age of 10!
:-)
I saw them play at the Birds Nest in Deptford a couple of years ago.
IA, I know someone in that video. Small world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljPFZrRD3J8
its not all doom gloom and imf bailouts over this side of the sea
They've censored it now.
I doubt this is the only messageboard discussing the song and its place in the charts. Obviously a lot of people checked out the chart to see if they would be offended, found that they were, and complained. Who looks all the way to 66 in the chart, apart from people who know what they're looking for?