The Greatest Novelty Songs

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The children's novelty song " Baby Shark" received widespread attention when Korean education brand Pinkfong's cover version from an online viral video reached the top 40 in the U.

The most complex thing about this record is how many remixes there were, and working out which one was actually getting airplay at the time.Jimmy Boyd met with the Boston Archdiocese to explain the song, after which the church changed its view. They continued to proliferate in the early years of the 20th century, some rising to be among the biggest hits of the era.

This is an everyday, ordinary tale of everyday adolescent infatuation, and yet it is conceived and performed definitively: a Pop drama, no less. Hence why the video for ‘The Stonk’ features Bruce Forsyth, Rowan Atkinson as Mr Bean, and (if my eyes didn’t deceive me) David Baddiel, while it opens with newsreader Angela Rippon being whacked out the way by a red-nosed Big Ben. It’s a completely instrumental track, apart from the doopy-doopy-do-do-doos which give the song its name. First recorded by Rob and Nigel’s previous band Stavely Makepeace, the song was recorded in the front room of Rob’s house. The words, “son of a bitch” were bleeped over and the final line was edited to remove the word “damn”.The eighties were a more complex beast, because in some ways they started with Blondie, Gary Numan and The Boomtown Rats in 1978-9. But it’s never too late to pay tribute to them, so – with a bit of a tweak here and there for the lyrics – here are the tunes which befit these stars. Firstly, the Rugby World Cup didn’t start until 1987 and, secondly, if rugby is the first thing that springs into your mind, you should probably be in the advanced Higher class instead of being stuck in here with this lot. Manchester folk duo Brian Burke and Michael Coleman reached Number 1 in April 1978 with their musical homage to artist L.

And, believe it or not, at 91 years old, he’s still producing music today – mainly Broadway musicals and film and television scores.And later who could forget (try though we did) Benny Hill’s 1971 chart topping Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In the West) which at least was much better than 1961’s forgettable Gather In the Mushrooms. It’s actually just as sex-obsessed as ‘I’m Too Sexy’ – love as a ‘contact sport’ ( let the neighbours talk) – but also has a swing at being romantic. That isn’t one of my favourite Quo songs; but one of the few things that could have redeemed this tripe was if they had received a credit on the sleeve. I wonder if, to many British listeners, ‘Do the Bartman’ was their first exposure to ‘The Simpsons’.