Monty Python – Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life...

"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" is a comedy song written and performed by Monty Python member Eric Idle. It was first featured in the film Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979), It became immensely popular, reaching No. 3 on the UK singles chart in 1991. The song appears at the end of the film. In 2005, a survey by Music Choice showed that it was the third-most popular song Britons would like played at their funerals.

 

Artist: Monty Python

A-Side: Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life...

B-Side: 

 

B1 - I'm So Worried
    B2 - I Bet You They Won't Play This Song On The Radio

Year Released: 1991

Decade: 1990s

Genre: Rock, Pop, Stage & Screen

Style: Parody, Comedy, Vocal, Novelty

Format: 7-inch Vinyl, 45rpm, Single

Record Label: Virgin

Label/Catalog #: Pyth 1 or 114 740

 

 

 

Arnee And The Terminaters - I'll Be Back

"I'll Be Back" (subtitled "The Dancefloor Devastation Kick-Up" on the back of the single sleeve) is a track by the British novelty one-hit wonder music group known as Arnee and the Terminaters, released in 1991, it was performed on screen by Greg Sewell as Arnee, written and produced by Richard Easter (a member of Steve Wright's "posse" on his BBC Radio 1 show of the time) and Mike Woolmans. The song parodies both Austrian actor Arnold ("Arnie") Schwarzenegger's in-film catchphrase, "I'll be back" and his role in the Terminator films, particularly Terminator 2: Judgment Day, which had been released the previous month.

 

Artist: Arnee And The Terminaters

A-Side: I'll Be Back (The Dancefloor Devastation Kick-Up)

B-Side: Environment News

Year Released: 1991

Decade: 1990s

Genre: Electronic, Pop

Style: Synth-pop, Novelty

Format: 7-inch Vinyl, 45rpm, Single

Record Label: Epic

Label/Catalog #: 657417 7

 

 

 

Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy

"I'm Too Sexy" is a novelty song by English pop band Right Said Fred, released in July 1991 by Tug Records as their debut single from their first album, Up (1992). 

 

Artist: Right Said Fred

A-Side: I'm Too Sexy

B-Side: I'm Too Sexy (Instrumental)

Year Released: 1991

Decade: 1990s

Genre: Electronic, Pop

Style: Euro House, Europop

Format: 7-inch Vinyl, 45rpm, Single

Record Label: Tug Records

Label/Catalog #: SNOG 1

 

 

Patrick Macnee & Honor Blackman - Kinky Boots

"Kinky Boots" is a song written by Herbert Kretzmer and David Lee for an episode of the television programme That Was The Week That Was in 1963, and subsequently recorded in 1964 by Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman, stars of another television series, The Avengers. The track would be released again the the UK in 1990.

 

Artist: Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman

A-Side: Kinky Boots

B-Side: Let's Keep It Friendly

Year Released: 1990

Decade: 1990s

Genre: Non-Music, Pop, Stage & Screen

Style: Novelty, Beat

Format: 7-inch Vinyl, 45rpm, Single

Record Label: Deram

Label/Catalog #: KINKY1 or 882 202-7 

Joe Dolce - Shaddap You Face

"Shaddap You Face" is a novelty song written and performed by Joe Dolce about a rebellious Italian boy. Dolce, who is Italian-American, said he wrote "Shaddap You Face" based on memories of his childhood, when his family members would speak in broken English. The song charted at No. 1 in many countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

 

 Artist: Joe Dolce

A-Side: Shaddap You Face

B-Side: Ain't In No Hurry

Year Released: 1981

Decade: 1980s

Genre: Pop

Style: Comedy

Format: 7-inch Vinyl, 45rpm, Single

Record Label: Carrere 

Label/Catalog #: 49.732

 

Black Lace - Agadoo

"Agadoo" is a novelty song recorded by the British band Black Lace in 1984. Taken from the album Party Party. It went on to become the eighth best-selling single of 1984 in the UK, (and over one million copies worldwide) despite not being included on the playlist for BBC Radio 1 because it "was not credible".

 

Artist: Black Lace

A-Side: Agadoo

B-Side: Fiddling

Year Released: 1984

Decade: 1980s

Genre: Pop

Style: Novelty, Europop

Format: 7-inch Vinyl, 45rpm, Single

Record Label: Sonet / Vogue 

Label/Catalog #: 101981