Spitting Image - The Chicken Song

[ScientistCat]

I remember watching a clip of these guys, that my mom had recorded on video cassette. Feels so good to find more of them! :D

[ChubbyP3NGU1NZ]

Uh oh I'm in the weird part of youtube again...

[VPACFridaythe13]

LOVE IT! my mother showed me this video and I can't get it out of my head!

[DoreanGrace]

32 people hummed this song for weeks.

[FireFlare13]

no comment.....

[JFredUK]

Think Black Lace, but with more interesting, meaningful lyrics.

[fivebearrugs]

I just realized this song was featured in the background of 1986/7's "Down and Out in the White House" :)

[123456789pjs]

wtf ?

[AbsurdlySane]

Ah, happy memories. Helen T from Beckenham, I always think of you when I hear this.

[MondoBeno]

They're right, I couldn't get this tune out of my head.

[KiddyWorld888]

I still have this single on 12" vinvl. But this is the first time I am watching this vid. It's very humorous :)

[mrLioneMafia]

wtf is this

[KelanDWood]

@mrLioneMafia it's a parody of bad holiday songs from the 60s. Great job at taking it to seriously.

[wdgarraway]

@KelanDWood Actually you don't need to go all the way back to the sixties. The two gits with curly hair come from this song

watch?v=POv-3yIPSWc

[toogawnjawn]

Yes I am a so called yankee, but the best videos come out of europe, mostly of of germany, I miss this show, I did not know that this particular song was so popular on youtube, my favorites are the video about I never met a south african, and do ron de ron. Thanks for posting this video, I south of 60 now, but wish this show was available more in the U.S. or A.

[Crystalwolf78]

lol i forgot about this song, I was like 8 when this show was on XD

[MrRiffraff84]

I'm from germany. My english teacher showed us this song!

[AmstradExin]

wow, i think i saw the visuals when i was a kid. :D

[chickenlover205]

I LOVE THIS SONG!!

[darkagulhas]

Yeah ... so funny!! Still singing it 24 years later!!

[systemhalodark]

Casserole your gran ^^

[HummelJaeger]

@shmuli9

I think the two girly gits are the lads from Black Lace who did the holiday song "Agadoo". Search for it on YouTube, it's there somewhere.

Spitting Image was not broadcast in my country, Australia, so I first heard the Chicken Song tune back in the late 1980's in the Commodore 64 "Chicken Song" Compunet demo.

This is the first time I've actually heard the original version

[shmuli9]

Were "the two wet gits with the girly-curly hair" supposed to be Wham!? :-)

[Koteycoyote]

Anyone got the vid with Bryan Ferry? Been looking for ages...

[wildbrad]

I must confess to submitting many friends to Agadoo, only to submit them to this little ditty in comparison... doubly evil, but as satire, 10x the brilliance... They earned all the kudos they got at #1 for this...

[helmuthoorn]

Me being the poor bugger who had to translate this into Dutch and Afrikaans....

'Hou `n kip al in die lug.

Steek `n dekstoel in jou neus.

Koop `n Jumbo Jet'

etc.

[alphavilleusa]

aerodago/frogaire :-)

[worldwildwest]

I Couldn't imagine being strapped to a chair watching a bunch of "Creepy" Looking Characters reminiscent to that Night of the Living Dead Sequel, Granted The "Spit Image" cast were phenomenal on That "Land of Confusion" Video, Next Time They Should Be more careful when Selecting Theme Song.

[ryukXsayu27]

@worldwildwest Theme song?!!

[farmerpetey]

I remember they used to play Spitting Image on the BBC. I have bad memories with this show..it used to come on about 20 minutes after my wife went to bed..and I would fondle my daughter on the couch :( I did my two years in prison for it, so no harm done

[alphavilleusa]

aero dago awesome :-))))

[aucody2]

the best song in the world

[MrKittfan]

i love the chicken song its very funny to get it stuck in ur mates head they sing it for weeks

[gochir]

WTF!! Number 1? ...

[thebestoftomi]

aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr­gggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my ears i'm going to mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[xMizBubblyx]

This video terrifies me.

it's fantastic.

[robinoakdale71]

LOVE IT !!!



[keyboardplayerakas]

good that is awful and i know its ment to be, south african song is was better

[jayeastanglia]

remember this singing it on the way to school when this came out and funny thing is at the time my dad had a very knackered renault 4....

[DONNELLY38]

total classic reminds me of being 15 brilliant

[gigymanh2o]

is this maent to be for kids?

[fatg1t]

AAAAAOOOOWWWWW! What happened to the rest of the song?!

Oh, and theree is nothing wwrong with Agadoo by Black Lace!

I have ALWAYS LOVED this song!

[747todasky]

What  What and, What?

[IMgodiva]

I've love this song/video for years! it's so funny! almost pee myself laughing

[rubinoos1]

O_o

[MrOptimusironman]

those puppets freak me the fuck out

[skavillefromfj]

This is quite creepy but funny

[vipertx100]

This song is epic

[kentamitchell]

Almost 25 years ago, I did my 2nd year of law school at the Notre Dame center in London and my g/f was a wonderful lady from Liverpool. I told her that this would always be "our song"

Here's to you Sue, wherever you are!

[purpleflounder]

@kentamitchell If you made that your song, no wonder you don't know where she's gone :L

[kentamitchell]

@purpleflounder Fortunately, she had a sense of humor- and so do I.

[MrOpmin]

@kentamitchell Er... I suppose you mean she ran away as soon as you told her that would be your song ;-)

[kentamitchell]

@MrOpmin Nope. She laughed and laughed and laughed.

[withnail555]

Spitting Imagine was sublime at its peak. This was made as a satire on shitty novelty songs and with delicious irony went straght to number 1.

[KidMillions]

@withnail555

Yes, it's a parody of "Agadoo" by Black Lace. They're the "wet gits with girly curly hair". :D

[dangermousemorton]

wicked song bring back spitting image!!

[3littlemaids1]

why is it I end up singing this all day 

[badger198027]

Classic

[8londi6irl]

Quality hahahahahha still remember the lyrics

[skylandmountain]

& I Quote: CLIMB INSIDE A DOG AND BEHEAD AN ES-KI-MO!!!

[Adele1476]

Brilliant song, good for the era and still relevant now, though I doubt it would pass the 'PC' the guys now. But still very nostalgic all the same.

[rawlf0o1]

haha love it lol

[TashkentFox]

Is that Frank Spencer at about 1:08?

[choc113]

@TashkentFox No I think its Cila Black

[Stetcg]

Good job they didn't try to make this now the PC brigade would have it banned....its quality

[Wolli1960]

Haven't heared this for a long time. Great!

[weba28]

love the spitting image songs

[tigerboytony]

Am I right in thinking Chris Barrie was a part of this?

[Becarooz]

OMG, I so remember dancing to this song as a kid. Blkimming LOVE IT XXX

[planejunky]

Remember this well, still bloody funny!

[djzee1000]

lol

[mikeflynn16]

YES!

[Soidisons]

The English are the bomb.

[darthpy]

scary...

[stufromdevon]

better than the shit in the charts these days.this song is a bigger seller than leona lewis debut song

[busdriverally]

this song is so annoying

but for some reason i think its awsome

[Tarmack002]

I remember seeing this when I was 4 on top of the pops :) found it again!!!!!!

leave off spitting image, they were around at the time of maggie, and they mocked everyone....just look at all the people in the video....you can even see desmond tutu at 2:06 ;)

[si197106]

oh why did it not work for maggie the tory twat now def not work lmfaa i hope wen you lose working tax/child tax cresdit  yoyu dont moan i laff

[kirstymds]

I love this song! Even though it has no point, that's why it works! I find myself singing it everywhere and is it sad that I know all the lyrics?

[DavidPC9999]

ON MY FAVOURITES

[gallafey]

i love this song, Spitting Image has a point , a particula iratating song that you here everywhere you go

[Padata3000]

i used to sing this song randomly in unwelcome situations....ha to be 14 again...

[DolgLanjelin]

hey.. it's brittish... enough said;p

[reptilemad43]

*RAGE* suck ass

[kittyprydekissme]

I'm American, so I'm not sure I've heard any of the songs this is making fun of.

[setunle]

I think that if this is an attempt to write a terrible song, it's ironically a total failure as it's just brilliant! One of the best comic songs ever. To Rob, Doug and Philip (authors) I say: Hohou! ("thank you" in Arapaho)

[louait1976]

fantastic stuff!!!!! i was 9 and knew all the words back then. now i forget half of them....classis ha ha ha

[VickyDuncalf]

I remember all the words! Skin yourself alive....DONE! Learning Arapaho with no skin on my hands is tough. I've bloodied my phrase book now.

[wrestletube1]

The end is cut off. It's longer than this on the vinyl.

[Kittehwhokills]

i'm to young to have seen spitting images on telly but i watch all the time on youtube, why aren't they doing one now, i can just see a cameron puppet, and brown would be grotesque

[mikusmarthu]

@Kittehwhokills I love it XD

[bottlestopper1984]

fuck me im just older than this. i can remember bopping around to this at a kids disco. they just dunt make anything this pointlessly funny anymore

[Veksta]

@bottlestopper1984 your not the only one i just stumbled across it and am having flash backs to being a kid living in the UK lol

[Dylank1324]

lol, we had to write our own version of this song in school....

[BringbackSWATcats]

Whoever made this was in a

*Glasses*

Land of Confusion.

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE­EAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH­HHHH!!!!!!!!!

[zub1964]

I think I drove everyone mad singing this ! Thing is, I can't sing. Hard to believe it was almost 24 years ago. I feel positively ancient now !

[kevinjmann]

Total memories right there!

[PPF75]

I remember this very well, as it was 1 of the very first singles i ever got!! LOVED IT and still do.

[jeddy3131]

haha ha ha ha ha itz so funnii bt loik shit

[jeddy3131]

funniii! n SH1T!

xoxox

[rnm1011]

Classic, an absolute classic. Skin yourself alive.

[jroduk]

Still funny

[BlaiddDrwg2009]

First time I heard this I couldn't stop laughing at the "Casserole your Gran" bit!

[blackcountrybaby]

DURR! Some of you dont get it! The song is SUPPOSED to be terrible! Its a piss take of the godawful holiday themed songs that were around in the 70s/80s like Black lace etc.

The song is v irritating and catchy- so works perfectly!

I guess some are too young to remember these kinda songs. They're the equivalent of the Europop crap we get every summer these days...

[MondoBeno]

@blackcountrybaby I'd forgotten about Black Lace. I heard their AGADOO song at a hotel in Israel that catered to British tourists.

My school insisted on playing a song like this when they held a "krypton factor".

[buffykidd1971]

@MondoBeno their best song is we're having a gang bang

[UnionMetalhead]

@blackcountrybaby i actually like this song, the humor and pisstake worked perfectly as u say though and the 80's was a fine example of how good, or at least how fun music could be :). but im going to be controversial and love the song aswell as the video. music today though is risible in my view! erm blackcountry from the west midlands by any chance? relating to the name

[UnionMetalhead]

@blackcountrybaby yes i see u r black country and dont i know the native language all too well! being on the outskirts of the area as it stands

[ravenstar100]

@blackcountrybaby too true! but it isnt just the 70s, look at that horrible ketchup song! it still happens today.

[dfresh1524]

@blackcountrybaby indeed, i listened to that black lace song and the sad part is that song is horrible but i don't know if thats by purpose. Do you know any other of the "europop crap" because i did get a good laugh hearing about pushing and shaking pineapples. Halfway through listening to this i'm wondering what the hell im listening too, but the randomniss makes it great. Pretend my name is Keith? lol

[MrSean677]

Anyone got the video of Spitting Image where The Queen is singing "I will Survive"?

[MilkyNethers]

This song makes me sad, the video with the scary people makes me even more so. ='(

[babycake30]

LOL i woz 9 years old when this song came out remember my brothers playing it over & over again they were 11 so funny!!!

[wernvilla]

LOVEIT ;D

[shannong86]

This song was number one on the day I was born. Wtf. How did this get to number one??!?

[rob1210]

Because the video is funny lol

[brad23234]

same! this song is fucking terrible

[teabagbob]

@brad23234 That's the whole point!!

[paininspain]

@brad23234 no shit sherlock!!!!!!!!!! (i'll give you a clue, it's meant tobe!)

[CiaraFischgrund]

Haha! Me too! That's how I ended up watching this video. I'd never even heard of it and I like a lot of 80s music. I guess this one didn't really stand the test of time. Wonder why...

[brebre2sweet09]

umm okay

[lordilujah]

casserole your gran

[pivohunter]

I remember singing this on a plane to Majorca a couple of months after it came out, really loudly, hey I was only seven.

[MikeSkeezy]

weird...

[evoke69er]

This song is sooooo funny i was wetting myself listening to it! Best song EVER!

[BlaiddDrwg2009]

This is the most random worrying song ever....

[sarahcharlotte08]

omg this vid was no.1 on the day i was born!

[thelace86]

same here

[hakske2]

same here, I was like WTF !?

[jonathandedonder]

Same here :-(. I cried for about an hour :-)

[CelticCymru]

Spittng Image satire, bring it back

[immanicmania]

i was actually working in a poultry processing place in yorkshire when this song was released. it was so funny going to work on the monday after seeing it the night befor. oh the memories

[TheIpodman44]

epic!!!!

[GodLikeKilla]

that's creepy

[bloodyemodollz]

Epic! xD Love it!

[AndrewJimScott]

your actually meant to do both

[TMNTleo]

o-o those puppets scare me...

[foxbull99]

lol

[DeivisPelenis]

Love this song, hate this video :D

[fluffyfluffiness]

found this by accident!...glad i did!..i loved this song!!...and...i still remember all the words..although not sure i should have admitted to that!!!..haha!.

[AmbieeeMoo]

lmao i remember when i was 10 me and my friend becky did a dance to this in a school tallent show. It was hallarious :D

[idontsignin]

can i get this on itunes. so funny.

[bezerkoid]

It's amazingly hilarious.

[Erstaunliche8Jungen]

lol very kool song.haha

[MuffinFraggle]

Victoria Wood is singing, not sure who the guy is..

[stevie24071983]

I have the original double "B" side of this and Never Met A Nice South African, they are just amazing

[the1musiclad]

who is singing? is it chris barrie?

[stevie24071983]

Howard Goodall

[the1musiclad]

@stevie24071983 - thanks

[AndrewJimScott]

LOL, it's actually Kate Robbins and Micheal Fenton Stevens

[NickXDDX]

what a song XD makes me laugh too hard to be healthy each time. by the way, "holiday IN mars?" XD

[firedude9117]

when i sing it everyone thinks i'm stupid but i love it

it's strange but great and funny

[Samateepae]

WHY are rubber chickens so funny? Everytime i hear them being mentioned i always laugh. They are just so freakin stupid and funny!I love this song, it never fails to make me cackle like a nutter. Spitting image was one of the most amazing comedies to come out of the uk. It was cutting edge satire back then and always will be. I wish they`d make new episodes or at least show the old ones again. I loved the queens puppet. Especially when she said  'what the bloody hell is one doing?' Too funny!

[spudo303]

SKIIIINNNNN UR SELF ALIVE!!!!

omg this is beautiful!!!!!!!!

[OmniPhobic89]

SO FUGLY!

[pqlsab]

I remember singing this on the bus going to school and my was humming it the rest of the day she hated it and i loved it and still do.

[marpipdaisamfran]

This song rivals all other recorded music EVER! I love it!

[Dalbert342]

The lyrics are seriously disturbing lol I LOVE IT

[MasterAtFinalFantasy]

woohooo i <3 that song!!!!

[MsMulhern]

stick a deckchair up your nose!!!

[face1972able]

flingin my chicken

[michealbarone]

it will be number for weeks - i remember this song when i was going to school - but that was years ago - i have this on long extended version - hold a chicken in the air

[MattAbel24]

Absolutely hilarious

[LastForgottenNinja]

this video scares me lool

[JamesG777]

If spitting image was brought back now it would be a major hit once again.

[ManityDude]

I totaly i agree with you. Wanna start a pertition to get it back ?!? SERIOUSLY I WANT IT BACK!!!!!!!

[GazVonhammer]

Yeah,they tried with 2dTV but that got boring quick,it's because the puppets I think it would be successful again.

[ihmepuu]

pyörii pyörii, täähä on iha legenda...

[mOllyLAYDZx]

TUNE.

[cretehot]

best programme to watch in the middle 80s in the u.k...have it on video

[ihmepuu]

ai mää vai

[stealth74]

havent seen this in ages. Brought back good memories,excellent

[kktubey]

my name is keith,belive me i got this song sang to me all the time at school.and pretend your name is keith.well they say what cant kill you makes you stronger.happy days

[ChileNoseJam]

I've always wondered what you're supposed to do if your name actually is Keith - pretend it isn't?

[AfterburN003]

The John Major puppet was always black and white cause he was so boring...lol

[PlanetDead]

Holy shit the nostalgia of this :D This came on finnish national television in 90's and I barely could read the subtitles and watched these videos out of joy :D Oh am I damn happy to see this one again :)

[ihmepuu]

I remember this show too! I still remember the songs somehow, even I didn't know english in those days (I was so little). I still have some episodes recorded on videotape :)

[ihmepuu]

dear lord these flashbacks :D

[SamthePIE1]

im only sixteen but this song to me is awsome.