Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep - Totp 1971

[ZEJTRSTJ]

genius

[itilijen]

Maybe i'm just stupid, but why did this song blow up so quickly ??

[Janapetrbokova]

MrDEFENCE1000-přesně vystiženo !!

[switzer59]

GOOD

[1963eamonn]

I remember being in Paddington Children's Hospital (Paddington Green) in 1970/1971 when (I think) the drummer came in to visit us kids in hospital!  I'd love to say hello to him again. Anyone know who he is? I think he was the drummer but not absolutely certain...anyways, I'd like t buy him a pint!

[Factnotfictionpeople]

@1963eamonn Glad you made it to adulthood. :-)

[Alliancelane]

Catchy? Ohh well....some things are better left at rest..

[glynn36]

Coco the clown on drums !!!!

[puterzhome]

My God I hated this - and still do!!

[jpenas57]

et oui on etaint fans . . . ecouter bien.! ABBA s'en.est surement inspire

[denzlepob]

My Momma was killed in a car crash, that's where she went.........

[harmageden]

I say bring back hot pants and knee highs !

[MrDEFENCE1000]

DANNY BOY LOL :)

[camelbreathkid]

coor she is hot...gonna crack one off to this vid i think

[trucknetjack]

@camelbreathkid only one?

[mrsparkle001]

Not for nothing, women were attractive back then but good lord the men were terrible! How did any of them ever get laid?

[Cryingman]

@mrsparkle001 Well, the Sexual Revolution took place in the 1970s ...

[mrsparkle001]

@Cryingman Not every guy was lol worthy, but the styles and fashion...omg the styles and fashion!

Women remained attractive though. Kudos to them. I just wonder how in the world they were ever attracted to the men of the decade.

[TheTongapuss]

@mrsparkle001 Well, sad but true, we thought the men in those days looked hot. We didn't know what the future held, we had to deal with what we had. It was fun anyhow!!

[mrsparkle001]

@TheTongapuss Well to be fair you did have Robert Plant and a few others that are considered sex symbols even today.

Hey I grew up in the 80s with the big hair and crazy fashions.

[TheTongapuss]

@mrsparkle001 I grew up probably a few years before you and each of the decades had its own fashions.  At least they had some fashions in those days, things seem quite ordinary today unless you can afford a Gucci dress at around £2K. Fat chance. I liked the feminine things with shoulder pads. I say DID, they look pretty awful now though.

[Cryingman]

I'm in the same boat as Mr Defence1000!

[gomboyuk]

looking at the 70's phenomena, i would say that hip hop, rap, pop would be trash into garbage if being inroduced during that time LOL...

[martindl99]

Happy days. I was serving in Cyprus with the army. Free discos at the malcolm club, cheap boose and all those lovely suntanned WRAC's.

[formulaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

@martindl99 in which year you were serving in Cyprus,I was also there in Turkish army.

[martindl99]

@formulaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

I was in the British army. On the island for 6 months in 1971. It was a free holiday at the tax-payers expense.Happy days.

[formulaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

@martindl99 I was late for you dude,I came there at July 20 1974 from the air.It was joyfull move and some noisy ?!!!

[martindl99]

@formulaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

I was glad to be there in more peaceful times. A beautiful island . I may go back some day for a nostalgic look round. Where have the years gone?

[antjo211266]

zulke goeie muziek word er niet meer gemaakt

[clarkjordan123]

Scottish music FTW!

[SupremeGoddess]

I have forgotten all these 70s bands. Great to find them. How normal everyone looked back then. Now I want some of this music in my ipod. ;)

[Jitterbugsalsa]

Brilliant!

[gazrobbo53]

A hit thanks to RNI. Happy days

[Penya666]

♫♪♪♫♫♫♪♫♪♪ "basznak a verebek a jegenyefan..." ♫♪♪♫♫♫♪♫♪♪

[SuperRelax7]

looks like the cast of the railway children love it and the videos my first time wow bring it back lol

[cricketbat08]

Sally Carr kills hotpants and boots <3

[GreatScot161]

This was scottish singer Sally Carr who was married to Chick Young - the BBC 'Football Reporter'. My aunt was supposed to sing this song but it was given to this band in the end. My aunt was in a band and always sang this song and said she could have been famous!!!!

[sirtinycreep]

I've heard this record for decades. First time I've seen the lead singer's face. Seriously up until now I didn't know whether it was a guy or a woman singing.

[48trixie]

@sirtinycreep Vocalist is Sally Carr who later married Mark McManus of Taggart fame

[Factnotfictionpeople]

@48trixie Seriously? The lucky old sod! Such a shame he died so young.....RIP

[Factnotfictionpeople]

@sirtinycreep Believe me - all of us 'yoofs of the 70's' KNEW it was a woman! :-)

[notlrachtron]

are they from the 118 118 advert ?

[Kwales66]

Peace and no mention of blacks , lesbians, jews, muslims, welsh irish - who cares - Just a Great SONG X

[monica8973]

pam pam adoro la cancion

[tearsfromheaven1]

oh love this song, I was a lil kid when this was released. thanks for posting the song:) The vid is funny lol reminds me what people wear at that time.

[Promoagent]

Sally Carr the sexy girl from Glasgow loved her voice

[RooBar64]

To me this song signalled the end of an era.

Up until then we'd been spoilt since 1963 with great music such as the Beatles, soulful and often ingenius interpretations of Dylan protest songs, bubblegum music and psychedelic era with its cleverly crafted and fun pop music, then finally the latterday psychedelic revival with songs from the musical Hair.

When I heard this song in 1971, [it] so devoid of artistic merit, I felt that music had finally lost its way, and "the 60's" era was truly over.

[Factnotfictionpeople]

@RooBar64 The 70's had 'classics' too - and this is one of them....

[zodiacman63]

this is mad,this is the first record i remember being on the radio when i was a kid,its always stuck in me head!i would av been about 7-8 at the time and then 5 years later i was pogoin to the pistols,clash and punk! still am now

[ctfirebattchief]

Hot DAMN...boots and hot pants..I loved those days :)

[MrBigal1690]

Yeah it's in English but a great Glesga accent

[MrDEFENCE1000]

EXCELLENT THANKS SO MUCH IM 43 YEARS OLD LOVED THE SONG GROWING UP NEVER SEEN THE VIDEO UNTIL NOW 2012 THANKS SO MUCH FOR POSTING IT A++++++

[darrex999]

@MrDEFENCE1000 I can relate to this, and I'm the same age as you! Every couple of years I find myself singing this song in my head; the same thing happened just now and I thought "I've just gotta look up what that 'chirpy chirpy cheep cheep' song is!" and here I am :)

[dannyboyboydanny]

@MrDEFENCE1000 This isn't Ebay. ;/

[unclemort1960]

joe strummer of the clash wanted to produce some songs for the singer!

[hifiok1]

Škoda toho posunutého zvuku. Jinak paráda.

[AaFiLLi8]

This song reminds me off the times when my dear mum would sing which would remind me then of some off her happy times.

[ztwntyn8]

I had this song stuck in my head for a fucking month one time. It was terrible. People I knew were starting to whistle it and realy pissed at me. This is great to hear again and I already spontaneously started to whistle the bastard again. aww hell

[Countrygent100]

@ztwntyn8 Look on the bright side, you could've been humming to something by Lady Gaga!

[ztwntyn8]

@Countrygent100 irony... pokerface stuck in my head for a couple of days now. you are the oricle lol

[Countrygent100]

@ztwntyn8 Oh you poor bastard! I've been told I have that effect on people. I was humming "The Witchdoctor" to my niece when she was 10 years ago ... you know the one ..? "Oo - ee -oo -ah ah, ding dang, walla walla, bing bang!".... ? Well... for weeks thereafter...

Good luck, me ol' china!

[TheWheelofLife100]

My canary goes chirpy chirpy cheep cheep.

[MrDiscorush]

right now be dead bloody honest with me....your in a depressed state and this song gets put on, bet you soon smile. see i told you. this is the original feel good factor tune

[georgy67ful]

Igen Nagyon Nagy szám volt annak idején Pedig még csak kis kamasz voltam de akkor is tetszik :-))

[Blade1962]

@georgy67ful Is this Hungarian? Please translate.

[smuggler59]

@Blade1962

Nope!!! Its actucaaly English :)  of sorts

[lyricistgirl]

Just realised, the girl looks a lot like Agnetha from Abba.

[lovelyflares]

The year I was born and some great tunes. My dad has cine film of my mum running round with me in the pram with similar hair and those boots on !! Fantastic !

[aranterranting]

Devil worshipers

[HjortGeirsMr]

I always enjoy this.

[lyricistgirl]

Decided when babysitting my niece and nephew to teach them a song. On reflection, this was not the best choice of track.

[RocksNStars55]

@lyricistgirl I'll bet they kept you up all night :) lol

[lyricistgirl]

@RocksNStars55

I won't lie... there were tears. Just dancing to it was fine but the problems started when I went all Cameron Mackintosh and decided to teach them the words.

[MrKarlAschnikov]

love the drumming

[MrNoex63]

I remember being in 1st grade in primary school running around the yard singing this song...fun times!

[GETKNOWNx]

my mum always sings this song on kareoke makes me so happy everytime i hear her singing it. :') 

[anglosaxons100]

Does anyone know what this song is actually about? Is it about a pair of lousy parents who leave their kids home alone, while they go out on the piss..

[phoenix123uk]

i remember listening to this at 4 years old thinking there were little people singing in the radio.

[IndisputableAttitude]

This is the song they should sing in an orphanage.

[chavrons1]

Anyone in Adelaide need some help please. /watch?v=KGGbNA7-Nyw

[gol7on4]

Hard to believe how thin everybody was in those days.No fast food eh?

[Sterndi1]

@gol7on4 Yeah! And no Computers and Internet as well. ;-)

[gol7on4]

@Sterndi1

Those were the days where.....if you couldn't pay in cash.....you had to wait till you could save the money to buy it.No charging to get you in hock.I guess we never figured that out till it was too late.Now it's a world of "maxed out credit cards" and homes we can't afford to make house payments on.

Free television and no expensive cell phones too. **sigh**

[salisburydruid]

You said it eeby . Wish I was 11 again. Happy days eh ?

[eeby7]

Brings it all back lol! 11 years old watching TOTP!

[chas19372003]

Great one and brought me right way back too then when firm I worked did the photography for

one of their albums

[sexypoetry]

if anyone wanted to know where the abba came from....

[suzij756]

I was in high school school when this was released!!! Boy does that age me! Still a great song

[Sanaddam]

BASZNAK A VEREBEK A FA TETEJÉN!!!:)

[moonsault2506123]

takes me right back to the caravan holidays.

[marks8889]

yer mammas in jail lol

[sakaorathuta]

bnnhjj

[richamiga]

The dislikes are still looking for their momma and pappa.. ;)

[hgismo]

Hát ez 6almas! :) Mikre lel az ember?! :)

[whorayful]

Man they were good times, no aids, no global finance problems, cheap fuel, big cars and cute girls singing cute songs

[forgottensewers]

@whorayful yep...and now it is time to pay for it...sad but true...maybe in thee distant future, there will be some good times as well

[lonewolf6675]

@whorayful I agree.......

[ztwntyn8]

@whorayful shit yeah man, but I missed out.



[IvyTinwe]

@whorayful and everybody was happy in these tv shows with huge stage decoration :D

[rakkboy]

@whorayful The world has changed in bad ways,it`s a pity,but that`s the truth!

[giulene]

@whorayful I totally agree!

[Carlootjuh]

ja de tijd van de hotpens

[drwecki7]

Tego słuchałem na luxemurgu

[TheOriginalIkiboo]

I was 7 years old when this song came out and I never forgot it....my brothers and sisters use to sing along and it brings back great memories....I don't care who doesn't like the song cuz do.

[RSBridgman]

Where's ya mama's gone = down the lavatory!

[MrMonita77]

vajon még mindig meg van az együttes?

[csizmaskandor]

@MrMonita77 Azon a nyáron kaptam életem első kazettás magnóját. Még általánosba jártam. Felvettem a rádióból, és irtó sokat hallgattam hónapokon át.

Nem hiszem, hogy megvan a zenekar.

[romulus406]

kytoka1. go fuck yourself you sad mong cunt

[michaelhypno]

@romulus406 glory

[WonderfullWilly]

The wonderfull 70's !

[ZLUGGO]

Gee...I was 10 years old...

[MrShutter75]

94 love Justin Racoon. Or Bieber. Don't remember...

[Trishhhhxx]

for big tam ,,, time we showed them how to do it ! xx

[Trishhhhxx]

for big tam .... time we showed them how to do it ! xx

[MrMisterbie]

94 STUPID AND BRAINLESS PERSON, GO AND GET TO THE HELL !! IDIOTS ..

[MsMarinaSH]

До сих пор 45-ка лежит МЕЛОДИИ 1975 года. Чипи-чип, Желтая река... =)

[ndhan72]

What's happened to Sally Carr.. the lead singer?

[peto0101]

@ndhan72 Seach for "Middle Of The Road Live In Norway July 2011, Sally Carr "chirpy chirpy cheep cheep" with lyrics " She is alive and well and singing!

[grabar20]

@ndhan72 she runs the black bull pub in leeds........

[hullamajascot1]

@ndhan72 I met this lady in Glasgow shopping centre , many years ago and she just didnt like the manic attention they got,so she decided to give it up.She was such a nice lady .

[ndhan72]

I recall this tune from the time when I was a kid....brings back great memories of the great music that emerged from the 1960's and 1970's. ....today's music is so much trash.

[chiponiz]

FC Groningen 1971

[Maximise5]

I haven't heard this song since i was a little kid! Great tune.

Thanks for uploading Charlie Mouse.

[teewoods]

this was the first pop song i knew in my life.

[fourkero1]

The inspiration fountain of Abba...! Middle of the Road ! without them , not Abba at all ! Greetings from Chile !

[Kevino1956]

All The Dislikes are by Orphans.lol

[7aberraman]

great music and voice but the lyric sucks .

[7aberraman]

great song with stupid lyric

[kerberosdoggie]

This Band Should Go " Beauty & the Beasts " ! lol

[huszarail]

How about that drummer? Gotta be Krusty the Clown's love child!

[glendor1968]

@huszarail no it is not from Krusty but from Yukon the clown

[tricky707]

@huszarail nice one!!

[edsterzzzzzz]

@huszarail ha ha ha ha

[romulus406]

she loved the cock i know that.

[kytoka1]

@romulus406

how do you know, did you share a cock , idiot !!

[XHaemoXTwinsX]

*Flashback to when I was brought up as a hippy child* o________o

....

Wow. So much has changed.

[ndhan72]

To beetle 2014 ....she is not the singer from Abba. Her name is Sally Carr from Scotland and the girl from Abba is Anita Folkstag or something and she is from Sweden.

[ThePushbike1]

better than the crap played these days good song with lots of character

[lilypp11]

is it me or is the name of the band middle of the road when the people from abba are in it!?!?

[boys5l]

איזה אישה יפה אבל הם הולנדים?

[beetle2014]

So beautiful and cute the singer

[lilypp11]

@beetle2014 SHES THE SINGER FROM ABBA OF CORSE SHES GOOD!!

[beetle2014]

@lilypp11 Hello, You´re wrong she isn´t ABBA´s singer, Agnetha Falkstog is the singer of ABBA....regards

[DD5975]

that's not a skirt you're wearing - it's a belt! But omg it brings back memories (er - of the song: I was 11!)!

[julierice100]

51....and I feel 12....It is a time machine.....

[59ssmudger]

@julierice100 Ditto and im 52.lol. Remember it on a school trip, we all thought we were it.

[MsHoliday5]

@julierice100 i agree with u takes us wayyyy back

[Ozzythenutter1046LS]

ive heard this played in the tv series heartbeat and it suppsed to be set in the 60s

[odovicor]

Loved this back in 70 by Mac and Kitty Kasson (sp?), and this is a great version as well!

[lexus400]

This is pure class and the artistes had a naturally happy smile and cheerful character. The world for me growing up was a far better place than it is today with lots of commercialised rubbish blasting out of radios everywhere you go.

[steph36uk]

@lexus400 yes it was your right I had the original 45 of this love it!

[jadBC666]

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee hahahahaha just remember this song!! and the song from sesame street with the line like `walk walk` with the pigs singing it

[Yeastbat]

YOUNG PEOPLE:Do not be taken in by 70s nostalgia. It was shit. I was there. And do you need more evidence thant this?

[T42please]

@Yeastbat You are on drugs !!!!

[romungro79]

NAGYON JÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[timnsueuk]

yeah RIP sir jimmy met him once well NOT met but saw him in a cab in london he waved to us soldiers on our way to earls court

[frootylexia]

it's carly from the inbetweeners

[SAXONUK444]

I was only 2 when this came out. first single i ever owned. Still love it now.

[steph36uk]

@SAXONUK444  had this record and I was 6 then. I still love it now

[TheRandolph4]

Like cheddar, Tommy Wiseau makes everything better

[wuf820]

Am obsessed with this.

[romanbrough]

Prettier than Madonna, and a better voice.

[sockington1]

@romanbrough berk - she's hideous and as for her voice - sounds like she's got a mouth full of marbles and treacle

[cpasbue]

troppo troppo forte .

[DarthZeww]

She's yummy!

[Petergan88]

Thank you for sharing.

[wendyvigor]

A classic song x

[pedro88602]

what planet are these other postings from

[gregsons2010]

Oh boy what a hit this was in the 70's .......By the way thanks for posting it .....

[sophie1065]

the dislikes must live under a rock and loe filthy sicking rap jungle noise and hick music

[1701wanker]

@sophie1065 could not agree more

[sophie1065]

@1701wanker

[sophie1065]

@1701wanker thank you for agreeing with me if the so called artist of today ment thhe talent class elganeof the past. They would run like a sccared dog yelping tail between it,s leg,s wetting on it,s self out of sheer fright. Celine is good but only calass talent elgance left is celtic women group celtic thunder. The artist of today dont,t know class elgance talent never will So wonderful I am not the only one who know,s good mussic

[rodjen700]

@sophie1065 You are 200% correct!

[metalkat77]

@sophie1065 Wrong Dislikes are Justin Beiber's fans