Rick Wakeman - Do You Believe In Fairies?

Mousy/chipmunk voices make it up for 'fairies' in this infantile, deliberate kitschy synthesizer pop song by Rick Wakeman. Written in 1979 for the album "Rock and Roll Prophet". Wakeman's usual record company refused to release it, so it wasn't until 1982 that he found a completely unknown Swiss label (Moon Records?) willing to print it. Curiously enough, Wakeman re-released the album as "Rock and Roll Prophet Plus" on CD adding extra instrumental tracks (to justify the 'Plus').

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[bubblabu]

Really realy good

[AndrewEyeCandy]

100% guilty pleasure.



[qwertyisone]

Just to clear-up the confusion, this is not the song recorded by John Inman. He sang "Let's all be fairies" originally sung by Fred Douglas and the Durium Dance Band, released in March 1933. There is probably a video in the BBC vault of John Inman singing the song when performing it at the Leeds City Variety Music Hall in the BBC show The Good Old Days from the early eighties....it was hilarious!

[iskanderoelmann]

im not shure, but it reminds me in a certain way to a melody from paul mccartney.

[MonochromeLoco]

You've just got to see the funny side. I have this album too. :) Liked & Faved

[BlindCopyBelgium]

Brilliant - the B-side to "I'm So Straight I'm A Weirdo", I do believe I have the 45 still somewhere....

[userblue]

According to Rick Wakeman this was written for John Inman

[neil73]

John Inman also sang this, but there isn't a video of that (although footage exists) of him on here