The song was a parody of summer holiday disco songs such as "Agadoo" and "Do the Conga", which were in vogue during the mid-1980s. The song made specific reference to the group Black Lace, who performed those songs ("those two wet gits with their girly curly hair"). The song featured heavily during the 1986 series of Spitting Image, playing recurrently in the background, and being hummed by characters. At one stage, the puppet of Pope John Paul II played it on a banjolele. A subsequent release as a single reached number one in the official UK Singles Chart for three weeks in 1986.
Song versions
On the Spit in Your Ear album, the "Celebrity Mega Mix" version of "The Chicken Song" was included, which features celebrities such as Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Tina Turner singing the lyrics. The 12" single of "The Chicken Song" featured the extended "12 hour version", which contains numerous random repetitions of the verses and chorus at times when the song appears to be over. When the track is actually finished and the stylus reaches the end of the run-out groove, the first bar of the song is constantly repeated in the final locked-groove.
The Clemson–South Carolina rivalry, also called the Carolina–Clemson rivalry, is an American college rivalry between the University of South CarolinaGamecocks and the Clemson UniversityTigers. Both institutions are public universities supported by the state of South Carolina, and their campuses are separated by only 132 miles. USC and Clemson have been bitter rivals since the 1880s, and a heated rivalry continues to this day for a variety of reasons, including the historic tensions regarding their respective charters and the passions surrounding their athletic programs.
The Chicken is a popular rhythm and bluesdance started in America in the 1950s, in which the dancers flapped their arms and kicked back their feet in an imitation of a chicken. The dance featured lateral body movements, was used primarily as a change of pace step while doing the Twist. The chicken dance gained even more popularity when Rufus Thomas wrote "Do the Funky Chicken", a hit record in 1970.
Legacy
In the 1960s the Chicken gave rise to The Frug, showcased in Bob Fosse's choreography.
"The Chicken" or simply "Chicken" is a jazz tune composed by Pee Wee Ellis and made famous by Jaco Pastorius, especially in the live version of his posthumous album The Birthday Concert, recorded in 1981 but only released in 1995.
Other notable versions by the same artists include:
Pee Wee Ellis versions, recorded and renamed as "Chicken Soup" by Dave Liebman in 1977
a studio version by Jaco Pastorius, John Scofield and Kenwood Dennard
Since then it has become a jazz funkstandard, with renditions by great musicians who include:
Maceo Parker in the album Mo' Roots released in 1991, with Pee Wee Ellis (tenor sax), Steve Williamson (alto sax), Fred Wesley (trombone), Larry Goldings (keyboards), Rodney Jones (guitar), James Madison, Bill Stewart (drums), Kym Mazelle (vocals)
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