It's Good News Week
| "It's Good News Week" | ||||
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| Single by Hedgehoppers Anonymous | ||||
| B-side | "Afraid of Love" | |||
| Released | 1965 | |||
| Format | 7-inch single | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Label | UK Decca, US Parrot | |||
| Writer(s) | Jonathan King | |||
| Producer(s) | Jonathan King | |||
| Hedgehoppers Anonymous singles chronology | ||||
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"It's Good News Week" is a song and single by the British band, Hedgehoppers Anonymous. Written and produced by Jonathan King it was first released in 1965.[1]
Background and chart success
The song is a protest song that comments on the media's obsession with bad news.[2] It reached number 5 in the UK Singles Chart and stayed on the chart for 12 weeks.[3] The group released four other tracks before breaking up.[4] Lack of further chart activity leaves them labelled as one-hit wonders.[3] It was issued in the US on Parrot reaching #48.
This song was used as the theme music for Good News Week, a satirical news-based comedy quiz show on Australian television which ran from 1996 to 2000 and was revived in 2008.[4] It was also used in the UK comedy series Dead Man Weds in 2005.[5]
References
- ↑ "It's Good News Week". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ↑ Thompson, Dave. "It's Good News Week". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- 1 2 "Uk Chart — Hedgehoppers Anonymous". www.officialscharts.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- 1 2 "Biography by Steven McDonald". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ↑ Barber, Lyn (27 March 2005). "Yours faithfully". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 November 2015.