"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" is a song made popular by Middle of the Road for whom it was a UK number one chart hit. were reluctant to release it overseas so he offered it to Scottish folk-pop group Middle Of The Road who were working in Italy at the time. The song became a large hit on the continent initially but became a hit in the UK as returning holidaymakers searched out a copy. It nearly flopped in the UK as Mac and Katie Kissoon released a version just before them, but aided by the patronage of DJ Tony Blackburn it became a massive hit. It reached #1 in the UK for five weeks in June 1971, the Kissoon version failed to chart in the UK but reached #20 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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  • "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" is a song made popular by Middle of the Road for whom it was a UK number one chart hit. were reluctant to release it overseas so he offered it to Scottish folk-pop group Middle Of The Road who were working in Italy at the time. The song became a large hit on the continent initially but became a hit in the UK as returning holidaymakers searched out a copy. It nearly flopped in the UK as Mac and Katie Kissoon released a version just before them, but aided by the patronage of DJ Tony Blackburn it became a massive hit. It reached #1 in the UK for five weeks in June 1971, the Kissoon version failed to chart in the UK but reached #20 on the Billboard Hot 100. Dismissed by critics as bubblegum at the time, a view initially agreed upon by band leader Ken Andrews, We were as disgusted with the thought of recording it as most people were at the thought of buying it. But at the end of the day, we liked it. It was later referenced in the Denim song Middle of the Road in 1992, and more recently covered by novelty act Cartoons. It is featured in the Neil Jordan film Breakfast on Pluto. The song has been covered in many languages, including Vietnamese, Korean, Spanish and German. A dance song in German to the same tune, Reiss die Hütte ab, was recorded by Mickie Krause . The PJ Harvey song Nina In Ecstasy contains an interpolation of the lines "Where's your mama gone (Where's your mama gone) / Far far away". British band Top of the Poppers covered the song on their Top of the Pops, Volume 18 album. (en)
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  • "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" is a song made popular by Middle of the Road for whom it was a UK number one chart hit. were reluctant to release it overseas so he offered it to Scottish folk-pop group Middle Of The Road who were working in Italy at the time. The song became a large hit on the continent initially but became a hit in the UK as returning holidaymakers searched out a copy. It nearly flopped in the UK as Mac and Katie Kissoon released a version just before them, but aided by the patronage of DJ Tony Blackburn it became a massive hit. It reached #1 in the UK for five weeks in June 1971, the Kissoon version failed to chart in the UK but reached #20 on the Billboard Hot 100. (en)
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  • Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (en)
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