It's Good News Week

"It's Good new Week"
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
Don't Push Me
1965		 It's Good News Week
1965		 Stop Press
1966

"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

  1. ↑ "It's Good News Week". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Thompson, Dave. "It's Good News Week". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Uk Chart — Hedgehoppers Anonymous". www.officialscharts.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Biography by Steven McDonald". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  5. ↑ Barber, Lyn (27 March 2005). "Yours faithfully". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
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