Tuesday 3 March 2009

Comic Relief - the songs

Friday 13th March is Comic Relief day in the UK. For our American cousins, this was the inspiration for American Idol Gives Back, but here it happens every two years - complete with obligatory singles. Let's look at some examples.

One of the first, and still one of the best, is Cliff Richards and The Young Ones.



More recenlty, boy bands such as Westlife have done songs, but one of the best is an original - this one by McFly.



More recently, it has been the comedy cover that has won through, starting with Mister Peter Kay's take on a Tony Christie classic in 2005.




He followed this up in 2007 with a cover alongside Matt Lucas, as two wheelchair bound men do a Proclaimers number with a little help from some friends.



Much, much better than the official single - a version of Run DMC and Aerosmith...



So what are the songs this year? Well, from the comedy front we have two characters from Barry Island mixing it up in Vegas...



While a girl band try and out-do Depeche Mode....




Who is best? You decide....

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