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'Worst song' Agadoo re-released | 'Worst song' Agadoo re-released |
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Black Lace hit Agadoo, named the worst song of all time by a panel of music writers, is being re-released 25 years after it hit number two. | Black Lace hit Agadoo, named the worst song of all time by a panel of music writers, is being re-released 25 years after it hit number two. |
The song, kept off the top by George Michael's Careless Whisper in 1984, won the title in a 2003 Q magazine poll. | The song, kept off the top by George Michael's Careless Whisper in 1984, won the title in a 2003 Q magazine poll. |
The video for Agadoo (Mambo 2009 remix) was directed by Bruce Jones, who played Coronation Street's Les Battersby. | The video for Agadoo (Mambo 2009 remix) was directed by Bruce Jones, who played Coronation Street's Les Battersby. |
Black Lace singer Dene Michael said: "With all the doom and gloom in the world, this is just what we need." | Black Lace singer Dene Michael said: "With all the doom and gloom in the world, this is just what we need." |
Actor Jones also appears in the video along with fellow former Coronation Street actor Kevin Kennedy, who played Curly Watts in the soap. | Actor Jones also appears in the video along with fellow former Coronation Street actor Kevin Kennedy, who played Curly Watts in the soap. |
Michael is joined on the record, released on Monday, by new member Ian Robinson. | Michael is joined on the record, released on Monday, by new member Ian Robinson. |
Michael's original partner in the duo, Alan Barton, died in a bus crash in 1995. | Michael's original partner in the duo, Alan Barton, died in a bus crash in 1995. |
The band's other hits include Superman, Do The Conga and I Am The Music Man. | The band's other hits include Superman, Do The Conga and I Am The Music Man. |
The Q magazine panel summed up the 1984 original as "magnificently dreadful". | The Q magazine panel summed up the 1984 original as "magnificently dreadful". |
"It sounded like the school disco you were forced to attend, your middle-aged relatives forming a conga at a wedding party, a travelling DJ act based in Wolverhampton, every party cliche you ever heard," the panel added. | "It sounded like the school disco you were forced to attend, your middle-aged relatives forming a conga at a wedding party, a travelling DJ act based in Wolverhampton, every party cliche you ever heard," the panel added. |
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