Can Can (Bad Manners song)

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"Can Can"
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Single by Bad Manners
from the album Gosh It's ... Bad Manners
B-side "Armchair Disco"
Released19 June 1981 (1981-06-19) [1]
Genre Ska
Length2:55
Label Magnet
Songwriter(s) Jacques Offenbach
Producer(s) Roger Lomas
Bad Manners singles chronology
"Just a Feeling"
(1981)		"Can Can"
(1981)		"Walking in the Sunshine"
(1981)

"Can Can" is a song by British 2-tone/ska band Bad Manners, released in June 1981 as the first single from their third album Gosh It's ... Bad Manners . It is an instrumental song, based on the music "Galop infernal" written by French composer Jacques Offenbach which was later adopted as the music for the dance the can-can. The arrangement was credited to Bad Manners. It peaked at number 3 for four weeks on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's joint biggest hit with "Special Brew". [2]

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Reception

Reviewing the song for Record Mirror , John Shearlaw wrote "You wouldn't believe that Buster Bloodvessel could keep his (enormous) mouth shut for the length of a single, but that's exactly what he does on this delightful work-out of the theme that launched a thousand Westerns; and one that's a guaranteed hit. Dizzy production, instant appeal and a truly breathtaking piece of opportunism. Lift those legs!". [3]

Track listing

  1. "Can Can" – 2:55
  2. "Armchair Disco" – 3:10

Charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] 76
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [5] 13
Ireland (IRMA) [6] 15
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [7] 11
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [8] 14
UK Singles (OCC) [2] 3

References

  1. ↑ "News" (PDF). Record Business. 8 June 1981. p. 21. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Bad Manners: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  3. ↑ "Singles". Record Mirror : 10. 20 June 1981. Retrieved 12 November 2020– via flickr.com.
  4. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 311. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  5. ↑ "Bad Manners – Can Can" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  6. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Can Can". Irish Singles Chart.
  7. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Bad Manners" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  8. ↑ "Bad Manners – Can Can" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
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