Agadoo

Agadoo

Infobox Single
Name = Agadoo


Caption = Agadoo/Fiddler Single
Artist = Black Lace
from Album =
Released = 1984
Format = 7" vinyl
Recorded = 1984
Genre = Pop
Length = 3:06
Label =
Writer =
Chart position =
Last single =
This single =
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"Agadoo" was a Novelty song recorded by the band Black Lace in 1984. It was a cover of Patrick Zabé's 1974 French hit "Agadou". "Agadoo" peaked at number 2 in the UK singles chart and spent 30 weeks in the UK Top 75. It went on to become the 7th best-selling single of 1984 in the UK.

The original song was played in a Derby nightclub, 'Gossips', to which the bar staff made a dance. It proved so popular that when Black Lace performed at the club in 1981, they learnt the dance and recorded their own version. This was verified on Radio Derby in 2006.

Black Lace also recorded an x-rated version of the song entitled "Have a Screw," but did not release this version as a single.

The Australian satirical TV Show CNNNN ran a fake cross-promotion for "Agadoo: The Musical".

The song was parodied in "The Chicken Song" by the satirical television programme, "Spitting Image".

The song was produced by Barry Whitfield who also appears in the video for the song as a pear.

The song was also used as a chant by fans of Manchester United for midfielder Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira.


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