The Combine Harvester

"The Combine Harvester"
Single by Brendan Grace, The Wurzels
Released 1975, 1976[1]
Format Single
Genre Novelty, scrumpy and Western
Length 3:03
Label Solo, EMI[1]
Producer(s) Tommy Ellis, Bob Barratt[1]

"The Combine Harvester" is a novelty song which was a number-one hit for Brendan Grace in Ireland in 1975 and then The Wurzels in the UK in 1976. The song is a parody of Melanie Safka's 1971 hit, Brand New Key, with rustic lyrics replacing the original theme of roller-skating.[2]

In the UK, the song was released by The Wurzels, an act from Somerset with a rustic West Country style which they called "Scrumpy and Western". It reached number one on 12 June 1976 and stayed there for three weeks.[1]

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Irish Singles Chart 1
UK Singles Chart 1

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Jon Kutner (2010), 1000 UK Number One Hits (390), Omnibus Press, ISBN 9780857123602
  2. ↑ Audrey Healy (2002), Dubliners: What's the Story?, Currach Press, p. 67, ISBN 9781856079006
Preceded by
"No Charge" by J.J. Barrie		 UK Singles Chart number-one single
1976 		Succeeded by
"You to Me Are Everything" by The Real Thing
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