Five Get Over Excited
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Five Get Over Excited is a song by The Housemartins released as a single from their album The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death.
The follow-up to their #1 UK hit "Caravan of Love" (although it was preceded by the USA-only release of "Flag Day"), it peaked at #11 on the UK Singles Chart in June 1987.[1][2]
Although it was the first single without drummer Hugh Whitaker, who left the band before this song and album were recorded,[2] Whitaker appears in the music video for the track, where he is kidnapped by new drummer Dave Hemingway.
Music writer Rikki Rooksby notes that the track's "anti-hyperbolic title" is "positively revolutionary", as the use of hyperbole in pop lyrics is pervasive but never admitted.[3] In 2007, the Manchester Evening News described the tune as "another corking chart hit that stands as a beacon amongst the dross of the 1980s."[4]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
7 inch single track listing
- "Five Get Over Excited"
- "Rebel Without The Airplay"
12 inch/cassette single track listing
- "Five Get Over Excited"
- "So Glad"
- "Hopelessly Devoted To Them"
- "Rebel Without The Airplay"
Charts
| Chart (1987) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Dutch Singles Chart | 96 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 4 |
| UK Singles Chart | 11 |
References
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- ↑ "Five Get Over Excited", Chart Stats, retrieved 2010-02-10
- ↑ a b Strong, Martin C. (2002) The Great Rock Discography, Canongate, Template:ISBN, p. 489
- ↑ Rikki Rooksby. The title may also be a reference to Enid Blyton 's Famous Five novels. Lyrics: Writing Better Words for Your Songs (2006) (Template:ISBN)
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