Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick
"Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" is a song by Ian Dury and the Blockheads, first released as a single on Stiff Records in the UK on 23 November 1978. Written by Dury and the Blockheads' multi-instrumentalist Chaz Jankel, it is the group's most successful single, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart in January 1979 as well as reaching the top three in Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, and it was also a top 20 hit in several European countries.
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Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick
"Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" is a song by Ian Dury and the Blockheads, first released as a single on Stiff Records in the UK on 23 November 1978. Written by Dury and the Blockheads' multi-instrumentalist Chaz Jankel, it is the group's most successful single, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart in January 1979 as well as reaching the top three in Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, and it was also a top 20 hit in several European countries.
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"Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick ...... time in the UK at that point.
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"There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards"
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Gold (BPI)
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1978-11-23
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733,575,369
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"Heart of Glass" by Blondie
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Ian Dury & the Blockheads
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"Y.M.C.A." by Village People
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Recorded
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United Kingdom
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This single
"Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick"
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Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick
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1979-01-27
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"Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick ...... in several European countries.
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