Jumbo Breakfast Roll

"Jumbo Breakfast Roll"
Single by Pat Shortt
Released16 February 2006
Recorded2006
GenreNovelty
Length3:37
LabelSony BMG
Songwriter(s)Pat Shortt
Producer(s)Dave Keary

"Jumbo Breakfast Roll" is a 2006 single by Irish comedian Pat Shortt, under the guise of Showband singer 'Dicksie Walsh'. The subject of the song is the ubiquitous (in Ireland) breakfast roll.

The song was a number one hit in the Republic of Ireland for six weeks.[citation needed] It was the best selling song of 2006 in Ireland,[1] outselling Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie" by 500 copies.

According to figures compiled by GfK Chart-Track Jumbo Breakfast Roll came in at number 11 on the list of top selling songs of the decade. Pat Howe, music manager for HMV Ireland described it as a "guilty pleasure" and noted the Irish have a thing for novelty songs.[2]

  1. ^ "best of 2006". IRMA. Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  2. ^ Jan Battles (2010-01-10). "Six makes hit of the decade". The Sunday Times. News International. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2010-01-10.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)