Draft:Dickie Davies Eyes

"Dickie Davies Eyes"
"Dickie Davies Eyes"
Single by Half Man Half Biscuit
Released	1986
Recorded	1986
Studio	The Cottage, Macclesfield
Genre	Post-punk
Length	4:26
Label	Probe Plus PP21
Producer(s)	The Bald Brothers
Half Man Half Biscuit singles chronology

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Instructions · What links here · Dickie Davies Eyes (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 37 days ago by Jamspandex (talk: D · +) · Last edited 0 seconds ago

Warning: The page Dickie Davies Eyes redirects to Back Again in the DHSS. Please ensure it is not a copy or that this page is located to the correct title.

"Dickie Davies Eyes" is a 1986 7" 45rpm vinyl single by the English indie band, Half Man Half Biscuit. The song title parodies the song title of the single Betty Davis Eyes and refers to Dickie Davies, a UK television presenter, notable for presenting World of Sport from the late 1960s until 1985.

The single was produced by The Bald Brothers (Geof Davies and Sam Davis), and engineered by Roger Boden.

The B-side was I Left My Heart In Papworth General ^[1] for the 7" single, and additionally featured The Bastard Son of Dean Friedman for the 12" EP^[2]. The song was later included on the album Back Again in the DHSS.

It was subsequently re-released on the compact disc ACD in 1989.

The song reached number 86 in the standard UK Charts in October 1986^[3], and reached number 1 in the UK indie chart^[4] . Sometime following the death of Dickie Davies in 2023^[5], it subsequently entered the Official Charts at number 32 for 1 week in August 2023 ^[6].

^ "Half Man Half Biscuit – Dickie Davies Eyes" at Discogs
^ "Half Man Half Biscuit – Dickie Davies Eyes EP" at Discogs
^ "UK Singles Charts: 1986 (including chart panel sales)". UKMIX Forums. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
^ "UK Indie Singles Charts: 1986". UKMIX Forums. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
^ "Dickie Davies, host of ITV's World of Sport for nearly two decades, dies". BBC News. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
^ "The Official Charts". Official Charts. Retrieved 18 October 2024.

[1] "Half Man Half Biscuit – Dickie Davies Eyes" at Discogs

[2] "Half Man Half Biscuit – Dickie Davies Eyes EP" at Discogs

[3] "UK Singles Charts: 1986 (including chart panel sales)". UKMIX Forums. Retrieved 18 October 2024.

[4] "UK Indie Singles Charts: 1986". UKMIX Forums. Retrieved 18 October 2024.

[5] "Dickie Davies, host of ITV's World of Sport for nearly two decades, dies". BBC News. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2024.

[6] "The Official Charts". Official Charts. Retrieved 18 October 2024.

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