| "Fast Food Song" | ||||
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| Single by Fast Food Rockers | ||||
| from the album It's Never Easy Being Cheesy | ||||
| Released | 16 June 2003 | |||
| Length | 3:10 | |||
| Label | Better the Devil | |||
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| "Fast Food Song" on YouTube | ||||
"Fast Food Song" is a song made famous by British-based band Fast Food Rockers, although it existed long before they recorded it,[1] as a popular children's playground song. The chorus is based on the Moroccan folk tune "A Ram Sam Sam" and mentions fast food restaurant chains McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut.[2]
The song was released on 16 June 2003 as the lead single from their album It's Never Easy Being Cheesy. The song was highly successful in the United Kingdom, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart and number one on the Scottish Singles Chart. The song also achieved minor chart success worldwide and reached number 24 on the Irish Charts and number 56 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. The song was co-written and produced by Mike Stock.
The original version of this song was written and recorded in Dutch by Eric Dikeb, called "Pizza-ha-ha", even though it is better known as "De Pizza Hut". "Fast Food Song" is only one of the many adaptations of the Dutch original. Other versions include "De pizza dans" by Dynamite, which was a number-one hit in Belgium's Flanders region,[3] and "Burger Dance" by DJ Ötzi and Dikeb, which reached number one in Germany.
- ^ Phyllis S Weikart and Jane Allman (1988), Movement plus rhymes, songs & singing games : activities for children ages 3–7, High/Scope Press, Ypsilanti, Michigan, p. 58
- ^ Bullock, Darryl W (4 February 2015). The World's Worst Records: Volume One: An Arcade of Audio Atrocity. Bristol Green Publishing. p. 236. ISBN 978-1-4826-2446-5.
- ^ "Dynamite feat. Robsnob – De pizza dans" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 19 August 2023.