| "Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3" | ||||
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| Single by Ian Dury & the Blockheads | ||||
| B-side | "Common as Muck" | |||
| Released | 27 July 1979[1] | |||
| Studio | Eretcia Studios, Rome | |||
| Genre | Proto-rap[2] | |||
| Length | 4:43, 6:41 (12" version) | |||
| Label | Stiff Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ian Dury / Chaz Jankel / Davey Payne | |||
| Producer(s) | Chaz Jankel | |||
| Ian Dury & the Blockheads singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Reasons To Be Cheerful, Pt. 3" (Official Lyrics Video) on YouTube | ||||
"Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3" is a song and single by Ian Dury and the Blockheads, initially released as the single "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 / Common as Muck" on 27 July 1979, which reached number 3 in the UK singles chart the following month.[3] It is the last single to be released by the band in their original line-up. Parts 1 and 2 do not exist.
- ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 38.
- ^ "Ian Dury: Hit Me! The Best of Ian Dury – album review". 16 October 2020.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 173. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.