| "Vindaloo" | ||||
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| Single by Fat Les | ||||
| Released | 8 June 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Comedy, football chant, Britpop | |||
| Length | 3:39 | |||
| Label | Telstar | |||
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"Vindaloo" is the debut single by British band Fat Les, released in 1998 and recorded for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The music was co-written by Blur bassist Alex James and bassist Guy Pratt. The lyrics were written by comedian Keith Allen. The song was originally written as a parody of football chants, but was adopted as one in its own right and became a classic.
The song's name comes from the vindaloo, a type of very spicy Goan curry that is popular in the United Kingdom.[1] Much of the song consists of the phrase "nah nah nah" and the word "vindaloo" repeated over and over by a mixed group, occasionally interspersed with lines such as "And we all like vindaloo" and "We're England; we're gonna score one more than you". The song has brief verses, spoken/sung by Keith Allen (in a voice sounding similar to that of Ian Dury) over a marching snare drum beat.
"Vindaloo" reached number two on the UK Singles Chart in June 1998; it was beaten to No. 1 by "3 Lions '98" by David Baddiel and Frank Skinner and Lightning Seeds, a re-recording of football anthem "Three Lions" from 1996 with slightly altered lyrics.
- ^ Edwards, Allan (2007). "Vindaloo". Curry Addicts. Allan Edwards. Archived from the original on 21 November 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
Vindaloo - the classic "hot" restaurant curry, a favorite for the boys night out