This Jonathan King creation was the only charted single by the English group. As verified by King himself in his book “70 FFFY (Autobiography Vol. 2),” this U.S. single featured the song's original recorded version (with its bloody Asian butchered sacred cow reference). British Decca, though, was purportedly concerned about that particular lyric--offending religious groups? hurting radio airplay?--and had the passage replaced with a more benign comment about birth control for the UK commercial 45 release.
Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 44, Record World 45, Billboard 48 - 1965 UK Peak: 5
Transferred from mono 45 single Parrot 9800 - It’s Good News Week (King) by Hedgehoppers Anonymous, produced by Jonathan King
THE 1966 HITS ARCHIVE - Here in one place, a comprehensive collection of ‘pop’ best-sellers and songs which made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1966 (some were recorded in 1965)
