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Rik Mayall's 'Noble England' Racing Up The UK Charts

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It was recorded in 2010 to coincide with the World Cup in South Africa. It failed to chart.

But now, with the passing of Rik Mayall, and the beginning of the World Cup in Brazil, Noble England, a strange mix of football terrace chanting and Rik Mayall twisting famous English jingoistic lines into football relevance is racing up the music charts, fuelled by the antics of Jon Morter who managed to deny Simon Cowell his Christmas X-Factor No 1 in 2009 by getting Rage Against The Machine in there instead.

Sadly, it seems like an  X-Factor single will get to No 1 again this weekend. But there's always time.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMAFme1hBH0[/youtube]

It is a bit odd, I have to say. Part audition for Game Of Thrones, part English Defence League rally. But I've cried for Harry, St George and England and just bought a copy.

Though in fairness, I always preferred this…

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGOU0o9K89g[/youtube]

 

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Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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