"The Combine Harvester" | |
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Single by Brendan Grace, The Wurzels | |
Released | 1975, 1976 |
Format | Single |
Genre | Novelty, scrumpy and Western |
Length | 3:03 |
Label | Solo, EMI |
Producer(s) | Tommy Ellis, Bob Barratt |
"The Combine Harvester" is a novelty song which was a number-one hit for Brendan Grace in Ireland in 1975 and then The Wurzels in the UK in 1976. The song is a parody of Melanie Safka's 1971 hit, Brand New Key, with rustic lyrics replacing the original theme of roller-skating.
In the UK, the song was released by The Wurzels, an act from Somerset with a rustic West Country style which they called "Scrumpy and Western". It reached number one on 12 June 1976 and stayed there for three weeks.