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Wikipedia article "'The Official BBC Children in Need Medley'" is a single by Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band. It is the official Children in Need Single for 2009, and was released on 21 November 2009. The song was shown for the first time on Children in Need 2009. The cover art is a parody of the cover of 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' by the Beatles. The single has sold over 452,000 copies in the UK, earning it gold status from the BPI. History According to a news interview, Kay conceptualized the single while working with the director. The director said that he would "love to do something like that" but he and Kay regarded it mostly as a joke. After some time away from the subject, Kay brought it up again, this time with the actual intent to produce it. The director said that he and Kay "just sat down one lunchtime and wrote a list", with as many characters recorded on it as they could think of from their childhoods, as well as some modern favourites and US cartoon characters. The song was recorded at Hullabaloo Studios by the Voice and Music Company. The project was carried out in top secret at the request of executive producer Kay. Celebrities and voice artists who voiced characters' original vocals were brought in without being told details of the project. When contacted by Cartoon Network Studios, Casey Kasem agreed to take part on the condition that Shaggy was shown to be a vegetarian and asked not to be given credit as he was officially retired.[http://i.imagehost.org/0813/paperclippingpeterkay.jpg Kay Talks About His Instant Classic] 'Bolton Journal', 3 December 2009 The project took 132 hours to mix the vocals of the seven other songs, eight months to animate, and around two years in total. Many of the original character models had been packed away, given to museums or cremated. Where possible the originals were found and transported to Chapman Studios in Altrincham from all over the world. In cases where the original models no longer existed, such as the characters from Camberwick Green and Trumpton,[https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/years/1967/tv3.shtml I Love 1967] BBC Cult, November 2008 Interview mentioning burnt Trumpton models new copies of the original models were created. Because permission was not given by Royal Mail to use their more up to date logo, Postman Pat's van was a modified design with only the number plate PAT 4.[http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/12330/Royal-Mail-drops-Postman-Pat Royal Mail drops Postman Pat] Brand Republic, 20 November 2000 The single raised at least 170,000 for Children in Need after more than 265,000 CD, DVD and download sales by mid-December 2009. Composition The single is a medley of multiple songs played out in the following order: # "'Can You Feel It'" originally performed by the Jacksons (1981) (0:001:08) # "'Don't Stop'" originally performed by Fleetwood Mac (1976) (1:082:27) # "'Jai Ho!'" from the film 'Slumdog Millionaire' originally performed by A.R. Rahman and the Pussycat Dolls (2009) (2:122:41) # "'Tubthumping'" originally performed by Chumbawamba (1997) (2:413:00) # "'Never Forget'" originally performed by Take That (1995) (3:003:18) # "'Hey Jude'" originally performed by the Beatles (1968) (3:184:30) # "'One Day Like This'" originally performed by Elbow (2008) (3:374:30) Chart performance The single entered the UK Singles Chart on download sales alone at number 18. On iTunes, the video was being downloaded almost three times as much as the single. Video sales are not included in the UK Singles Chart, so it was felt that the single might not chart as highly as expected, however it climbed to number one in its second week on the chart after it was released on CD and DVD. Although it peaked very highly on the UK Singles Chart, it peaked surprisingly low on the UK Downloads Chart, at number 30. The high physical sales of the single meant that it held off Jason Derulo's "Whatcha Say" in its first week and Rihanna's "Russian Roulette" in its second week. In its third week, the single dropped to number 2 after it was knocked off the number one spot by Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance". In the fourth week, the single fell to number 4 and then number 11 in its fifth week. In its sixth week, the song dropped 24 places to 35. The song entered the European Hot 100 at number 58; the next week it climbed 51 places to number 7, and peaked at number 5; the song then dropped to number 11 the next week. The song entered the Irish Singles Chart at number 25, then the following week the song moved up to 19, and peaked at number 6. As of November 2016, the song has sold 452,000 copies in the UK. Music video ' number one hit, "Hey Jude" and Elbow's "One Day Like This". The music video shows the Animated All Star Band meeting and recording the song in a studio, spoofing other charity songs in the style of Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?", with Big Chris, the character voiced by Kay in 'Roary the Racing Car', first arranging the recording session and then leading the singing. The music video features over 100 cartoon characters from different production companies. Nearly all of the characters are voiced by their original UK voice artists including Ringo Starr (who was a member of the Beatles who recorded "Hey Jude", which is sung here) as Thomas the Tank Engine. One of the exceptions is Scooby-Doo who is voiced by Frank Welker since original voice artist Don Messick died in 1997.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0582106/ Don Messick] Internet Movie Database Most of the contributions are stop motion characters. Some did not appear on TV screens within the stop motion world "via satellite", including US cartoon characters Shaggy Rogers, Scooby-Doo, and Ben Tennyson. Roobarb and Custard, Peppa Pig, George Pig and Muffin the Mule are also included. Cartoon characters SpongeBob SquarePants and Angelina Ballerina appear on Big Chris' smartphone. The video depicts Big Chris at night talking to Postman Pat on the phone, saying he wants to get everyone together for the recording. Bob the Builder sings the first song, joined by Postman Pat and Fireman Sam. Fifi sings "Jai Ho", accompanied by other female characters, as well as Ajay Bains before realising his mistake and joining the men for their new rendition of "Tubthumping", and then the entire cast sing a montage of Take That's "Never Forget", the Beatles' "Hey Jude", and Elbow's "One Day Like This". At the end of the video, Chippy Minton appears, only to be informed by Big Chris that they have just finished. Characters 'HiT Entertainment' 'Thomas & Friends' Thomas the Tank Engine (voiced by Sir Ringo Starr) Sir Topham Hatt 'Fireman Sam' Fireman Sam (voiced by Steven Kynman) Firefighter Elvis Cridlington (voiced by David Carling also voiced by Steven Kynman) Station Officer Norris Steele (also voiced by David Carling) Firefighter Penny Morris (voiced by Tegwen Tucker) 'Bob the Builder' Bob the Builder (voiced by Neil Morrissey Wendy (voiced by Kate Harbour) Spud (voiced by Rob Rackstraw) Scoop (also voiced by Rob Rackstraw) Pilchard 'Pingu' *Pingu 'Rubbadubbers' *Tubb (voiced by John Gordon Sinclair) Terence (also voiced by John Gordon Sinclair) Finbar (voiced by Sean Hughes) Sploshy (voiced by Maria Darling) 'Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps' *Angelina Ballerina (voiced by Charlotte Spencer) Other incidental characters from Bob the Builder 5 unnamed photographers 1 cameraman ** 1 man at mixing desk 'DreamWorks Classics' 'Woodland Animations Ltd:' 'Postman Pat' Postman Pat (voiced by Lewis MacLeod) Jess Ajay Bains (voiced by Kulvinder Ghir) Nisha Bains (voiced by Archie Panjabi) Mrs Goggins (voiced by Carole Boyd) Ted Glen (voiced by Ken Barrie) *Meera Bains 'Chapman Entertainment' 'Roary the Racing Car' *Roary the Racing Car (voiced by Maria Darling) Big Chris (voiced by Peter Kay) Marsha (also voiced by Maria Darling) Mr Carburettor Rusty (voiced by Dominic Frisby) Flash Big Christine Farmer Green (voiced by Tim Whitnall) 'Fifi and the Flowertots' *Fifi Forget-Me-Not (voiced by Jane Horrocks) Mo Stingo (voiced by Tim Whitnall) Violet (voiced by Maria Darling) Bumble (voiced by Marc Silk) Primrose (also voiced by Jane Horrocks) Slugsy (also voiced by Marc Silk) Buttercup (voiced by Joanna Ruiz) Daisy (voiced by Janet James) *Flutterby *'Raa Raa the Noisy Lion' *Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 'Spellbound Entertainment Ltd' 'The Koala Brothers' Frank the Koala (voiced by Keith Wickham) *Buster the Koala (voiced by Rob Rackstraw) 'Create Media Ventures' 'Little Robots' Tiny (voiced by Hayley Carmichael) Stretchy (voiced by Jimmy Hibbert) Sporty (voiced by Lenny Henry) Scary (voiced by Mike Hayley) Noisy 'BBC Studios' Muffin the Mule 'The Woodentops' * Daddy Woodentop * Mummy Woodentop 'Flower Pot Men' Bill Ben 'Andy Pandy' *Andy Pandy Looby Loo Teddy 'Children in Need' **Pudsey Bear 'Cosgrove Hall Films Ltd' 'Engie Benjy' Engie Benjy (voiced by Declan Donnelly) *Jollop the Dog 'WildBrain' 'Cookie Jar Entertainment:' 'Paddington (1975 TV series)'/'Paddington Bear' & 'The Adventures of Paddington Bear' (1997) *Paddington Bear (voiced by Jonathan Kydd) 'The Wombles' *Alderney (voiced by Bernard Cribbins) Orinoco (voiced by Bernard Cribbins) Bungo (voiced by Bernard Cribbins) Wellington (voiced by Bernard Cribbins) *Great Uncle Bulgaria 'Ragdoll Productions' 'Teletubbies' *Tinky Winky (voiced by Simon Shelton) Dipsy (voiced by John Simmit) Laa-Laa (voiced by Nikky Smedley) Po (voiced by Pui Fan Lee) 'In the Night Garden...' *Igglepiggle Upsy Daisy Makka Pakka Tombliboos *Pinky Ponk 'Entertainment One and Channel 5 productions' 'Peppa Pig' Peppa Pig (voiced by Harley Bird) *George Pig 'ITV International Media Limited' 'Thunderbirds' Virgil Tracy Brains Parker Lady Penelope Alan Tracy **Gordon Tracy **Thunderbird 2 'Smallfilms' Bagpuss 'Hanna-Barbera and Cartoon Network Studios' 'Ben 10: Alien Force' Ben Tennyson (voiced by Yuri Lowenthal) 'Scooby-Doo' Scooby-Doo (voiced by Frank Welker) Shaggy Rogers (voiced by Casey Kasem) 'Nickelodeon' 'SpongeBob SquarePants' SpongeBob SquarePants 'Monster Animation & Design / A&B TV' 'Roobarb' Roobarb (voiced by Richard Briers) Custard (voiced by Richard Briers) 'Fluffy Gardens' *Paolo the Cat Mavis the Pony *Small Green Thing 'ITV Studios' 'Rainbow' Zippy George 'The Sooty Show' *Sooty (voiced and puppeteered by Brian Sandford) Sweep (voiced and puppeteered by Jimmy Hibbert) *Soo (voiced and puppeteered by Brenda Longman) 'Gordon Murray's Productions' 'Camberwick Green' Windy Miller (voiced by Brian Cant) 'Trumpton' Chippy Minton Miss Lovelace (voiced by Brian Cant) Characters with an asterisk () after their names, appear on the cover montage but not in the music video itself. Track listing Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Release history References Category:2009 songs Category:2009 singles Category:Children in Need singles Category:Music medleys Category:Crossover animation Category:Crossover fiction Category:2009 in British music Category:All-star recordings Category:Number-one singles in Scotland Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles
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