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.[2]
The project took 132 hours to mix the vocals of the seven songs, eight months to animate, and around two years in total.[citation needed] 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,[3] 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.[4]
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.[5]
Composition
The single is a medley of multiple songs played out in the following order:
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,[citation needed] 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.[1]
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 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 Jacksons' "Can You Feel It", joined by Postman Pat, Ben Tennyson, Fireman Sam, Wendy, and Marsha. Scooby-Doo and Shaggy sing Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop", accompanied by The Koala Brothers, The Wombles, Aloysius Parker, and Peppa Pig. Fifi sings The Pussycat Dolls' "Jai Ho", accompanied by other female characters, Ajay Bains joins their flash mob much to the disapproval of Bob, Big Chris, Mr. Carburettor, Sam, Elvis, Steele, Pat, Virgil, Parker, and Brains. Ajay then realizes his mistake and joins the men for their new rendition of Chumbawamba's "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.
^ abcMyers, Justin (17 November 2016). "The biggest selling Children In Need singles ranked". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
^Kay Talks About His Instant Classic Bolton Journal, 3 December 2009 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^I Love 1967 BBC Cult, November 2008 – Interview mentioning burnt Trumpton models
^Royal Mail drops Postman Pat Brand Republic, 20 November 2000
^"Hit makes £170,000 for Children in Need". The Independent. Press Association. 8 December 2009. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
^"Children in Need single revealed". Daily Mirror. 20 November 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
^"Charts Plus Year end 2009" (PDF). Charts Plus. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
^"British single certifications – Peter Kay's Animated All-Star Band – The Official BBC Children in Need Medley". British Phonographic Industry.Select singles in the Format field.Select Gold in the Certification field.Type The Official BBC Children in Need Medley in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources The Official BBC Children in Need Medley news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 1 The Official BBC Children in Need Medley Single by Peter Kay s Animated All Star BandReleased21 November 2009 2009 11 21 Recorded2009GenreCharityLength4 30LabelSonySongwriter s VariousJackie Jackson Michael Jackson Christine McVie A R Rahman Sampooran Kalra Tanvi Shah Judith Abbott Duncan Bruce Paul Greco Anne Holden Darren Hamer Nigel Hunter Louise Watts Allan Whalley Gary Barlow John Lennon Paul McCartney Guy Garvey Craig Potter Mark Potter Pete Turner Richard JuppPeter Kay singles chronology Once Upon a Christmas Song 2008 The Official BBC Children in Need Medley 2009 I Know Him So Well 2011 Children in Need singles chronology Do Ya Stay with Me 2008 The Official BBC Children in Need Medley 2009 Love You More 2010 Contents 1 History 2 Composition 3 Chart performance 4 Music video 4 1 Characters 5 Track listing 6 Charts 6 1 Weekly charts 6 2 Year end charts 7 Certifications 8 Release history 9 ReferencesHistory EditAccording 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 2 The project took 132 hours to mix the vocals of the seven songs eight months to animate and around two years in total citation needed 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 3 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 4 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 5 Composition EditThe single is a medley of multiple songs played out in the following order Can You Feel It originally performed by the Jacksons 1981 0 00 1 08 Don t Stop originally performed by Fleetwood Mac 1976 1 08 2 27 Jai Ho from the film Slumdog Millionaire originally performed by A R Rahman and the Pussycat Dolls 2009 2 12 2 41 Tubthumping originally performed by Chumbawamba 1997 2 41 3 00 Never Forget originally performed by Take That 1995 3 00 3 18 Hey Jude originally performed by the Beatles 1968 3 18 4 30 One Day Like This originally performed by Elbow 2008 3 37 4 30 Chart performance EditThe 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 citation needed 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 1 Music video Edit The group perform the Beatles 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 citation needed including Ringo Starr who was a member of the Beatles who recorded Hey Jude which is sung here as Thomas the Tank Engine 6 One of the exceptions is Scooby Doo who is voiced by Frank Welker since original voice artist Don Messick died in 1997 7 Most of the contributions are stop motion characters Some 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 Jacksons Can You Feel It joined by Postman Pat Ben Tennyson Fireman Sam Wendy and Marsha Scooby Doo and Shaggy sing Fleetwood Mac s Don t Stop accompanied by The Koala Brothers The Wombles Aloysius Parker and Peppa Pig Fifi sings The Pussycat Dolls Jai Ho accompanied by other female characters Ajay Bains joins their flash mob much to the disapproval of Bob Big Chris Mr Carburettor Sam Elvis Steele Pat Virgil Parker and Brains Ajay then realizes his mistake and joins the men for their new rendition of Chumbawamba s 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 Edit HiT Entertainment Thomas amp Friends Thomas the Tank Engine voiced by Sir Ringo Starr Sir Topham Hatt Fireman Sam Fireman Sam Jones voiced by Steven Kynman Firefighter Elvis Cridlington voiced by Steven Kynman Station Officer Norris Steele 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 voiced by Tim Whitnall 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 voiced by John Thomson Ben voiced by Jimmy Hibbert 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 amp 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 amp Design A amp 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 EditCD singleNo TitleLength1 The Official BBC Children in Need Medley Total length 4 30 DVD singleNo TitleLength1 The Official BBC Children in Need Medley Video 4 30Total length 4 30Charts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 2009 PeakpositionIreland IRMA 8 6Scotland OCC 9 1UK Singles OCC 10 1 Year end charts Edit Chart 2009 PositionUK Singles Official Charts Company 11 27Certifications EditRegion Certification Certified units salesUnited Kingdom BPI 12 Gold 452 000 1 Release history EditRegion Date Label FormatUnited Kingdom 21 November 2009 Sony Digital download23 November 2009 CD DVDReferences Edit a b c Myers Justin 17 November 2016 The biggest selling Children In Need singles ranked Official Charts Company Retrieved 18 November 2016 Kay Talks About His Instant Classic Bolton Journal 3 December 2009 Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine I Love 1967 BBC Cult November 2008 Interview mentioning burnt Trumpton models Royal Mail drops Postman Pat Brand Republic 20 November 2000 Hit makes 170 000 for Children in Need The Independent Press Association 8 December 2009 Archived from the original on 18 June 2022 Retrieved 8 December 2009 Children in Need single revealed Daily Mirror 20 November 2009 Retrieved 13 April 2011 Don Messick Internet Movie Database The Irish Charts Search Results BBC Children in Need Medley Irish Singles Chart Retrieved 10 July 2018 Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved 10 July 2018 Official Singles Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved 10 July 2018 Charts Plus Year end 2009 PDF Charts Plus Retrieved 19 July 2010 British single certifications Peter Kay s Animated All Star Band The Official BBC Children in Need Medley British Phonographic Industry Selectsinglesin the Format field SelectGoldin the Certification field TypeThe Official BBC Children in Need Medley in the Search BPI Awards field and then press Enter Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Official BBC Children in Need Medley amp oldid 1136145371, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
