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The Wurzels - Combine Harvester (Brand New Key) [totp2]

WiggyVideos4 · 1.8M views · 2008-10-01 · 3:02

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Overview

A Top of the Pops performance of The Wurzels' 1976 novelty hit Combine Harvester (Brand New Key). It is a West Country English comic cover of a pop song.

On Hacker News

Posted as context for the song reference in the title of a story about a combine harvester software lock, and as a joke elsewhere.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2020–2024

Topics

Music performance & songs
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the wurzelscombine harvestertop of the popsbritish pop

What people said

mnw21cam · 2024-08 · Joke / meme

Although you could say the same about an "English accent" as well. Which particular part of England do you want this accent to be from? For example, [VIDEO] is a fine example of an English accent.

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hnbad · 2021-07 · Reference

The title of the article is a pop culture reference that may fly over most people's heads, so for context here's The Wurzels performing the song "Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)": [VIDEO] The song itself is a parody/adaption of the Melanie song "Brand New Key" ("I got a brand new pair of roller skates, you got a brand new key"): [LINK]

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zeristor · 2020-11 · Joke / meme

There goes my plan of having him do a novelty song with The Wurzels of “I’ve got a brand new Star Destroyer and I’ll give you a ride” in his Somerset accent. [VIDEO]

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