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	== Other versions ==		== Other versions ==
	*In 1957, [[Peter Sellers]] recorded a rendition in a voice he created for ''[[The Goon Show]]'', Willium "Mate" Cobblers. It reached No. 17 in the [[w:UK Singles Chart\|UK Singles Chart]] that year.<ref>{{cite web \|title=PETER SELLERS full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company \|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4961/peter-sellers/ \|website=www.officialcharts.com \|accessdate=1 November 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> Sellers had previously performed it as Major Dennis Bloodnok (with [[Spike Milligan]] as Minnie Bannister) in a 1954 episode of ''The Goon Show'' entitled "The Booted Gorilla".<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/gorilla.html\|title=The Goon Show Depository - Script - The Booted Gorilla (found?)]] (Series 5, Episode 10)}}</ref>		*In 1957, [[Peter Sellers]] recorded a rendition in a voice he created for ''[[The Goon Show]]'', Willium "Mate" Cobblers. It reached No. 17 in the [[w:UK Singles Chart\|UK Singles Chart]] that year.<ref>{{cite web \|title=PETER SELLERS full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company \|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4961/peter-sellers/ \|website=www.officialcharts.com \|accessdate=1 November 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> Sellers had previously performed it as Major Dennis Bloodnok (with [[Spike Milligan]] as Minnie Bannister) in a 1954 episode of ''The Goon Show'' entitled "The Booted Gorilla".<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/gorilla.html\|title=The Goon Show Depository - Script - The Booted Gorilla (found?) (Series 5, Episode 10)}}</ref>
	*It was performed on ''[[w:The Muppet Show\|The Muppet Show]]'' by [w:[Kermit the Frog\|]], joined by [[w:Fozzie Bear\|Fozzie Bear]], two [[w:Whatnot (Muppet)\|whatnot]]s, and the audience. [Season 2, Episode 14 ([[w:Elton John\|Elton John]])]		*It was performed on ''[[w:The Muppet Show\|The Muppet Show]]'' by [w:[Kermit the Frog\|]], joined by [[w:Fozzie Bear\|Fozzie Bear]], two [[w:Whatnot (Muppet)\|whatnot]]s, and the audience. [Season 2, Episode 14 ([[w:Elton John\|Elton John]])]
	*It was performed by [[w:Roger Daltrey\|Roger Daltrey]], accompanied by [[w:The Chieftains\|The Chieftains]], in [[w:Belfast\|Belfast]], [[w:Northern Ireland\|Northern Ireland]] in 1992. A recording of the performance appears on the album ''An Irish Evening''.		*It was performed by [[w:Roger Daltrey\|Roger Daltrey]], accompanied by [[w:The Chieftains\|The Chieftains]], in [[w:Belfast\|Belfast]], [[w:Northern Ireland\|Northern Ireland]] in 1992. A recording of the performance appears on the album ''An Irish Evening''.

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	== Other versions ==		== Other versions ==
	*In 1957, [[Peter Sellers]] recorded a rendition in a voice he created for ''[[The Goon Show]]'', Willium "Mate" Cobblers. It reached No. 17 in the [[w:UK Singles Chart\|UK Singles Chart]] that year.<ref>{{cite web \|title=PETER SELLERS full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company \|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4961/peter-sellers/ \|website=www.officialcharts.com \|accessdate=1 November 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> Sellers had previously performed it as Major Dennis Bloodnok (with [[Spike Milligan]] as Minnie Bannister) in a 1954 episode of ''The Goon Show'' entitled "The Booted Gorilla".<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/gorilla.html\|title=The Goon Show Depository - Script - [[The ~~Booted Gorilla (found?)\|the~~ Booted Gorilla (found?)]] (Series 5, Episode 10)}}</ref>		*In 1957, [[Peter Sellers]] recorded a rendition in a voice he created for ''[[The Goon Show]]'', Willium "Mate" Cobblers. It reached No. 17 in the [[w:UK Singles Chart\|UK Singles Chart]] that year.<ref>{{cite web \|title=PETER SELLERS full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company \|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4961/peter-sellers/ \|website=www.officialcharts.com \|accessdate=1 November 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> Sellers had previously performed it as Major Dennis Bloodnok (with [[Spike Milligan]] as Minnie Bannister) in a 1954 episode of ''The Goon Show'' entitled "The Booted Gorilla".<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/gorilla.html\|title=The Goon Show Depository - Script - The Booted Gorilla (found?)]] (Series 5, Episode 10)}}</ref>
	*It was performed on ''[[w:The Muppet Show\|The Muppet Show]]'' by [w:[Kermit the Frog\|]], joined by [[w:Fozzie Bear\|Fozzie Bear]], two [[w:Whatnot (Muppet)\|whatnot]]s, and the audience. [Season 2, Episode 14 ([[w:Elton John\|Elton John]])]		*It was performed on ''[[w:The Muppet Show\|The Muppet Show]]'' by [w:[Kermit the Frog\|]], joined by [[w:Fozzie Bear\|Fozzie Bear]], two [[w:Whatnot (Muppet)\|whatnot]]s, and the audience. [Season 2, Episode 14 ([[w:Elton John\|Elton John]])]
	*It was performed by [[w:Roger Daltrey\|Roger Daltrey]], accompanied by [[w:The Chieftains\|The Chieftains]], in [[w:Belfast\|Belfast]], [[w:Northern Ireland\|Northern Ireland]] in 1992. A recording of the performance appears on the album ''An Irish Evening''.		*It was performed by [[w:Roger Daltrey\|Roger Daltrey]], accompanied by [[w:The Chieftains\|The Chieftains]], in [[w:Belfast\|Belfast]], [[w:Northern Ireland\|Northern Ireland]] in 1992. A recording of the performance appears on the album ''An Irish Evening''.
	*It was included in ''[[w:The Boy Friend (musical)\|The Boy Friend]]'', a 1954 musical by [[Sandy Wilson]].		*It was included in ''[[w:The Boy Friend (musical)\|The Boy Friend]]'', a 1954 musical by [[w:Sandy Wilson\|Sandy Wilson]].
	* It was also sung by [[w:Lonnie Donegan\|Lonnie Donegan]].		* It was also sung by [[w:Lonnie Donegan\|Lonnie Donegan]].
	* [[w:Herman's Hermits\|Herman's Hermits]] released a version as well.		* [[w:Herman's Hermits\|Herman's Hermits]] released a version as well.

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	~~{{Refimprove\|date=April 2011}}~~		"'''Any Old Iron'''" is a [[w:United Kingdom\|British]] [[w:music hall\|music hall]] [[w:song\|song]] written by [[w:Charles Collins (songwriter)\|Charles Collins]], Fred E. Terry and E.A. Sheppard. [[w:Harry Champion\|Harry Champion]] sang it as part of his act, and recorded it in 1911.
	"'''Any Old Iron'''" is a [[United Kingdom\|British]] [[music hall]] [[song]] written by [[Charles Collins (songwriter)\|Charles Collins]], Fred E. Terry and E.A. Sheppard. [[Harry Champion]] sang it as part of his act, and recorded it in 1911.

	== Other versions ==		== Other versions ==
	~~{{refimprove-section\|date=June 2018}}~~		*In 1957, [[Peter Sellers]] recorded a rendition in a voice he created for ''[[The Goon Show]]'', Willium "Mate" Cobblers. It reached No. 17 in the [[w:UK Singles Chart\|UK Singles Chart]] that year.<ref>{{cite web \|title=PETER SELLERS full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company \|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4961/peter-sellers/ \|website=www.officialcharts.com \|accessdate=1 November 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> Sellers had previously performed it as Major Dennis Bloodnok (with [[Spike Milligan]] as Minnie Bannister) in a 1954 episode of ''The Goon Show'' entitled "The Booted Gorilla".<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/gorilla.html\|title=The Goon Show Depository - Script - [[The Booted Gorilla (found?)\|the Booted Gorilla (found?)]] (Series 5, Episode 10)}}</ref>
	*In 1957, [[Peter Sellers]] recorded a rendition in a voice he created for ''[[The Goon Show]]'', Willium "Mate" Cobblers. It reached No. 17 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] that year.<ref>{{cite web \|title=PETER SELLERS full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company \|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4961/peter-sellers/ \|website=www.officialcharts.com \|accessdate=1 November 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> Sellers had previously performed it as Major Dennis Bloodnok (with [[Spike Milligan]] as Minnie Bannister) in a 1954 episode of ''The Goon Show'' entitled "The Booted Gorilla".<ref>{{Cite web\|url=~~http~~://www.thegoonshow.~~net~~/~~scripts_show~~.~~asp?title=s05e10_the_booted_gorilla~~\|title=The Goon Show ~~Site~~ - Script - the Booted Gorilla (~~Found~~?) (Series 5, Episode 10)}}</ref>		*It was performed on ''[[w:The Muppet Show\|The Muppet Show]]'' by [w:[Kermit the Frog\|]], joined by [[w:Fozzie Bear\|Fozzie Bear]], two [[w:Whatnot (Muppet)\|whatnot]]s, and the audience. [Season 2, Episode 14 ([[w:Elton John\|Elton John]])]
	*It was performed on ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' by [[Kermit the Frog]], joined by [[Fozzie Bear]], two [[Whatnot (Muppet)\|whatnot]]s, and the audience. [Season 2, Episode 14 ([[Elton John]])]		*It was performed by [[w:Roger Daltrey\|Roger Daltrey]], accompanied by [[w:The Chieftains\|The Chieftains]], in [[w:Belfast\|Belfast]], [[w:Northern Ireland\|Northern Ireland]] in 1992. A recording of the performance appears on the album ''An Irish Evening''.
	*It was performed by [[Roger Daltrey]], accompanied by [[The Chieftains]], in [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]] in 1992. A recording of the performance appears on the album ''An Irish Evening''.		*It was included in ''[[w:The Boy Friend (musical)\|The Boy Friend]]'', a 1954 musical by [[Sandy Wilson]].
	*It was included in ''[[The Boy Friend (musical)\|The Boy Friend]]'', a 1954 musical by [[Sandy Wilson]].		* It was also sung by [[w:Lonnie Donegan\|Lonnie Donegan]].
	* It was also sung by [[Lonnie Donegan]].		* [[w:Herman's Hermits\|Herman's Hermits]] released a version as well.
	* [[Herman's Hermits]] released a version as well.		*In one episode of ''[[w:Are You Being Served?\|Are You Being Served?]]'', "The Hand of Fate", Mr. Mash cannot find the owner of a shipment of 27 galvanized buckets, and starts singing the song and accompanying himself by rattling the buckets around.
	*In one episode of ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'', "The Hand of Fate", Mr. Mash cannot find the owner of a shipment of 27 galvanized buckets, and starts singing the song and accompanying himself by rattling the buckets around.
	* The Barron Knights used the tune and some of the lyrics of the song in a satire on punk, in the late 1970s.		* The Barron Knights used the tune and some of the lyrics of the song in a satire on punk, in the late 1970s.
	* The band [[Snuff (band)\|Snuff]] included the song as a previously unreleased track on their 2005 compilation: ''Six Of One, Half A Dozen Of The Other 1986-2002''.		* The band [[w:Snuff (band)\|Snuff]] included the song as a previously unreleased track on their 2005 compilation: ''Six Of One, Half A Dozen Of The Other 1986-2002''.
	*British comedian [[Bill Bailey]], along with the [[BBC Concert Orchestra]], as part of his live show "Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra", mixed the song in as part of a "Cockney Arrangement" of the "[[William Tell Overture]]".		*British comedian [[w:Bill Bailey\|Bill Bailey]], along with the [[w:BBC Concert Orchestra\|BBC Concert Orchestra]], as part of his live show "Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra", mixed the song in as part of a "Cockney Arrangement" of the "[[w:William Tell Overture\|William Tell Overture]]".
	*Somerset band [[The Wurzels]] sample the song's melody in their song Blackbird		*Somerset band [[w:The Wurzels\|The Wurzels]] sample the song's melody in their song Blackbird
	*The song was used, with different lyrics, in [[television advertisement]]s for [[Hammerite]] and Smoothrite paint.<ref>{{YouTube\|AGcFm_L4GLs\|Hammerite advert}}. Retrieved 30 June 2021. <!--Archived, but not displaying at the time of this edit: {{Webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630223645/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGcFm_L4GLs \|date=30 June 2021}}.--></ref>		*The song was used, with different lyrics, in [[w:television advertisement\|television advertisement]]s for [[w:Hammerite\|Hammerite]] and Smoothrite paint.<ref>{{YouTube\|AGcFm_L4GLs\|Hammerite advert}}. Retrieved 30 June 2021. <!--Archived, but not displaying at the time of this edit: {{Webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630223645/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGcFm_L4GLs \|date=30 June 2021}}.--></ref>
	*In the [[T-Bag]] series; 'T-Bag and the Revenge of the T-Set', in the third episode ('Lost in Space') the character; T-Shirt starts singing the first part of the song when T-Bag is using a metal detector.		*In the [[w:T-Bag\|T-Bag]] series; 'T-Bag and the Revenge of the T-Set', in the third episode ('Lost in Space') the character; T-Shirt starts singing the first part of the song when T-Bag is using a metal detector.
	* There is a sequence in the movie ''[[Yellow Submarine (film)\|Yellow Submarine]]'' when the "real" [[The Beatles\|Beatles]] are confronted with their look-alikes trapped in a blue glass sphere, inspiring [[John Lennon\|John]] to go off on an abstruse invocation of Einstein's [[Theory of relativity]], to which [[Paul McCartney\|Paul]]'s response is to sing "Any old Ein! Any old Ein! Any any any old Einstein!"		* There is a sequence in the movie ''[[w:Yellow Submarine (film)\|Yellow Submarine]]'' when the "real" [[w:The Beatles\|Beatles]] are confronted with their look-alikes trapped in a blue glass sphere, inspiring [[w:John Lennon\|John]] to go off on an abstruse invocation of Einstein's [[w:Theory of relativity]], to which [[w:Paul McCartney\|Paul]]'s response is to sing "Any old Ein! Any old Ein! Any any any old Einstein!"
	* [[Scunthorpe United F.C.]] ("The Iron") have adopted this song, and it is played before all of their home games.		* [[w:Scunthorpe United F.C.\|Scunthorpe United F.C.]] ("The Iron") have adopted this song, and it is played before all of their home games.
	* In ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)\|Top Gear]]'' Series 18, Jeremy and James sing the song in jest as Richard drives the old style [[Morgan 3-Wheeler]] through a corner.		* In ''[[w:Top Gear (2002 TV series)\|Top Gear]]'' Series 18, Jeremy and James sing the song in jest as Richard drives the old style [[w:Morgan 3-Wheeler\|Morgan 3-Wheeler]] through a corner.
	*There is a scene in the movie "[[Chaplin (film)\|Chaplin]]" where Charlie and Syd meet just before Charlie's audition for Mr. Karno. Charlie and Syd greet each other by singing the chorus to "Any Old Iron".		*There is a scene in the movie "[[w:Chaplin (film)\|Chaplin]]" where Charlie and Syd meet just before Charlie's audition for Mr. Karno. Charlie and Syd greet each other by singing the chorus to "Any Old Iron".
	*In the 2001 [[Steven Spielberg]] movie ''[[A.I. Artificial Intelligence]]'', while the rejected robots are being chased by the bikers for a "Flesh Fair", the commander of the illuminated hot-air balloon is repeatedly saying over a loudspeaker "Any old iron".		*In the 2001 [[w:Steven Spielberg\|Steven Spielberg]] movie ''[[w:A.I. Artificial Intelligence\|A.I. Artificial Intelligence]]'', while the rejected robots are being chased by the bikers for a "Flesh Fair", the commander of the illuminated hot-air balloon is repeatedly saying over a loudspeaker "Any old iron".
	*An episode in the fifth series of ''[[Steptoe and Son]]'', which is set in a [[Rag-and-bone man\|Rag-and-bone merchants']] yard, is entitled "Any Old Iron", punning on the song title, (which is the [[Street cries\|traditional cry]] of those in the rag-and-bone trade), and the [[Rhyming slang\|Cockney rhyming slang]] ''iron'' meaning a male homosexual (''iron'' = ''iron hoof'' = ''poof''). In the story, Albert thinks his son Harold may have gay leanings.		*An episode in the fifth series of ''[[Steptoe and Son]]'', which is set in a [[w:Rag-and-bone man\|Rag-and-bone merchants']] yard, is entitled "Any Old Iron", punning on the song title, (which is the [[w:Street cries\|traditional cry]] of those in the rag-and-bone trade), and the [[w:Rhyming slang\|Cockney rhyming slang]] ''iron'' meaning a male homosexual (''iron'' = ''iron hoof'' = ''poof''). In the story, Albert thinks his son Harold may have gay leanings.

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"'''Any Old Iron'''" is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[music hall]] [[song]] written by [[Charles Collins (songwriter)|Charles Collins]], Fred E. Terry and E.A. Sheppard. [[Harry Champion]] sang it as part of his act, and recorded it in 1911.

== Other versions ==
{{refimprove-section|date=June 2018}}
*In 1957, [[Peter Sellers]] recorded a rendition in a voice he created for ''[[The Goon Show]]'', Willium "Mate" Cobblers. It reached No. 17 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] that year.<ref>{{cite web |title=PETER SELLERS full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4961/peter-sellers/ |website=www.officialcharts.com |accessdate=1 November 2018 |language=en}}</ref> Sellers had previously performed it as Major Dennis Bloodnok (with [[Spike Milligan]] as Minnie Bannister) in a 1954 episode of ''The Goon Show'' entitled "The Booted Gorilla".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s05e10_the_booted_gorilla|title=The Goon Show Site - Script - the Booted Gorilla (Found?) (Series 5, Episode 10)}}</ref>
*It was performed on ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' by [[Kermit the Frog]], joined by [[Fozzie Bear]], two [[Whatnot (Muppet)|whatnot]]s, and the audience. [Season 2, Episode 14 ([[Elton John]])]
*It was performed by [[Roger Daltrey]], accompanied by [[The Chieftains]], in [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]] in 1992. A recording of the performance appears on the album ''An Irish Evening''.
*It was included in ''[[The Boy Friend (musical)|The Boy Friend]]'', a 1954 musical by [[Sandy Wilson]].
* It was also sung by [[Lonnie Donegan]].
* [[Herman's Hermits]] released a version as well.
*In one episode of ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'', "The Hand of Fate", Mr. Mash cannot find the owner of a shipment of 27 galvanized buckets, and starts singing the song and accompanying himself by rattling the buckets around.
* The Barron Knights used the tune and some of the lyrics of the song in a satire on punk, in the late 1970s.
* The band [[Snuff (band)|Snuff]] included the song as a previously unreleased track on their 2005 compilation: ''Six Of One, Half A Dozen Of The Other 1986-2002''.
*British comedian [[Bill Bailey]], along with the [[BBC Concert Orchestra]], as part of his live show "Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra", mixed the song in as part of a "Cockney Arrangement" of the "[[William Tell Overture]]".
*Somerset band [[The Wurzels]] sample the song's melody in their song Blackbird
*The song was used, with different lyrics, in [[television advertisement]]s for [[Hammerite]] and Smoothrite paint.<ref>{{YouTube|AGcFm_L4GLs|Hammerite advert}}. Retrieved 30 June 2021. </ref>
*In the [[T-Bag]] series; 'T-Bag and the Revenge of the T-Set', in the third episode ('Lost in Space') the character; T-Shirt starts singing the first part of the song when T-Bag is using a metal detector.
* There is a sequence in the movie ''[[Yellow Submarine (film)|Yellow Submarine]]'' when the "real" [[The Beatles|Beatles]] are confronted with their look-alikes trapped in a blue glass sphere, inspiring [[John Lennon|John]] to go off on an abstruse invocation of Einstein's [[Theory of relativity]], to which [[Paul McCartney|Paul]]'s response is to sing "Any old Ein! Any old Ein! Any any any old Einstein!"
* [[Scunthorpe United F.C.]] ("The Iron") have adopted this song, and it is played before all of their home games.
* In ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' Series 18, Jeremy and James sing the song in jest as Richard drives the old style [[Morgan 3-Wheeler]] through a corner.
*There is a scene in the movie "[[Chaplin (film)|Chaplin]]" where Charlie and Syd meet just before Charlie's audition for Mr. Karno. Charlie and Syd greet each other by singing the chorus to "Any Old Iron".
*In the 2001 [[Steven Spielberg]] movie ''[[A.I. Artificial Intelligence]]'', while the rejected robots are being chased by the bikers for a "Flesh Fair", the commander of the illuminated hot-air balloon is repeatedly saying over a loudspeaker "Any old iron".
*An episode in the fifth series of ''[[Steptoe and Son]]'', which is set in a [[Rag-and-bone man|Rag-and-bone merchants']] yard, is entitled "Any Old Iron", punning on the song title, (which is the [[Street cries|traditional cry]] of those in the rag-and-bone trade), and the [[Rhyming slang|Cockney rhyming slang]] ''iron'' meaning a male homosexual (''iron'' = ''iron hoof'' = ''poof''). In the story, Albert thinks his son Harold may have gay leanings.

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[[Category:Songs with music by Charles Collins (songwriter)]]

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	== Other versions ==		== Other versions ==
	*In 1957, [[Peter Sellers]] recorded a rendition in a voice he created for ''[[The Goon Show]]'', Willium "Mate" Cobblers. It reached No. 17 in the [[w:UK Singles Chart\|UK Singles Chart]] that year.<ref>{{cite web \|title=PETER SELLERS full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company \|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4961/peter-sellers/ \|website=www.officialcharts.com \|accessdate=1 November 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> Sellers had previously performed it as Major Dennis Bloodnok (with [[Spike Milligan]] as Minnie Bannister) in a 1954 episode of ''The Goon Show'' entitled "The Booted Gorilla".<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/gorilla.html\|title=The Goon Show Depository - Script - [[The ~~Booted Gorilla (found?)\|the~~ Booted Gorilla (found?)]] (Series 5, Episode 10)}}</ref>		*In 1957, [[Peter Sellers]] recorded a rendition in a voice he created for ''[[The Goon Show]]'', Willium "Mate" Cobblers. It reached No. 17 in the [[w:UK Singles Chart\|UK Singles Chart]] that year.<ref>{{cite web \|title=PETER SELLERS full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company \|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4961/peter-sellers/ \|website=www.officialcharts.com \|accessdate=1 November 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> Sellers had previously performed it as Major Dennis Bloodnok (with [[Spike Milligan]] as Minnie Bannister) in a 1954 episode of ''The Goon Show'' entitled "The Booted Gorilla".<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/gorilla.html\|title=The Goon Show Depository - Script - The Booted Gorilla (found?)]] (Series 5, Episode 10)}}</ref>
	*It was performed on ''[[w:The Muppet Show\|The Muppet Show]]'' by [w:[Kermit the Frog\|]], joined by [[w:Fozzie Bear\|Fozzie Bear]], two [[w:Whatnot (Muppet)\|whatnot]]s, and the audience. [Season 2, Episode 14 ([[w:Elton John\|Elton John]])]		*It was performed on ''[[w:The Muppet Show\|The Muppet Show]]'' by [w:[Kermit the Frog\|]], joined by [[w:Fozzie Bear\|Fozzie Bear]], two [[w:Whatnot (Muppet)\|whatnot]]s, and the audience. [Season 2, Episode 14 ([[w:Elton John\|Elton John]])]
	*It was performed by [[w:Roger Daltrey\|Roger Daltrey]], accompanied by [[w:The Chieftains\|The Chieftains]], in [[w:Belfast\|Belfast]], [[w:Northern Ireland\|Northern Ireland]] in 1992. A recording of the performance appears on the album ''An Irish Evening''.		*It was performed by [[w:Roger Daltrey\|Roger Daltrey]], accompanied by [[w:The Chieftains\|The Chieftains]], in [[w:Belfast\|Belfast]], [[w:Northern Ireland\|Northern Ireland]] in 1992. A recording of the performance appears on the album ''An Irish Evening''.
	*It was included in ''[[w:The Boy Friend (musical)\|The Boy Friend]]'', a 1954 musical by [[Sandy Wilson]].		*It was included in ''[[w:The Boy Friend (musical)\|The Boy Friend]]'', a 1954 musical by [[w:Sandy Wilson\|Sandy Wilson]].
	* It was also sung by [[w:Lonnie Donegan\|Lonnie Donegan]].		* It was also sung by [[w:Lonnie Donegan\|Lonnie Donegan]].
	* [[w:Herman's Hermits\|Herman's Hermits]] released a version as well.		* [[w:Herman's Hermits\|Herman's Hermits]] released a version as well.