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	"'''The Funky Gibbon'''" is a [[novelty song]] by [[Bill Oddie]] and recorded by [[The Goodies]]. It was arranged by [[Tom Parker (musician)\|Tom Parker]] ("with interference from Bill Oddie") with the musical backing provided by members of the R&B band [[Gonzalez (band)\|Gonzalez]] and released as a [[Single (music)\|single]] in February 1975. The [[A-side and B-side\|B-side]] was "Sick-Man Blues", which had previously been written by Oddie for use in the radio series ''[[I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again]]''.		"'''The Funky Gibbon'''" is a [[novelty song]] by [[Bill Oddie]] and recorded by [[The Goodies]]. It was arranged by [[Tom Parker (musician)\|Tom Parker]] ("with interference from Bill Oddie") with the musical backing provided by members of the R&B band [[Gonzalez (band)\|Gonzalez]] and released as a [[Single (music)\|single]] in February 1975. The [[A-side and B-side\|B-side]] was "Sick-Man Blues", which had previously been written by Oddie for use in the radio series ''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again]]''.

	It was the most successful single for The Goodies. It entered the [[UK Singles Chart]] on 15 March 1975 at no. 37, remaining in the chart for 10 weeks and peaking at no. 4.<ref>{{cite book\|title=[[British Hit Singles & Albums]]\|page=557\|first=David \|last=Roberts\|publisher=Guinness World Records\|year=2005\|isbn=1-904994-00-8}}</ref> It also received considerable airplay in the United States on ''The [[Dr. Demento]] radio show'' and reached no. 79 on the [[Billboard Hot 100\|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in 1976.		It was the most successful single for The Goodies. It entered the [[UK Singles Chart]] on 15 March 1975 at no. 37, remaining in the chart for 10 weeks and peaking at no. 4.<ref>{{cite book\|title=[[British Hit Singles & Albums]]\|page=557\|first=David \|last=Roberts\|publisher=Guinness World Records\|year=2005\|isbn=1-904994-00-8}}</ref> It also received considerable airplay in the United States on ''The [[Dr. Demento]] radio show'' and reached no. 79 on the [[Billboard Hot 100\|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in 1976.

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{{Infobox song
| name = The Funky Gibbon
| cover = Funky Gibbon 1975.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[The Goodies]]
| album = ''[[The New Goodies LP]]''
| A-side = The Funky Gibbon
| B-side = Sick-Man Blues
| released = {{Start date|1975|3|15|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Novelty song|novelty]]
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=25}}
| label = [[Bradley's Records]]
| writer = [[Bill Oddie]]
| producer = [[Miki Antony]]
| chronology = The Goodies
| prev_title = The Goodies Theme
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = Black Pudding Bertha
| next_year = 1975
}}
"'''The Funky Gibbon'''" is a [[novelty song]] by [[Bill Oddie]] and recorded by [[The Goodies]]. It was arranged by [[Tom Parker (musician)|Tom Parker]] ("with interference from Bill Oddie") with the musical backing provided by members of the R&B band [[Gonzalez (band)|Gonzalez]] and released as a [[Single (music)|single]] in February 1975. The [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] was "Sick-Man Blues", which had previously been written by Oddie for use in the radio series ''[[I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again]]''.

It was the most successful single for The Goodies. It entered the [[UK Singles Chart]] on 15 March 1975 at no. 37, remaining in the chart for 10 weeks and peaking at no. 4.<ref>{{cite book|title=[[British Hit Singles & Albums]]|page=557|first=David |last=Roberts|publisher=Guinness World Records|year=2005|isbn=1-904994-00-8}}</ref> It also received considerable airplay in the United States on ''The [[Dr. Demento]] radio show'' and reached no. 79 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in 1976.

The Funky Gibbon was released with multiple alternative [[Coda (music)|codas]] at the end of the song including "[[Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree|Tie a Yellow Gibbon Round the Ole Oak Tree]]" plus "[[Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)|And for Me Some Scarlet Gibbons, Scarlet Gibbons for My Hair]]" which were randomly heard on the [[Multisided record|double grooved]] single; as well as "[[Oh Dear! What Can the Matter Be?|He Promised to Buy Me a Bunch of Blue Gibbons to Tie Up My Bonny Brown Hair]]".

The Goodies performed the song live numerous times, including on ''[[Top of the Pops]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clips/p00bpjrv/top_of_the_pops_the_funky_gibbon/ |title=The Funky Gibbon |work=BBC |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630204034/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clips/p00bpjrv/top_of_the_pops_the_funky_gibbon/ |archivedate=June 30, 2011 }}</ref> on 20 March 1975 and in ''[[The Goodies – Almost Live]]'' in 1976.

The b-side, Sick-Man Blues, parodied the recent hit [[Up in a Puff of Smoke]] by former [[Pickettywitch]] singer [[Polly Brown]].

The Funky Gibbon was re-released in November 2010 to raise funds for the [[International Primate Protection League]]'s "Save the Gibbon" appeal.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.independent.ie/world-news/and-finally/goodies-classic-to-help-gibbons-26697288.html|title=Goodies classic 'to help gibbons'|work=The Independent|date=7 November 2010}}</ref>

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1975)
!Peak<br>position
|-
|UK ([[Official Charts Company]])<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/the-funky-gibbon_slash_sick-man-blues/|title=The funky gibbon/sick man blues | Artist |publisher=Official Charts |date= |accessdate=2020-04-13}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{The Goodies}}

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[[Category:1975 songs]]
[[Category:1975 singles]]
[[Category:Novelty songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Bill Oddie]]