"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

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. The cover art is a parody of the cover of ''

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. 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

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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. The project took 132 hours to mix the vocals of the seven 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

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from all over the world. In cases where the original models no longer existed, such as the characters from Camberwick Green and

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, new copies of the original models were created. Because permission was not given by

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to use their more up to date logo, Postman Pat's van was a modified design with only the number plate PAT 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.

Composition

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(1997) (2:41–3:00) # " Never Forget" – originally performed by

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Chart performance

The single entered the

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on download sales alone at number 18. On

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, 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

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'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

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". 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

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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

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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.

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The Sooty Show ''The Sooty Show'' is a British children's television series, created by Harry Corbett, and produced for the BBC from 1955 to 1967, and then for ITV from 1968 until 1992. The show, part of the ''Sooty'' franchise, focuses on the mischievous a ...

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Sooty Sooty is a British children's television media franchise created by Harry Corbett incorporating primarily television and stage shows. The franchise originated with his fictional glove puppet character introduced to television in 1955, with the ...

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