"Bruce 2000" (subtitled "A "Special" Tribute By The 12th Man") is a single by

The Twelfth Man The Twelfth Man (also known as The 12th Man) is the name for a series of comedy productions by Australian satirist Billy Birmingham. Birmingham, a skilled impersonator, is generally known for parodying Australian sports commentators' voices. ...

, a series of comedy productions by skilled impersonator

Billy Birmingham Billy Birmingham (born 1953) is an Australian humourist and sometime sports journalist, most noted for his parodies of Australian cricket commentary in recordings under The Twelfth Man name. Early career He wrote the pun-laden comedy hit "Austr ...

. The single is a satirical commentary on Australian sports commentator Bruce McAvaney. The song was released in December 2000 peaked at number 5 on the ARIA Charts. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2001, the single was nominated for

ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release The ARIA Music Award for Best Comedy Release, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", since 1987. It is handed out by the Australian Recording Indu ...

, losing to ''Whatever'' by

Guido Hatzis Guido Hatzis is a Greek-Australian comic character created by Australian comedians Tony Moclair and Julian Schiller and voiced by Moclair. Guido appeared originally on Schiller and Moclair's radio program "Crud" on the Australian Radio Network Tri ...

Background and release

During the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Birmingham and Mick Molloy broadcast a national radio show on Triple M, covering the Olympics. The show was called "Going for Bronze" and Birmingham would impersonate Bruce MacAvaney for a recurring segment of the show, which involved them noting Bruce was recording in a near-by studio, with Birmingham asking him to open the door to reveal Birmingham doing a one-liner with Bruce's voice. Birmingham pre-recorded these one-liners in the cupboard of the hotel room he stayed at while working on the show. At the completion of the Olympics, Birmingham linked all the Bruce impersonations with background music to create "Bruce 2000", telling people it was a "great way to remember the Sydney Olympics in less than 4 and a half minutes".

Music video

A music video, running for three minutes and forty-two seconds is composed of footage from Seven's coverage of the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Track listing

CD single (EMI – 724388988322) # "Bruce 2000"

Charts

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References

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