"Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)" is a 2012

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and

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by New Zealand comedy duo

Flight of the Conchords Flight of the Conchords is a New Zealand musical comedy duo formed in Wellington in 1998. The band consists of multi-instrumentalists Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. Beginning as a popular live comedy act in the early 2000s, the duo's com ...

. The Conchords are joined by a

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made up of New Zealand singers. Proceeds of the song benefited the New Zealand children's health research charity Cure Kids. The song debuted at number one on the New Zealand Top 40.

Background

The project was created and produced by

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and Jesse Griffin and was written by Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, and American producers Printz Board and Sleep as part of

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's charity special ''Red Nose Day: Comedy for Cure Kids''. In writing the song, Clement and McKenzie interviewed a group of 5- and 6-year-old children from Clyde Quay School in

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and Grey Lynn School in Auckland, asking them about sick children and charity fundraising. The Conchords used the children's often nonsensical responses to build the lyrics of the song. As well as serving as a bona fide charity single, the song also parodies the

songs of the 1980s, such as "

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Featured singers

In order of appearance: *

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* Sam Scott and Luke Buda *

Ruby Frost Jane de Jong (born 1987), known professionally as Ruby Frost, is a New Zealand singer and songwriter from Auckland. In 2009, she won the nationwide music competition MTV ''42Unheard'', giving her a recording contract with Universal Music New Ze ...

Zowie Zoe Fleury, better known by her stage name Zowie, is a singer-songwriter from New Zealand. Zowie has toured with artists Katy Perry, Mark Ronson, The Kills and Peaches under the name Bionic Pixie. She later changed her name to Zowie, and releas ...

* Rikki Morris * Nathan King * Victoria Girling-Butcher *

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Elizabeth Marvelly Elizabeth Lillian Marvelly (born 5 July 1989) is a singer, songwriter and social commentator from Rotorua, New Zealand. She first achieved success as a classical crossover vocalist before switching to pop music. She ran the website ''Villainesse' ...

* Cherie Mathieson * Massad *

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, Tyree, Deach *

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Charts

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 2012 singles 2012 songs Flight of the Conchords songs Charity singles Number-one singles in New Zealand Songs written by Bret McKenzie Songs written by Jemaine Clement