Five Get Over Excited
"Five Get Over Excited" | ||||
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Single by The Housemartins | ||||
from the album The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death | ||||
Released | May 1987 | |||
Recorded | 1987 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | Go! Discs | |||
Songwriter(s) | Paul Heaton and Stan Cullimore | |||
The Housemartins singles chronology | ||||
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Five Get Over Excited is a song by The Housemartins released as a single from their album The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death.
The follow-up to their #1 UK hit "Caravan of Love" (although it was preceded by the USA-only release of "Flag Day"), it peaked at #11 on the UK Singles Chart in June 1987.[1][2]
Although it was the first single without drummer Hugh Whitaker, who left the band before this song and album were recorded,[2] Whitaker appears in the music video for the track, where he is kidnapped by new drummer Dave Hemingway.
Music writer Rikki Rooksby notes that the track's "anti-hyperbolic title" is "positively revolutionary", as the use of hyperbole in pop lyrics is pervasive but never admitted.[3] In 2007, the Manchester Evening News described the tune as "another corking chart hit that stands as a beacon amongst the dross of the 1980s."[4]
7 inch single track listing[]
- "Five Get Over Excited"
- "Rebel Without The Airplay"
12 inch/cassette single track listing[]
- "Five Get Over Excited"
- "So Glad"
- "Hopelessly Devoted To Them"
- "Rebel Without The Airplay"
Charts[]
Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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Dutch Singles Chart | 96 |
Irish Singles Chart | 4 |
UK Singles Chart | 11 |
References[]
- ^ "Five Get Over Excited", Chart Stats, retrieved 2010-02-10
- ^ a b Strong, Martin C. (2002) The Great Rock Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-312-1, p. 489
- ^ Rikki Rooksby. The title may also be a reference to Enid Blyton 's Famous Five novels. Lyrics: Writing Better Words for Your Songs (2006) (ISBN 978-0879308858)
- ^ "Releases: Music". Manchester Evening News. November 6, 2007.
- The Housemartins songs
- 1987 singles
- Songs written by Paul Heaton
- Go! Discs singles
- 1987 songs
- Songs written by Stan Cullimore