(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles - The Proclaimers

As we approach the annual evening of madness and mayhem that is this year's Children in Need night, I'm going to look back a couple of years to another charity extravaganza: Comic Relief 2007. In particular, to the record that was released in connection with the event. It wasn't a long one by any means, consisting of just three tracks, each a version of the same song, but although that necessarily means that this isn't going to be the longest music review I've ever written there is enough here to be worth considering. The song chosen for the record was the slightly unwieldily-titled "(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles" by long-standing, bespectacled, very ...  Read the complete review

This was the Comic Relief single for 2007 and The Proclaimers were wisely chosen to do the honours. It was great to see them back in the charts and more exciting to see them storming to number one! Who are they: Proclaimers are identical twins Charlie and Craig Reid, both wear glases and have thick Scottish accent when they sing. They first hit the charts with 'Letter From America' almost twenty years prior to this going to number one. On this release: You get the Proclaimers teaming up with Matt Lucas and Peter Kay to produce a good single with impeccable comic timing. The comedians do not overpower the song and allow the ...  Read the complete review

Back in 2007, a charity CD was released for Comic Relief in order to help raise money. Together with the Proclaimers, Peter Kay(Brian Potter) and Matt Lucas (Andy Pipkin) created a laughable yet important version of (I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles. This CD has three versions of the main song, plus the video (in which you will spy many celebs, including Tennant!). This song is a little faster than the original, and is sung by the three sets of people; verse one by Peter Kay, two by Matt and the third by the Proclaimers themselves. YOu can both dance and sing to this comic CD, which is a bonus! Normally I would not buy singles, though since it was a charity ...  Read the complete review