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

Member Name: benlepensive

Product:	(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles - The Proclaimers
Date:	10/02/09 (27 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: fun pop

Disadvantages: novelty

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 magic of the original song to remain intact. The song builds to a stomping chant-along chorus. I do feel the chorus goes a bit too long at the end though and could have been trimmed by a good ten seconds.
On the single you also get a singalong version, just so you annoy your mates! It is not the kind of release which lends itself to remixes so you won;t find any on offer here. Keep in mind, the single was primarily for charity so you're really buying it for the lead track anyway.

Thoughts: One of the better comic relief songs. Better than 'The Stonk' for sure, but not quite as good as 'Amirillo'

Summary: fun