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“Irk The Purists” by Half Man Half Biscuit
From the album Trouble Over Bridgwater (2000)
“Irk The Purists” by Half Man Half Biscuit appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2000. It was first released in 2000 on the album Trouble Over Bridgwater. Its best result is #37 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #364 alternative song of 2000.
Nigel Blackwell wrote "Irk the Purists" on his own, words and music, and it sits on Trouble over Bridgwater, the eighth album from UK rock band Half Man Half Biscuit, released in 2000. Even the record's title is a gag, a play on Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge over Troubled Water", and the mischief doesn't stop there: "Lock Up Your Mountain Bikes" sends up "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain".
Ahead of the album came the single "Look Dad No Tunes", out on Probe Plus in September 1999, and John Peel, an admirer of the band, put it at number 11 in his Festive Fifty that year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 37 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2000 | 50 |
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