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“Look Dad No Tunes” by Half Man Half Biscuit
From the album Trouble Over Bridgwater (2000)
“Look Dad No Tunes” by Half Man Half Biscuit appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1999. It was first released in 2000 on the album Trouble Over Bridgwater. Its best result is #11 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #173 alternative song of 1999.
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Nigel Blackwell wrote every word and note of "Look Dad No Tunes", and Half Man Half Biscuit put it out as a single on Probe Plus in September 1999, a few months ahead of Trouble Over Bridgwater, the band's eighth album, which followed in 2000. Even that album title is a gag, a twist on Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge over Troubled Water", and the song's own title has the same deadpan shrug to it.
John Peel, who admired the band, voted it into his 1999 Festive Fifty, about the most fitting honour a record like this could collect.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 11 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1999 | 50 |
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