“Ebeneezer Goode” by The Shamen

"Ebeneezer Goode" went out as a single on One Little Indian on 24 August 1992, and for the Shamen, the Scottish electronic outfit, it was the biggest hit they ever had: four weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart. Colin Angus and Richard West wrote it, the Beatmasters remixed it, and the group's own original take appears on the vinyl pressing of Boss Drum, their fifth album, from the same year.

It came with trouble attached. What was perceived as a veiled endorsement of recreational drug use made it one of the decade's most argued-over chart-toppers, and the BBC banned it at first. The Shamen said the single was deleted while still sitting at number one, because its long run was playing havoc with their release schedule. Richard Heslop directed the video, which features Jerry Sadowitz.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.