Artist · chart history
Very Things
Band Redditch United Kingdom Formed 1983
Very Things formed in 1983 in Redditch, United Kingdom. Very Things has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1984–1986. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #27. The station that charted Very Things most often is John Peel (BBC Radio 1), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1984.
The Very Things came out of Redditch, Worcestershire, in 1983 as a Dadaist post-punk band, which is about the only way to explain a song called "The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes". That title track, off their 1984 album of the same name, is a gleefully unhinged piece of work, all lurching rhythms and a vocal that sounds like a bad dream narrated at a garden party. "This Is Motortown" kept the oddness rolling.
Rob Dallaway, Disneytime and The Shend were the minds behind it, and they kept at it until 1988. Then, decades later, they came back: they regrouped in 2024, and a fresh record, Mr. Arc-Eye (Under a Cellophane Sky), arrived on 26 July of that year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Very Things on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes | 1 | #27 | – | 1984 | |
| 2 | This Is Motortown | 1 | #30 | – | 1986 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 30 | This Is Motortown | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1986 |
| 1984 | 27 | The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1984 |
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