| 词条 | I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am |
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| name = I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am | cover = | alt = | type = | written = 1910 | published = | writer = Fred Murray, R. P. Weston | composer = | lyricist = }}{{Infobox song | name = I'm Henry VIII, I Am | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Herman's Hermits | album = Herman's Hermits and Their Second Album! Herman's Hermits on Tour | A-side = I'm Henry VIII, I Am | B-side = The End of the World | released = June 1965 (US) September 1965 (UK) | format = | recorded = De Lane Lea Studios, London, 1 February 1965 | studio = | venue = | genre = Beat, pop | length = | label = EMI | writer = Fred Murray, R. P. Weston | producer = | prev_title = Wonderful World | prev_year = 1965 | next_title = Just a Little Bit Better | next_year = 1965 }} "I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am" (also "I'm Henery the VIII, I Am" or "I'm Henry VIII, I Am"; spelled "Henery" but pronounced "'Enery" in the Cockney style normally used to sing it) is a 1910 British music hall song by Fred Murray and R. P. Weston. It was a signature song of the music hall star Harry Champion. In 1965, it became the fastest-selling song in history to that point when it was revived by Herman's Hermits,[1] becoming the group's second number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The lead solo on the Hermits' version was played by the group's lead guitarist Derek "Lek" Leckenby.[2]{{Original research inline|date=June 2018}} They performed it on The Ed Sullivan Show. In the US, it was a hit dethroning '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' off number 1 but was not released in the UK. In the well-known chorus, Henery explains that his wife had been married seven times before:
BackgroundAccording to one source, Champion "used to fire off [the chorus] at tremendous speed with almost desperate gusto, his face bathed in sweat and his arms and legs flying in all directions."[1] In later versions recorded by Champion, "Willie" is changed to "William" because the former is a British slang term for the penis. The song is often sung in a Cockney accent. In 1961 this song was recorded and extensively performed live by the British star Joe Brown, who revived the song and made it largely known in the British pop world. His version has two choruses either side of his guitar solo. (B-side, Piccadilly Records 7N 35005) He performs it live still today. In the Herman's Hermits version, the band sings the lyrics three times. Between the first two choruses, Peter Noone calls out, "Second verse, same as the first!". The background singers on the version recorded by Connie Francis for her 1966 album Connie Francis and The Kids Next Door use this call as well. Earlier sources usually spell the name "Henery"[3][4][5]{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}} (as do some old sources when referring to the historical King of England[6]), and the music requires the name "Henery" (or "'Enery") to be pronounced as three syllables. The sheet music for the 1965 Herman's Hermits revival, however, presented the name as "Henry", as do sources referring to this version.[1][7] In popular culture
References1. ^1 2 MacInnes, Colin (1965) "The Old English Music Hall Songs Are New". The New York Times, November 28, 1965, p. SM62: "Henery — which hit the top of the record lists and, according to one American expert, was 'the fastest-selling song in history' — was in fact an old English music hall song enjoying a new lease on life. Description of Champion's performance: p. 95. Spelling of title: image on p. 62 shows title presented in all-caps, "I'M HENRY VIII, I AM." Text of article, however, uses the spelling "Henery" throughout, even when referring to the Herman's Hermits revival. Perhaps the most correct spelling is "'Enery"; that is certainly how Harry pronounces it. 2. ^Peter Noone interview, Keith Hopwood pers. corres. 3. ^{{cite book|title=Philosophy of Music: An Introduction|first=R. A.|last=Sharpe|year=2005|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press|isbn=0-7735-2928-4}} "I shall give an example of the first, Harry Champion's music-hall song 'I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am', although I suspect readers may not thank me. (You probably won't be able to dislodge it from your mind for a week or two). [https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0773529284&id=yJB7UV93CMgC&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&sig=X961FrGfT8CKTBbBa_3rRnKH_kY p. 161] 4. ^{{cite book|title=Mr. Noon|first=D. H.|last=Lawrence|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1987|isbn=0-521-27247-5}} "He strayed on inconsequentially, singing: Henery the eighth I am, I am/Henery the eighth I am" [https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0521272475&id=q3nQnf3Vt1YC&pg=PA258&lpg=PA258&sig=UJ0V_u1Y3ktH2N2ZRkPHPR_ZO-g p. 258] 5. ^{{cite book|title=Just a Philadelphia Boy|first=William J.|last=Lynch|publisher=Xlibris|isbn=1-4010-7911-3|year=2003}} "We had a neighbor, a skinny little Englishman... He would saunter merrily up our street... singing 'I'm Henery the Eighth, I am" at the top of his voice..." [https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1401079113&id=FYmoCZ04JVUC&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&sig=4NtfmhmyAtoy5LaRtjj63tbB-c0 p. 42] 6. ^{{cite book|title=The English and Scottish Popular Ballads|first=Francis James|last=Child|author2=George Lyman Kittredge|publisher=Houghton, Mifflin|year=1883}} "And lowlye kneeled his prince before/And sayd, My soueraigne king, Henery the Eighth" [https://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC07326919&id=cHsicFK4rykC&pg=PA356&lpg=PA356 p. 356] 7. ^{{cite book|title=Sheet Music Reference and Price Guide|first=Anna Marie|last=Guiheen|publisher=Collector Books|year=1995|isbn=0-89145-648-1}} "I'm Henry the Eighth I Am by Fred Murray and L. P. Weston, 1965, Herman's Hermits" [https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0891456481&id=vFECvOmdHi4C&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&sig=aRWvwAT-ewGMc3l59i7qQIXxzNw p. 102] External links
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