Smokie is an English
Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts I lived in Germany back in the 90s, in a small farming town. It's likely that many people in the UK are more familiar with the "who the fuck is Alice" version than the original, and may not even know it's a later addition.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castExplain Like I'm Five is the best forum and archive on the internet for layperson-friendly explanations.
The particular choice of words seems to come from a Dutch cafe, though I imagine other people thought of it too.The boss of a record company heard it being sung in the cafe and recorded a parody version in 1995.
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I was at karaoke the other night, and a man decided to sing Living Next Door to Alice, which is one of my favourite songs. Javascript is required to view shouts on this page.
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6 The boss of a record company heard it being sung in the cafe and recorded a parody version in 1995. Then Smokie recorded a version of it too and it charted higher than their 1970s original. I think it's just fun for people to do and they enjoy it while drinking.
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It's got a chorus that's easy to sing along to but with a big silence in the middle, so people will shout things in the quiet bit.