There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
1981 single by Kirsty MacColl / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" is a song by British singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl, which was released as the lead single from her debut studio album Desperate Character. The song was written by MacColl and Philip Rambow, and produced by Barry Farmer. It reached No. 14 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the charts for nine weeks.[1] In the US, the song's British chip shop reference was changed to truck stop.
"There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" | ||||
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Single by Kirsty MacColl | ||||
from the album Desperate Character | ||||
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Released | May 1981 | |||
Genre | Country pop | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Barry Farmer | |||
Kirsty MacColl singles chronology | ||||
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Norwegian singer Elisabeth Andreasson covered the song on her 1981 country album Angel of the Morning, with lyrics in Swedish by Hasse Olsson as "Killen ner' på Konsum svär att han är Elvis" ("The guy down Konsum swears he's Elvis").[2]