At the moment ‘The Smurfs’ are enjoying a bit of a revival and my kids are taking an interest in them and asking me if I had heard of them. They are (of course) surprised to hear about ‘The Smurf Song’ and my original introduction to the blue trolls back in 1978!
I remember the video for this song being shown on ‘Swap Shop’ and Noel Edmunds introducing the Smurfs as the next big thing, which they certainly were. At the same time as ‘The Smurf Song’ was released ‘You’re The One That I Want (Song 244) was number one and as mentioned before was pretty much number one for the whole of the summer and beyond which kept the poor little smurfs off the number one but did give them the record for the most consecutive weeks at number two.
I was 10 at the time this song was in the charts and I bought a copy on Decca Records and we played it often! It’s not one that I have on my ipod as I can’t sem to get it as a download but it is great to see Papa Smurf playing the flute and the other smurfs smurfing out of key! This song brings back memories of a more innocent time when such things could be number 1 (or No.2) in the charts and when we all sat and watched them together as a family on ‘Top Of The Pops’.
Long live the smurfs….
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