Living Doll (song)
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| Single by Cliff Richard and The Young Ones | ||
| Released | 1986 | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Recorded | 1986 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 3:57 | |
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Living Doll is a popular song by Cliff Richard and the Shadows.
Written by Lionel Bart it was originally recorded in 1959 by Cliff Richard and the Drifters and produced by Norrie Paramor. It peaked at #1 on the UK singles chart for six weeks from July 1959, selling over a million copies in the process. The song won Bart an Ivor Novello Award for best song. The song was Richard's first US hit single reaching #30 on the Billboard Hot 100.
27 years later in 1986 alternative comedy group The Young Ones approached Richard to record a comic version of Living Doll for the Comic Relief charity. Surprisingly bearing in mind the contrast between the anarchic comedians and the clean cut Richard he agreed and their version again topped the UK singles chart, for three weeks from March 1986. Shadows guitarist Hank Marvin was reunited with Richard on this recording for the first time since 1975.
| Preceded by "Dream Lover" by Bobby Darin |
UK number one single (Solo version) July 31, 1959 |
Succeeded by "Only Sixteen" by Craig Douglas |
| Preceded by "Chain Reaction" by Diana Ross |
UK number one single(Richard/Young Ones version) March 23, 1986 |
Succeeded by "A Different Corner" by George Michael |
