First came the shocking Observer blog report that in France the theme music to the A-team had words. Then followed the still more shocking fact that the Starsky and Hutch theme did too. Now, another gallic lyrical adventure has come to our attention.
The Birdie Song, foisted on the UK charts by The Tweets in 1981, is a rendition of a Swiss melody. And it has words ... you guessed it, in French. It's all about ducks waddling around. No mp3 this time, but we can offer a reminder of quite how irritating the tune is. The most irritating tune ever, in fact? Well, that very subject has been furiously debated in the Observer from time to time. As the blog remembers it, the exact proposition under debate was: 'If you had to choose either the Birdie Song or Agadoo as the song that would be played endlessly at you in a confined space until you lost your mind or your life, which would it be?'
It's a tricky one. But these are the questions that matter in our society. So we thought we should throw it open to the public. Let the nation give its verdict:
