Brighton City Singers and South London Choir, conducted by M J Paranzino, live at Hove Town Hall. (Bass guitar and percussion added by the conductor.)
Genre: Choral
Mood: Comic
Forces: SATB, Piano
Length: 3 Minutes
Every choir wants crossover success. Well, this one does, anyway – and they’ll do anything to get it…
We wanna have a big hit single
We wanna be on TV
We’ll sign away our lives to Simon Cowell
If he’ll take us to the top of the tree.
We’ll dress any way you want us
High heels of any size
Cleavage out, bosoms heaving
And that’s just the guys. ‘Cos…
We wanna have a big hit single, etc
We can sing like angels
We can sing in parts
We can sing a cappella
If it gets us in the charts. BUT…
We wanna have a big hit single, etc
Please sign us to your label
Please can we open superstores
Please can we sing on morning telly
Please can we be media whores.
We wanna have a big hit single
We wanna be on TV
We’ll sign away our lives to Simon Cowell
If he’ll take us to the top of the tree -
However temporarily.
We’ve no artistic integrity
So bring on celebrity.
Words and music by F L Dunkin Wedd © 2009
First performance:
23 May 2009, Brighton City Singers/South London Choir, conducted by M J Paranzino, Hove Town Hall.