In 1981 a version of the "Chicken Dance" was released in Britain as an instrumental novelty tune "The Birdie Song" by The Tweets. Adapted (per some accounts) by Mike Rae, an Aberdeen-based bass player, it reached number two in the singles chart in October 1981. In 2000, this version was voted as "the most annoying song of all time" in a poll commissioned for the website dotmusic.

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