want climb up Ele hill, Ele hill." Poetic genius. He's also farmed it out to Elephant Man, who spits "She nuh want Benny Hill, Benny Hill. The blog points out that it's been playlisted by BBC Radio 1, so it's certainly making the rounds.īoy has it! In addition to Leftside's instrumental, he's also put a country and western spin on the track as "Cowboy," a pimpified, XXX-rated version that favours the word "coochie" to no end. And now it's been dance-overhauled by Leftside, who's lifted the sax bit and thrown in an echoed, clapping beat and some cheesy bass and synth, presenting a riddim destined to become one of the year's great novelty tracks. To set the record straight, the song is actually called "Yakety Sax" by saxophonist and Elvis Presley collaborator Boots Randolph, though it has become better known as Benny Hill's identifiable anthem. I don't know much about Leftside, other than he's an artist from Kingston, Jamaica who's worked with Sean Paul, but this dude has given the old Benny Hill theme tune a makeover. So, when I discovered this priceless gem inadvertently on The Heat Wave blog, I nearly fell over in astonishment.
Growing up in an anglo-centric household, The Benny Hill Show was a constant source of amusement for me as a child, though thinking back on it now I have a feeling all of the in-your-face sexual innuendo and half-nude ladies flew right over my five-year-old head. I'm not a sucker for novelty or cover versions really but once in a while something shows up that ticks both boxes and somehow manages to win me over.
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