As part of The Ultimate Love Song‘s 25th birthday celebrations (born 29 February 1992, so perhaps six-and-a-quarterth birthday…
…and because I find it hard to resist responding to requests (thank you, Andrew Poole)…
…I think I have fiddled around and successfully uploaded an MP3 of Ben Murphy’s rendition of The Ultimate Love Song, which was on Ben’s 1993 cassette album “Cover of the Rolling Stone” along with several other songs of mine. More on that anon…
…here’s The Ultimate Love Song, sung by Ben Murphy.
This was the last of my “pre-NewsRevue era” comedy lyrics – another 1992 election-oriented lyric. I wrote the lyric 3 April although the log credits it as 8 April ; the election was held 9 April. No-one expected the Tories to retain power in that election, but they did.
WILL YOU BELIEVE ME TOMORROW? (To the tune of “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?”)
TORY
The night is ours completely, Tho’ we campaigned effetely; Tonight, the Right, was given a kickstart, Will you believe me tomorrow?
LABOUR
We’ve won by every measure, Much to the Tories’ displeasure; So, after all, this nation has a heart, Will you believe me tomorrow?
ALL
Tonight with words multifarious, Spin doctors claim that we’ve all won; Their quotes may seem hilarious, Once in print, in the Times and Sun.
LIB/DEM
This is our finest hour, We hold the balance of power; We, in our dreams, prepare for Government, Will you believe me tomorrow?
ALL
We, in our dreams, prepare for Government, Will you believe us tomorrow?
(Backing vocals for the three political verses as follows: Sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha, Sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha; Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Will you believe me tomorrow?)
3 April 1992
Below is a video of The Shirelles singing Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow:
