Audio: Hey Fever! 'The Sneezing Song' (1984)

Audio:  Hey Fever! 'The Sneezing Song' (1984)


Throwback track for the end of the week: our favorite South African bubblegum disco blog Afro-Synthhighlights this incredible 1984 novelty hit by Bones Brettell (of Hotline) and Bernie Millar who "decided that in the light of [a] current flu epidemic, sneezers of the world should have some kind of VIRAL ANTHEM!" The single even made it overseas marketed as Italian Disco. Stream it below!

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[H/T Afro-Synth]

 

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