"Prince Andrew Is a Sweaty Nonce" is a 2022 punk rock single by The Kunts, a band created by the dark comedy singer

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. The song is directed at

Prince Andrew, Duke of York Prince Andrew, Duke of York, (Andrew Albert Christian Edward; born 19 February 1960) is a member of the British royal family. He is the younger brother of King Charles III and the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince ...

, and references his relationship with convicted child sex offender

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; the word " nonce" is British prison slang referring to

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. The song reached No. 20 in the

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, and No. 1 in the

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and UK Singles Sales Chart. The song is a follow-up to the band's previous tracks " Boris Johnson Is a Fucking Cunt" from 2020, and " Boris Johnson Is Still a Fucking Cunt" from 2021.

History

In May 2022, Kunt announced in a newsletter that The Kunts would release "Prince Andrew Is a Sweaty Nonce" on 27 May, to coincide with the charts at the time of the

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on 3 June. As with the previous chart attempts, multiple versions of the song and 24-hour streams were released. Versions have been made by

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and

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. The tracks were released by the band's independent Radical Rudeness label. In the newsletter, Kunt said that the song was: "our attempt for the Jubilee chart Number 2 (let's face it, even if we did sell enough they'd never let it be Number 1 anyway!)" This references the

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song "

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", which reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart during Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee (1977), leading to claims that the song was deliberately kept off No. 1. In a press note, Kunt said the single was intended to reopen the conversation around Prince Andrew at a time the establishment wanted to hide it, and in particular Prince Andrew's relationships with

and

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. The song's lyrics and promotion exploit the poorly received 2019 ''Newsnight'' interview in which Prince Andrew alleged an inability to sweat to refute one accusation and a trip to

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as an

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for another. It also refers to Andrew's out-of-court settlement of Giuffre's lawsuit, for an undisclosed amount reported at £12 million by some news sources. The song features a satirical reworking of the

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", which includes the following lyrics: :The grand old Duke of York :He said he didn't sweat :So why did he pay 12 million quid :To a girl he'd never met? A video for the song was to be released on Kunt's

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channel on 20 May, but on 19 May the channel was taken down before he was able to post it. Within half-an-hour he appealed, but this was turned down. Kunt criticised the channel's removal saying it was "most unusual" for it to be taken down the day before the video's debut. He also said it was annoying that unlike "Boris Johnson Is a Fucking Cunt", which was not played on radio due to the swearing, "Prince Andrew Is a Sweaty Nonce" has no swearing, and the only explicit content is at the end when a man playing Prince Andrew has his naked buttocks censored by a

logo (though with the words "Pizza Express" replaced by "Sweaty Nonce"). He thus encouraged his followers to download the video from the song's website princeandrew.info and post it on as many YouTube channels as possible. The song peaked at No. 1 on the UK

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charts on 2 June 2022, with another version of the song peaking at #7 on the same day. The song also achieved #74 on the Worldwide iTunes charts. At 4:06 PM, the song achieved No. 1 on the Amazon Charts for Music. On 2 June 2022, the song reached #3 on the Trending Page of

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. Kunt attacked media outlets for not playing the song, complaining about being denied

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Promotion

To promote the song, Kunt hosted a

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on 29 May at the Woking PizzaExpress. The band also put out a video of the "Randy Andy's Memory Loss Remix" via the website

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, which uses footage from the ''Newsnight'' interview. In the mid-week Singles Chart update on 30 May, "Prince Andrew Is a Sweaty Nonce" reached No. 36. The song's cover image shows a drawing of a smiling and sweating Prince Andrew, underneath bunting made from

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pennants, with one section replaced with a slice of pizza. The prince also holds a slice of pizza.

Reception

Before the song was released, Andy Malt at

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compared the song to "God Save the Queen", saying that The Kunts make the Sex Pistols track "seem a bit twee". On 31 May 2022, the

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Twitter account announced it was one of the 'highest trending' songs in the UK. In June 2022, at the

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, graffiti of the words 'Prince Andrew Is a Sweaty Nonce' appeared. Kunt responded to the news saying that it was: "Nice to see the good folk at Glastonbury are ready to welcome Prince Andrew back into public life." On 6 April 2023, the Kunts announced they would be releasing a follow-up song under the new name the Krown Jewels. The song, " Scrap The Monarchy", was released on 5 May 2023, the day before the

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Personnel

The performers on the track are: *

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– vocals *Carsehole – lead guitar *Rubber Johnny – bass guitar *Fucksticks – drums

Charts

References

External links

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