"The Ladies' Bras" is a song by
Jonny Trunk
Jonny Trunk, born Jonathan Benton-Hughes, is an English writer, broadcaster and DJ as well as the owner and founder of Trunk Records.
Career
Trunk Records
Jonny Trunk founded Trunk Records in 1995, a cult British label that specialises in film ...
and
Wisbey which reached number 27 in the
UK Singles Chart
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in September 2007. At 36 seconds, it is the shortest song ever to enter the chart, taking the record just a few weeks after the song "
Spider Pig
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" (1 minute, 4 seconds), from the 2007 film ''
The Simpsons Movie
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'' had taken it. Before that, the shortest charting single had been Liam Lynch's 2002 "
United States of Whatever" (1 minutes, 26 seconds).
"The Ladies' Bras" became popular after it was played on
Danny Baker
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Baker was born in Deptford to a working-class fam ...
's ''
All Day Breakfast Show
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Baker was born in Deptford to a working-class f ...
''
podcast
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show, reaching number 70 on the UK Singles Chart with 1,644 sales and no national airplay. It was later picked up by
Scott Mills
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on
BBC Radio 1
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, who campaigned to get it in the charts by asking guests on his show including
McFly
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and
Dannii Minogue
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to sing it live on air. Originally available on the Trunk Records 10th anniversary compilation CD ''Now We Are 10'', the track was also available for download on services such as
iTunes
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and
Wippit and had no official music video.
The melody is "
The Gonk" from George Romero's 1978 ''
Dawn of the Dead'' soundtrack, as played in the supermarket scenes.
References
External links
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2007 singles
Trunk Records singles
2007 songs
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