One of my college roommates (Hi, Rich) had this on a compilation tape which of course we listened to ad nauseum. The only problem was we had no idea who it was by (for some reason, I thought it was either Daniel Johnston or Jad Fair - don't ask). In the days before the Internet when there was no Google (remember them?), I spent time looking this up in libraries and book stores (remember them?) to no avail. When Sir Alan of Gore finally got round to inventing the Web (allegedly), with the help of Altavista (remember that?) I was able to find out it was by something called Barnes & Barnes. In one of those rare acts of co-incidence, a record stall in the basement of the University Union actually had a Barnes & Barnes tape with this on it. Nothing else on that tape came close - in fact most of it was downright annoying but I still love this. This has now become a bath time song for the kids - there's nothing like 4 smiling faces responding 'Yum!' to the chorus... :-)
Enjoy this incredibly odd little video to this incredibly odd little song from the days when MTV actually played music videos instead of faux-reality shows of people I have absolutely no interest in. Oh BTW, the song doesn't actually start until about 2:17 in, so if you find the start too weird for your tastes just fast-forward...
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