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Friday, 26 December 2025

The RED SMED Hit Parade 2025

 

Yes, it's that time of year which literally no one is waiting for yet I still do it. I go through all 76 bits of music I've ever put on YOUTUBE and see how many people's seen them. Admitedly I come up with bthe same results every year because it's pretty impossible to overtake THE PARTISAN SONG on 389,194. However, at number 2 is the RED SMED version of LEON TROTSKY and at number 3 the RED SMED instrumental KATYUSHA. Both of these can be heard live at the newly posted Red Smed & Attila gig (see below). Number 4 is the DANGEROUS BROTHERS album track from 1981 SECRET SEVEN and number 5 the RED SMED song BRIDGWATER.  In at 6 is the CLUB WHOOPEE song ROUTE 666 with Kim Newman on lead vocals and at 7 it's Cat Smedley (now Gibson) singing ME AND MY CLONE. Number 8 is Red Smed and Cat (from the same session) doing FAT BALD DAVE and at 9 the SEDGEMORONS from 1985 doing I NEED A GIRLFRIEND featuring footage from the BBC documentary about the art centre at the time. At number 10 (wierdly maybe) is the DANGEROUS BROTHERS drugs anthem 'ELLO ELLO ELLO'. 

And then there's 66 others

But here they all are together (and you can click on them to hear/see them!!)

RED SMED HIT PARADE 2025

2025

1

Partisan Song Red Smed (Trad) 

389,194

2

Leon Trotsky Red Smed (Smedley) 

7,255

3

Katyusha Red Smed (Trad) 

7,061

4

Secret Seven Dangerous Brothers (Smedley) 

2,450

5

Bridgwater Red Smed (Smedley) 

2,001

6

Route 666 Club Whoopee  (Trad) 

1,654

7

Me and My Clone Red Smed (Smedley/Newman) 

1,154

8

Fat Bald Dave Red Smed (Smedley)

1,126

9

I Need a Girlfriend The Sedgemorons (Smedley/Beasley) 

1,087

10

Ello Ello Ello Dangerous Brothers (Smedley/Rude) 

1,035

11

Too Fat to Rock Red Smed (Smedley/Newman) 

1,027

12

County Councillor Dangerous Brothers (Smedley)

967

13

Drop Dead Darling Red Smed (Smedley/Kane) 

954

14

Do the Washing up Red Smed (Smedley)

942

15

Bohemia Sekt The Visitors (Bartlett) 

939

16

False Nose Dangerous Brothers (Smedley)

854

17

Drop Dead Darling (single) The Sedgemorons (Smedley/Kane)      

848

18

Rock n Roll Lizard Club Whoopee (Smedley/Newman)

635

19

The Magnificent Several Red Smed (Trad)

631

20

The Internationale Red Smed (trad)

623

21

Sin and Sodomy Club Whoopee (Smedley/Mander)

576

22

Party at Brians Red Smed (SmedleyBeasleyFraserBruce)

561

23

Buddy can you spare a Dime Club Whoopee (Trad)

515

24

Clever Students Dangerous Brothers (Smedley)

491

25

Don’t be so Bloody Miserable Red Smed (Smedley)

490

26

Swedish language yeh yeh yeh Red Smed (Smedley)

481

27

Multifreight Red Smed (Smedley)

475

28

When Teddy’s Gone The Spanners (Smedley/Vernon)

473

29

Wish I Was George Formby Dangerous Brothers (Smedley/Rude)

451

30

Greed The Sedgemorons (Smedley)

444

31

We’re all Going Shopping Red Smed (Smedley/Kane)

404

32

Rock n Roll is Pretty Exciting Red Smed (SmedleyBeasleyFraserBruce)

387

33

Internal Organs Dangerous Brothers (Rude)

382

34

Leon Trotsky The Sedgemorons (Smedley)

374

35

Rock n Roll is Pretty Exciting (live) Red Smed (Smedley/BeasleyFraserBruce)

373

36

Stalin was a Really Nice Bloke the Spanners (Smedley)

337

37

Bonny Van Driver Red Smed (Smedley)

297

38

Westover Rhapsody Red Smed (Smedley)

285

39

 I Hope you Die The Funbunnies (Smedley / Newman)

282

40

Stogumber Cajun Gumbo Red Smed (Smedley)

280

41

Don’t you Marry a Communist Red Smed (Smedley)

259

42

Clare to Here Red Smed (Trad arr Smedley)

216

43

Rhapsody in Westover Red Smed (Smedley)

197

44

Sands of Morocco The Visitors (Bartlett)

192

45

Dancing Shoes Red Smed (Trad arr Smedley)

191

46

Women Only The Sedgemorons (Smedley/ Dixie)

189

47

You're Sort of Okay Club Whoopee (Smedley/ Newman)

185

48

a very merry snowmouse Snowmouse himself (trad)

174

49

Mezi Horami (B'int 2015) Red Smed (Cechomor arr Smedley)

173

50

Happy 2020 Christmas (Red Smed-Rock n Roll is Pretty exciting)

172

51

Smalltown The Sedgemorons (Smedley/ Dixie)

166

52

Moondance The Funbunnies (van morrison) 

165

53

Bridgwater Election Broadcast 2022 (Magnificent Several-Red Smed)

165

54

Rock n Roll is Pretty Exciting The Sedgemorons (SmedleyBeasleyFraserBruce)

158

55

Dave the Snooker Table Sheep Worrying Theatre (Smedley/Vernon)

151

56

T Rex Medley (Bolan arr Attila) Red Smed & Attila- Attila vocal

148

57

The Partisan Song Red Smed (trad)

144

58

Avengers Theme (B'int 2017-18)Red Smed (Trad arr Smedley)

140

59

We'll be in Love Forever Sheep Worrying Theatre  (Smedley/McCausland)

135

60

Bad Sir Bastard Sheep Worrying Theatre  (Smedley)

129

61

Snowmouse 21 Snowmouse himself (trad)

92

62

The Patriot Game Dave Hanna (Dominic Behan)

71

63

Leon Trotsky (Smedley) Red Smed & Attila

71

64

Another Watercolour Picture The Visitors (Bartlett)

55

65

Fireball XL5 (Gray) Red Smed & Attila

54

66

Dancing Shoes (trad- arr Smedley) Red Smed & Attila

42

67

Drop Dead Darling (Kane/Smedley) Red Smed & Attila

37

68

High Blantyre (Moore) Red Smed & Attila- Yvette Staelens vocal

37

69

Bella Ciao (trad) Red Smed & Attila -Jo Cox & Yvette Staelens vocal

36

70

The Internationale (trad) Red Smed & Attila

36

71

Katyusha(Trad) Red Smed & Attila

32

72

Revolution (Chapman) Red Smed & Attila -Elaine Di Campo vocal

33

73

Too Fat to Rock Red Smed (Smedley/Newman) Red Smed & Attila

27

74

Black Boys on mopeds (O Connor) Red Smed & Attila- Jo Cox Vocal

26

75

Blackleg Miner (Red Smed & Attila)

26

76

Rock n Roll is Pretty exciting (Smedley/Bruce/Fraser) Red Smed & Attila

23