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There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis

Kirsty MacColl

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8 cited facts

  • 1981
  • 3:08
  • 172 BPM · A major

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  1. Released on Polydor, also Summertime Sadness (Lana Del Rey), Heat Waves (Glass Animals) and Friday I’m in Love (The Cure)

  2. Mixed by Barry Farmer, also So It Goes (Nick Lowe), They Called It Rock (Nick Lowe) and I Don’t Want the Night to End (Nick Lowe)

  3. Produced by Barry Farmer, also Fall Out (The Police) and Nothing Achieving (The Police)

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Written by
Kirsty MacColl and Philip Rambow
Produced by
Barry Farmer
Mixed by
Barry Farmer and Kirsty MacColl
Part of
Desperate Character
Released on
Polydor

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  1. 1MusicBrainz There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis was produced by Barry Farmer

    There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis was produced by Barry Farmer

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis was written by Kirsty MacColl

    There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis was written by Kirsty MacColl

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis was written by Philip Rambow

    There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis was written by Philip Rambow

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis is part of the release Desperate Character

    There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis is part of the release Desperate Character

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz Polydor is the label of the song There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis

    Polydor is the label of the song There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis was mixed by Barry Farmer

    There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis was mixed by Barry Farmer

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  7. 7MusicBrainz There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis was mixed by Kirsty MacColl

    There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis was mixed by Kirsty MacColl

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  8. 8MusicBrainz There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis was released on 1981-06

    There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis was released on 1981-06

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026