Roller Skate Brand New Key Song
Many people recognize brand new key as rather being entitled the roller skate song.
Roller skate brand new key song. Melanie did a remix of this song for her 2002 album victim of the moon. Taken from melanie s album gather me it was also known a. Brand new key is a pop song written by folk singer melanie which became a novelty hit in 1971 72. 9 song of 1972.
Melanie grew up in the astoria neighborhood of queens new york city new york she made her first public appearance at age four on the radio show. Though the words in the song include freudian symbols and have a double meaning ie. Taken from her gather me album it was also known. 1 on the billboard hot 100 singles chart during december 1971 and january 1972.
C 2016 sony music entertainment http vevo ly yagnjc. I go pretty far and you ve got something i need the phrases. A 8mm film done by my sister while in high school for a class project in the 70 s with music by melanie that i transferred to tape. The song brand new key was released as a single and reached the 1 u s.
Brand new key was written by melanie and produced by peter schekeryk. Length 2 56 according to the brand new key songfacts this simple song about a young girl who gets a brand new pair of roller skates was written by melanie in 15 read more. It also scored no. Melanie dropped a follow up track entitled ring the living bell 1972 to this song.
1 in canada and australia and no. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. 4 on the uk singles chart. Music video by melanie performing brand new key audio.
Billboard ranked it as the no. Brand new key is a pop song written by folk singer melanie safka which became a novelty hit in 1971 72. Billboard charts in december 1971 and january 1972.