Bring Me Edelweiss

In 1988, British electronic band the Timelords (better known as the KLF) scored a number-one hit in the United Kingdom and New Zealand with the novelty song "Doctorin' the Tardis", which samples a number of songs, including Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll" and The Sweet's "Block Buster!". As a result of the song's success, the band published a book entitled The Manual (How to Have a Number One the Easy Way). Written by members Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, the book instructed—as a joke—how to earn a number-one hit without much work. One instruction, "Compose your music with bits you've nicked from other songs", was supposedly followed by Edelweiss, allowing them to compose "Bring Me Edelweiss." ==Content==

The song features many samples. The primary sample, which the song's chorus is based on, is ABBA's 1975 song "SOS". ABBA usually do not allow other artists to sample their music, and they claimed Edelweiss never contacted them and never had permission to sample "SOS". Other samples in the song include the 'Ow!'s from "Rock Me Amadeus" by fellow Austrian musician Falco, sections of Indeep's 1983 song "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life", and the 'Ah yeah' from Run-DMC's "Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse)". Yodeling is also common throughout the song, and the female vocals are provided by Austrian singer . Jason Roth of NPR described the song's music video as "either a cleavage-soaked Alpine fever dream capable of sending Julie Andrews sprinting back to the nuns, or the Ricola commercial to end all Ricola commercials". ==Track listings==

European 7-inch single :A. "Bring Me Edelweiss" (single version) – 3:41 :B. "Bring Me Edelweiss" (Yodel version) – 4:58 US 12-inch single :A1. "Bring Me Edelweiss" (vocal mix) – 9:12 :A2. "Bring Me Edelweiss" (rap) – 5:42 :B1. "Bring Me Edelweiss" (Tourist version) – 7:40 :B2. "Bring Me Edelweiss" (Yodel version) – 4:58 Canadian 12-inch single :A1. "Bring Me Edelweiss" (7-inch version) – 3:41 :A2. "Bring Me Edelweiss" (vocal version) – 9:12 :A3. "Bring Me Edelweiss" (rap version) – 5:42 :B1. "Bring Me Edelweiss" (Inzest house version) – 7:31 :B2. "Bring Me Edelweiss" (Tourist version) – 7:40 :B3. "Bring Me Edelweiss" (Yodel version) – 4:58 2001 Austrian maxi-CD single • "Bring Me Edelweiss" (radio version) – 3:24 • "Bring Me Edelweiss" (dance remix edit) – 3:24 • "Bring Me Edelweiss" (extended dance remix) – 5:02 • "Bring Me Edelweiss" (original party version) – 3:19 ==Charts==

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