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''I'm Henery the Eighth, I am!The song is often sung with a Cockney pronunciation, "I'm 'er eyeth ol' man nymed 'Enery." It was popularized for a new generation by Herman's Hermits in 1965 in their album, ''Herman's Hermits On Tour.'' Herman's Hermits omitted the scene-setting verses and merely repeated the chorus over and over. One story says that Hermits vocalist Peter Noone simply forgot the words to the verses and spontaneously called out "Second verse, same as the first." The song topped the US charts, but was considered too old-fashioned to release in the UK. In the 1990 movie '' Ghost ,'' Sam ( Patrick Swayze ) pesters medium Oda Mae Brown ( Whoopi Goldberg ) into doing his bidding by singing the chorus to "I'm Henery the Eighth I Am" over and over again. It was also used in the 1993 movie ''Look Who's Talking Now''. It has spawned many parodies; one, typical of the genre, emerged during , I am/Henry the Hyde, I am, I am/I'm the G.O.P. prosecu-tor/After I get Clinton, I'll get Gore". Another notable parody was on ''. / For dessert I'll have dinner again. / My name's synonymous with gluttony / I'll always have a turkey or a ham/ And for dessert I'll have dinner again". SEE ALSO
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