I've Never Met a Nice South African is a satirical song originating in a sketch on the British television series Spitting Image. It was written by John Lloyd and Peter Brewis and was sung by Andy Roberts. In 1986 it was commercially released as the B-side of the chart-topping The Chicken Song. When the song was recorded, South Africa was considered a pariah state because of the white supremacist regime that was in power.
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James G
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11 October 2008 at 09:12
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Haven't heard this for years - though watching Harry and Paul's South African in the gym did remind of it.
We had the Chicken Song on vinyl - it seems crazy now that as a six year boy I used walk round singing "I've never met a nice South African" and no one thinking there was anything wrong with this - in fact people would agree!
How the world has moved on... for the better!