Napoleon XIV: They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!
Napoleon XIV: They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!

Napoleon XIV: They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! (1966)

G (US) | USA | English | 2 min | 1966-07-13
Directed by: Jerry Samuels
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"They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" was not actually sung; it was "recited" in rhythm, while background "music" was tapped out on a snare drum, and a tambourine. With some rhythmic hand-clapping all through the song. Samuels was using a VFO - variable-frequency oscillator to make voices higher, lower or freaked out. When the song was a hit, the record company Warners Bros. sent other people to perform it at live performances, instead of Jerry Samuels.

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