"Worried About Ray" is the debut single by London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

 pop rock

Pop rock

Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...

 band The Hoosiers

The Hoosiers

The Hoosiers are an English pop/rock band, consisting of members Irwin Sparkes , Martin Skarendahl and Alan Sharland ....

, noted for its resemblance to The Turtles'

The Turtles

The Turtles are an American rock group led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman. The band became notable for several Top 40 hits beginning with its cover version of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" in 1965...

 1967 hit "Happy Together

Happy Together (song)

"Happy Together" is a 1967 song from The Turtles' album of the same name. Released in February 1967, the song knocked The Beatles' "Penny Lane" out of the #1 slot for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the group's only chart-topper. "Happy Together" reached #12 on the UK Singles Chart in...

". The resemblance was enough to ensure that Alan Gordon

Alan Gordon

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 and Garry Bonner, the writers of "Happy Together", are credited as co-writers.

It was the first single to be released from the band's debut album The Trick to Life

The Trick to Life

The Trick to Life is the debut album by London indie pop band The Hoosiers. It was released in the UK on October 22, 2007. Four singles were released from the album - "Worried About Ray", "Goodbye Mr A", "Worst Case Scenario" and "Cops and Robbers". The album was released with four different...

. It reached #16 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 on 24 June 2007 on downloads alone. The single climbed to #6 the following week with CD sales included and the song climbed one place to its peak chart position of #5 the following week. It also reached #4 on the download charts. The music video for the song is inspired by the American special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen

Ray Harryhausen

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. It was used in the 18 March 2009 episode of Waterloo Road

Waterloo Road (TV series)

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. Singer and songwriter Mutya Buena

Mutya Buena

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 has also recorded and performed a live acoustic cover version for BBC Radio 1

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's Live Lounge

Live Lounge

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.

Track listing

1. "Worried About Ray"
2. "We Didn't Start the Fire
   We Didn't Start the Fire
   "We Didn't Start the Fire" is a song by Billy Joel. Its lyrics are made up from rapid-fire brief allusions to over a hundred headline events between March 1949 and 1989, when the song was released on his album Storm Front...
   
   " (Billy Joel
   Billy Joel
   William Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...
   
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Chart positions

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	38
German Top100 Singles	94
Swiss Singles Top 100	85
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	5

Music Video

In the Music Video, The Band are with "Ray" a Monster movie director and creator, when creating another monster, that monster talks with him and tries to go after the Hoosiers but The Hoosiers defeat the monster

External links

• Music video