1. Peter Kay (by himself)
2. Anne Kirkbride and William Roache (Ken & Deidre from Coronation Street)
3. Bernie Clifton (with "that" ostrich) and Keith Harris (with Orville)
(Is This The Way To) Amarillo
This track was recorded by Tony Christie and was originally released in 1971, but only reached number 18 in the charts.
The track was re-issued for Comic Relief in 2005, and went straight in at number one. The video for the track features Peter Kay in a number of scenes throughout Britain, alongside musicians, comedians, presenters and a number of characters from Peter Kay's TV projects. The video was directed by David Mallet, who also directed a large number of Queen and solo promo videos, and features Brian and Roger in one of the many scenes.
The idea for the video came about after a scene in Peter Kay's award winning series 'Phoenix Nights', in which night club bouncers Max and Paddy sing the track whilst driving a minibus for 'Asian Elders'. The track was also used as a warm up on Peter Kay's sell-out 'Mum Wants A Bungalow' tour in 2003.
The video was premiered on Comic Relief on 11 March 2005, and repeated later in the night. The track was released on an enhanced CD on 14 March 2005, featuring the single version, club remix, the video, and another track. The single was also released one week later (21 March) on DVD, featuring the video, the club remix, and a picture gallery. The picture gallery features the single version, and unfortunately features five or six pictures which repeat over and over again.
The video was later re-released as a bonus feature on Peter Kay's 2006 video 'Peter Kay - Live At The Manchester Arena'. This release included the original video, an alternate video and photo gallery. The alternate video features backstage footage and outtakes from the filming (including Brian and Roger practising their handclaps), whilst the photo gallery contains numerous photos from the recording (different to the photo gallery on the single).
This page features screenshots of the scenes in the video, a brief guide to who's who, and a selection of photos of Brian and Roger.
1. Peter Kay (by himself)
2. Anne Kirkbride and William Roache (Ken & Deidre from
Coronation Street)
3. Bernie Clifton (with "that" ostrich) and Keith
Harris (with Orville)
4. Peter Kay and Patrick McGuinness (Max & Paddy from Phoenix
Nights/Max & Paddy's Road To Nowhere)
5. Sally Lindsay (Shelley in Coronation Street) and Sir Jimmy
Saville
6. Peter Kay with (I think) Albert Wilkinson, Trevor Jones, Craig
Salisbury, Big Mick and Nick Read
7. Jim Bowen and Mr Blobby
8. Danny Baker and Heather Mills-McCartney
9. Jeffrey Hayes and Bungle (from Rainbow)
10. Michael Parkinson and Ronnie Corbett
11. Tony Christie (centre) with Lee Lard (a Peter Kay
look-a-like) and Peter Kay himself
12. Shaun Ryder and Bez (from The Happy Mondays) with Peter Kay
(as Brian Potter from Phoenix Nights)
13. Roger Taylor and Brian May
14. Sweep and Sooty
15. Mahatma Ghandi and Cliff Richard (I think played by Ramakant
Shah and Trevor Payne) (the character of Cliff appears in 'Max
& Paddy's Road To Nowhere')
16. Shakin' Stevens
17. Sweep and Sooty (again)
18. Shakin' Stevens (again)
19. Michael Parkinson and Ronnie Corbett (again)
20/1. Various people seen at the end of the video. The sleeve
notes suggest that they include Lucy Walker, Chloe Bell, and The
Drovers Line Dancers, although there are more people than that.
Roger and Brian took time off from rehearsals for the 2005 Queen + Paul Rodgers European Tour to appear in the video. They appear in front of footage of Buckingham Palace and The Mall, and perform a 'Radio Ga Ga'-esque hand clap. They are only on screen for about seven seconds:
