Pick-Up Song

E866130

Pick-Up Song is a recurring musical game on the BBC radio comedy panel show "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue," in which contestants humorously attempt to continue singing a song after the backing track is abruptly stopped and later restarted.

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Label Occurrences
Pick-Up Song canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical game ⓘ
radio game ⓘ
recurring segment ⓘ
associatedWith Barry Cryer ⓘ
Colin Sell ⓘ
Graeme Garden ⓘ
Humphrey Lyttelton ⓘ
Jack Dee ⓘ
Tim Brooke-Taylor ⓘ
basedOn karaoke-style sing-along ⓘ
broadcastOn BBC Radio 4 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
hasAudience radio listeners ⓘ
hasFeature audience laughter is integral ⓘ
backing track is abruptly stopped ⓘ
backing track is later restarted ⓘ
contestants must continue singing without backing ⓘ
contestants sing along to a backing track ⓘ
host provides comedic commentary ⓘ
humorous mistakes are encouraged ⓘ
live studio audience ⓘ
often involves contestants coming in at the wrong time ⓘ
often involves contestants losing their place in the song ⓘ
often involves deliberate lyrical deviations ⓘ
piano or band backing track ⓘ
points are awarded humorously ⓘ
tests contestants' memory of lyrics ⓘ
tests contestants' sense of rhythm ⓘ
uses well-known popular songs ⓘ
hasFormat panel game ⓘ
hasGenre comedy ⓘ
hasMedium radio ⓘ
hasStyle improvisational comedy ⓘ
musical parody ⓘ
involves competition ⓘ
improvisation ⓘ
music ⓘ
singing ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor frequent lyrical errors ⓘ
running gag status within the show ⓘ
unpredictable restarts of the backing track ⓘ
originalNetwork BBC Radio 4 ⓘ
partOf I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue ⓘ
primaryPurpose comedic entertainment ⓘ
typicalParticipants panelists of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue ⓘ
usedIn episodes of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue → typicalSegment → Pick-Up Song ⓘ
subject linked to: I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue