Audio: Hey Fever! 'The Sneezing Song' (1984)

September 21, 2012 - 6:10 p.m.

Throwback track for the end of the week: our favorite South African bubblegum disco blog Afro-Synth highlights this incredible 1984 novelty hit by Bones Brettell (of Hotline) and Bernie Millar who "decided that in the light of [a] current flu epidemic, sneezers of the world should have some kind of VIRAL ANTHEM!" The single even made it overseas marketed as Italian Disco. Stream it below!

[H/T Afro-Synth]

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