Video of The Wombles 'performing' Happy Mondays' Step On goes viral – watch
Absolutely hilarious
Last updated 13th Jul 2023
A hilarious video of The Wombles ‘performing’ the Happy Mondays’ 1990 cover of ‘Step On’ has gone viral on Twitter.
Twitter user Amanda (@Pandamoanimum) has expertly edited footage to The Wombles performing their 1973 Number 4 hit ‘The Wombling Song’ with audio of the Happy Mondays belting out ‘Step On.’
Uploaded to the social media platform on Wednesday (12 July), the hilarious video has been watched more than 500,000 times and counting.
Watch Happy Mondays’ ‘Step On’ but performed by The Wombles:
In case you want to watch the original video for ‘The Wombling Song’, filmed on Wimbledon Common, here it is:
@Pandamoanimum is no stranger to amassing huge views on Twitter. Her regular posts about celebrities looking like inanimate objects, for example Pedro Pascal as Easter Eggs, often go viral on Twitter.
A cover of John Kongo’s 1971 song ‘He's Gonna Step on You Again’, Happy Mondays’ retitled version of ‘Step On’ was a Number 5 hit the in the UK in March 1990 and it later appeared on their third studio album ‘Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches.’
Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder recently announced a new indie supergroup called Mantra of the Cosmos with members of Oasis, Ride and The Who.
Consisting of Shaun Ryder (Happy Mondays, Black Grape), Zak Starkey (The Who, Oasis), Andy Bell (Oasis, Ride) and Bez (Happy Mondays, Black Grape), Mantra of the Cosmos made their live debut at The Box in London on 5th June and the following day they premiered their first single ‘Guerilla Gorilla.’
Mantra of the Cosmos is the brainchild of Zak Starkey, the eldest son of Beatles legend Ringo Starr.
Andy Bell says of his new musical venture: “It’s a pleasure to be part of Mantra of the Cosmos. Four like-minded souls who get off on the same music.”