Shiny Shiny

{{short description|1983 song by Haysi Fantayzee}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Shiny Shiny

| cover = ShinyShiny.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Haysi Fantayzee

| album = Battle Hymns for Children Singing

| B-side = Shiny Shiny (Bon Temps)

| released = January 1983 (UK)

| recorded = 1982

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = New wave{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/just-cant-get-enough-new-wave-hits-of-the-80s-vol-11-mw0000173445|title=Various Artists - Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the 80's, Vol. 11 Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic|via=AllMusic}}

| length = 3:42

| label = * Regard

| writer = * Jeremy Healy

| producer =

| prev_title = Sister Friction

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title =

| next_year =

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|tUJQigu0_04|"Shiny Shiny"}}}}

}}

"Shiny Shiny" is a 1983 new wave song by the British pop band Haysi Fantayzee. It is an anti-nuclear war song with humorous, nonsensical lyrics about war, politics, and violence, among other issues, which includes instruments such as a piano, fiddles, violins, and spoons, along with audio sound effects, loops, and a bouncy country music-like beat. {{cite web |first=Stewart |last=Mason |title=Haysi Fantayzee – "Shiny Shiny" |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/shiny-shiny-mt0013820445 |publisher=AllMusic}} The song peaked at No. 16 in the United Kingdom and reached the top three in Australia. It also charted in Germany, New Zealand and the United States, where it became the band's only hit single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 74. The music video for the song also got some airplay on MTV and other music related shows and channels when it was first released. In addition, the song was performed on the British music chart television programme, Top of the Pops.

Charts

=Weekly charts=

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|+Weekly chart performance for "Shiny Shiny"

! Chart (1983)

! Peak
position

Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book |first=David |last=Kent |authorlink=David Kent (historian) |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |publisher=Australia Chart Books |location=St Ives, New South Wales |date=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}

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{{single chart|New Zealand|37|artist=Haysi Fantayzee|song=Shiny Shiny}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|16|artist=Haysi Fantayzee}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|74|artist=Haysi Fantayzee}}
{{single chart|West Germany|22|artist=Haysi Fantayzee|song=Shiny Shiny|songid=13064}}

=Year-end charts=

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|+Year-end chart performance for "Shiny Shiny"

! Chart (1983)

! Position

scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web |url=https://i.imgur.com/860ttad.jpg |title=Kent Music Report – National Top 100 Singles for 1983 |publisher=Kent Music Report |via=Imgur.com |access-date=January 22, 2023}}

| 48

References

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