"Star Trekkin'"
In 1987 O'Connor and Lister recorded another novelty song, this time based around catchphrases from the Star Trek TV series set to a catchy, childlike tune with an increasingly frantic arrangement. By now the group included former The Rubettes guitarist Tony Thorpe, who adopted the stage name Ron Spock in homage to Star Trek character Spock. It was rejected by all the labels he approached with it. Believing it to be worth releasing, O'Connor pressed an initial 500 copies on his own label, Bark Music. The record, "Star Trekkin'", spent two weeks at number one in the UK and a total of nine weeks in the UK Top 40, and reached No.3 in Australia, with comparable success in Japan and Europe and worldwide sales of over a million copies.
Though it received substantial airplay on various radio stations throughout the U.S., the song did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100.
On the back of their success with "Star Trekkin'", The Firm released an album, "Serious Fun", in 1987, through K-Tel in the UK and Dino Music in Australia. As well as "Star Trekkin'", it included previous singles "Arthur Daley ('E's All Right)", "Superheroes" and "Cash in Hand", plus eight new tracks.
In the US, "Star Trekkin'" was released on the Dr. Demento albums Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty CD of All Time in 1988, Dr. Demento: 20th Anniversary Collection in 1991, and Dr. Demento: Hits From Outer Space in 2006.
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