Other hits, like "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick," also celebrated simple passions, with humor enlivened by Mr. Dury's lovable gruffness.

Tiger Bay was mentioned as one of the locations in Ian Dury & The Blockheads' song "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick".

"Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" - Ian Dury and The Blockheads (1)

The recording session at Dury's house that also produced "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" was used to demo some of the new songs.

TV weatherman Brian Bury singing Ian Drury's "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick"

The hit single "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" was notably not included, however, on the original release of the album.

There I found the author of Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick sipping mineral water, tapping a hand-drum and singing to himself in 17th-century verse.

Telonius: Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (Gomma, DE)

Graeme Garden singing "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" to the tune of "'O Sole Mio"