when was hit me with your rhythm stick released
Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" is a song by Ian Dury and the Blockheads, first released as a single on Stiff Records in the UK on 23 November 1978. Written by Dury and the Blockheads' multi-instrumentalist Chaz Jankel, it is the group's most successful single, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart in January 1979[2] as well as reaching the top three in Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, and it was also a top 20 hit in several European countries.