In responses to requests from radio disc jockeys, listeners drew pictures that show a purple-colored "people eater". The ambiguity of the song was present when it was originally played on the radio. The creature also declines to eat the narrator, "cause so tough". I wanna get a job in a rock 'n roll band He said eating purple people, and it sure is fine,īut that's not the reason that I came to land The song establishes that the creature eats purple people, but not whether the creature is purple: The premise of the song came from a joke told by the child of a friend of Wooley's Wooley finished composing it within an hour. "The Purple People Eater" tells how a strange creature from outer space (described as a "one-eyed, one-horned, flying, purple people eater") descends to Earth, because it wants to be in a rock 'n' roll band. 12 overall in the UK Singles Chart, and topped the Australian chart. 1 in the Billboard pop charts in 1958 from June 9 to July 14, No. " The Purple People Eater" is a novelty song written and performed by Sheb Wooley, which reached No. Purple People Eater on YouTube, by Sheb Wooley. The Purple People Eater #2 on YouTube, by Ben Colder, a.k.a. The Purple People Eater on YouTube, by Sheb Wooley. " The Purple People Eater" / "I Can't Believe You're Mine" "I Found Me an Angel" / "So Close to Heaven"
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