{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Use British English|date=May 2013}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2012}} {{Infobox song | name = Lip Up Fatty | cover = Lip Up Fatty.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Bad Manners]] | album = [[Ska 'n' B]] | B-side = "Night Bus to Dalston" | released = June 1980 | format = | recorded = | studio = Ro-Lo Productions | venue = | genre = [[Ska music|Ska]] | length = 2:49 | label = [[Magnet Records]] | composer = Bad Manners | lyricist = | producer = Roger Lomas | prev_title = [[Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu|Ne-Ne Na-Na Na-Na Nu-Nu]] | prev_year = 2/1980 | next_title = [[Special Brew (song)|Special Brew]] | next_year = 9/1980 | misc = {{External music video|header=Official audio|{{YouTube|40y1VNLVkCo|"Lip Up Fatty"}}}} }} "'''Lip Up Fatty'''" is a [[single (music)|single]] released by British [[Two Tone (music genre)|Two Tone]] and [[ska]] band [[Bad Manners]] in June 1980, which reached No. 15 in the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="single">{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19800810/7501/ |title=1980-08-16 Top 40 Official Singles Chart UK Archive |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |date=1980-08-16 |accessdate=2014-06-28}}</ref> It is one of a number of songs by Bad Manners about 'being fat', (a reference to the round figure of frontman, [[Buster Bloodvessel]]). According to Bloodvessel "Lip Up Fatty" was an expression used at his school "to tell people to shut up". Its signature melodic lines were a simple but careful blend of brass instruments and lead [[harmonica]] theme, played by Alan Sayag (Winston Bazoomies).
During early live gigs and in the film ''[[Dance Craze]]'', Alan Sayag sometimes played the harmonica part on a [[Hohner]] Echo Tremolo instrument.{{cn|date=November 2024}}
In November 2012 [[Tim Armstrong]] recorded a version as a part of his [[Tim Timebomb]] and Friends project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timtimebomb.com/lip-up-fatty/ |title=Tim Timebomb and Friends |publisher=Timtimebomb.com |accessdate=2014-06-28}}</ref>
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