{{short description|1983 song by Haysi Fantayzee}} {{Infobox song | name = Shiny Shiny | cover = ShinyShiny.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Haysi Fantayzee]] | album = [[Battle Hymns for Children Singing]] | B-side = Shiny Shiny (Bon Temps) | released = January 1983 (UK) | recorded = 1982 | studio = | venue = | genre = [[New wave music|New wave]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/just-cant-get-enough-new-wave-hits-of-the-80s-vol-11-mw0000173445|title=Various Artists - Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the 80's, Vol. 11 Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic|via=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> | length = 3:42 | label = * Regard * [[RCA Records|RCA]] | writer = * [[Jeremy Healy]] * [[Kate Garner]] * [[Paul Caplin]] | producer = | prev_title = Sister Friction | prev_year = 1983 | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|tUJQigu0_04|"Shiny Shiny"}}}} }} "'''Shiny Shiny'''" is a 1983 [[New wave music|new wave]] song by the British [[Pop music|pop]] band [[Haysi Fantayzee]]. It is an anti-[[nuclear war]] song with humorous, nonsensical lyrics about war, politics, and violence, among other issues, which includes instruments such as a piano, fiddles, violins, and spoons, along with audio sound effects, loops, and a bouncy country music-like beat. <ref>{{cite web |first=Stewart |last=Mason |title=Haysi Fantayzee – "Shiny Shiny" |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/shiny-shiny-mt0013820445 |publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> The song peaked at No. 16 in the United Kingdom and reached the top three in Australia. It also charted in Germany, New Zealand and the United States, where it became the band's only hit single to chart on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], peaking at No. 74. The music video for the song also got some airplay on [[MTV]] and other music related shows and channels when it was first released. In addition, the song was performed on ''[[Top of the Pops]]''.

==Charts== ===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Weekly chart performance for "Shiny Shiny" ! Chart (1983) ! Peak<br />position |- | Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="aus83"/><ref>{{cite book |first=David |last=Kent |authorlink=David Kent (historian) |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |publisher=Australia Chart Books |location=[[St Ives, New South Wales]] |date=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref> | style="text-align: center" | 3 |- {{single chart|New Zealand|37|artist=Haysi Fantayzee|song=Shiny Shiny}} |- {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|16|artist=Haysi Fantayzee}} |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|74|artist=Haysi Fantayzee}} |- {{single chart|West Germany|22|artist=Haysi Fantayzee|song=Shiny Shiny|songid=13064}} |}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Year-end chart performance for "Shiny Shiny" ! Chart (1983) ! Position |- ! scope="row"| Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="aus83">{{cite web |url=https://i.imgur.com/860ttad.jpg |title=Kent Music Report – National Top 100 Singles for 1983 |publisher=[[Kent Music Report]] |via=Imgur.com |access-date=January 22, 2023}}</ref> | 48 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{discogs master|type=single|116539}}

{{Haysi Fantayzee}}

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