{{short description|1981 single by Chas & Dave}} {{refimprove|date=August 2017}} {{Infobox song | name = Stars Over 45 | cover = Stars Over 45 cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Chas & Dave | album = | released = 6 December 1981 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Novelty | length = 4:24 | label = Rockney | writer = {{hlist|Chas Hodges|Dave Peacock}} | producer = | prev_title = Rabbit | prev_year = 1980 | next_title = Ain't No Pleasing You | next_year = 1982 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|2TC8_XiWCNg|"Stars Over 45"}}}} }} "'''Stars Over 45'''" is a song by Chas & Dave which was released as a single on 6 December 1981 and entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 59.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Stars%20Over%2045 | title=Stars Over 45 | work=Official Charts Company | accessdate=2011-07-04 }}</ref> The song stayed in the charts for 8 weeks and peaked at number No. 21 on 2 January 1982.
According to Chas Hodges, the song was recorded as a "piss take" on the series of pop song medleys by Stars on 45, and chose some of the "corniest" old songs such as "When I'm Cleaning Windows", "Any Old Iron" and "The Laughing Policeman" in the medley. It was however not originally intended to be a single, only as a B-side. Hodges did not want it released as a single, and it would be their only song he regretted releasing.<ref name="hodges">{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=uY5KAAAAQBAJ |title=Chas and Dave: All About Us |isbn=9781857828269 |first=Chas |last=Hodges |date=October 2009 |chapter=Chapter 23: How do we follow 'Rabbit'? |publisher=John Blake }}</ref>
== See also == * Chas & Dave discography
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