After new version of Shooting Songs track went viral

Matt Lucas is to release a reworked version of his famous Baked Potato Song to aid NHS workers. 

The song, which he originally performed on Shooting Stars, has been rewritten to include key messages about how to avoid spreading Covid-19.

The now includes the lyrics: 'Wash your hands, stay indoors, thank you baked potato. Only go to grocery stores, thank you baked potato.’

Lucas shared the new version of the song to his Twitter account last week, garnering over 3 million views in just a few days, and will now release it as a digital single this Friday.

He said: ‘The Baked Potato Song was something I sung on Shooting Stars 20 years ago and in an idle moment on Tuesday night I rewrote the lyrics and updated them. 

‘Baked Potato is always giving good advice and the new advice in the new version of the song is about washing your hands, staying indoors and only going to grocery stores. 

‘I urge everyone to buy the single this week and raise vital money for the FeedNHS campaign.’

A VERY important message pic.twitter.com/8X03czKetu

— realmattlucas (@RealMattLucas) March 24, 2020

Spotify users can click here to add the track to their library when it is released, though it will also be available on other platforms.

Money raised will go to FeedNHS, an initiative Lucas set with food chain Leon and actor Damien Lewis and his actress wife Helen McCroy to raise £1 million and get 6,000 meals a day into London hospitals for critical care staff. 

The plan is to extend the campaign across the nation to feed the NHS, with the aim that everyone will get one hot meal a day. 

Other food chains have also joined the scheme, including Wasabi, Tortilla, Peach Pubs abd Rosa Thai

A JustGiving page for FeedNHS is here.

Published: 31 Mar 2020