We Are Alan One

We Are Alan One (alternative title: We Are Number One but it's a dead meme) was Alan's last single of 1997. Alan dropped the track after a long hiatus and period of illness, during which time he lost his voice. Fearing his audience may not recognise his recovered voice, or even accuse him of not actually being Alan, Alan wrote and recorded the song to put to rest any rumours that he had been replaced.

The song itself is a parody of the then-trending LazyTown video &quot;We Are Number One&quot;, a trend that Alan had been involved in the conception of shortly before falling ill. The parody content extended beyond the song itself, as the single's accompanying video also mimicked the meme visuals, with Alan portraying the characters &quot;Alan Rotten&quot;, Alan's minions and &quot;Geordicus&quot;. For their brief appearances, Jellanie and Phingy were portrayed by Dancey McDanceface (her first public appearance since being discovered locked in the station studio from the filming of Never Gonna Trigger You) and Alan's producer Philp Scofiled respectively. The only known recording of the video - which had been stored in a treacle tin - was wiped by British film enthusiast Brad Castinghouse, at the time believing it to be a rare complete collection of early Doctor However episodes. Upon retrieving the tin from his shed, all that could be rescued of the recording was the audio, which can be found in the links section.

In spite of the criticism Alan was receiving as a cutting-edge artist earlier in the year, his last release of 1997 was met with positive reception, cementing possibilities of a full album in 1998.

Links
https://soundcloud.com/user-302433908/we-are-number-one-but-its-a-dead-meme