{"id":320973,"date":"2011-03-18T23:16:26","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T23:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/18\/comic-relief-2011-susan-boyle-surprise-duet-of-i-know-him-so-well-with-peter-kay-helps-raise-42m-by-10pm\/"},"modified":"2011-03-18T23:16:26","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T23:16:26","slug":"comic-relief-2011-susan-boyle-surprise-duet-of-i-know-him-so-well-with-peter-kay-helps-raise-42m-by-10pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/comic-relief-2011-susan-boyle-surprise-duet-of-i-know-him-so-well-with-peter-kay-helps-raise-42m-by-10pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic Relief 2011: Susan Boyle surprise duet of I Know Him So Well with Peter Kay helps raise \u00a342m by 10pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"98.7755380936\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Jody+Thompson\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jody Thompson<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 10:47 PM on 18th March 2011<\/p>\n<p><span>She&#8217;s long held Elaine Paige as her musical hero &#8211; and now Susan Boyle has become something of a hero herself for helping raise a staggering amount of money for Comic Relief by covering one of her songs. <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The former Britain&#8217;s Got Talent star, 49, made a surprise appearance on tonight&#8217;s Red Nose Day extravaganza on BBC1 singing I Know Him So Well with Peter Kay, 37, in his Geraldine McQueen incarnation from his spoof Britain&#8217;s Got The Pop Factor&#8230;On Ice. <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The duet was previously recorded by Elaine and Barbara Dickson from the musical Chess and was a Number One hit for four weeks in 1985.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Scroll down to see Susan and Peter&#8217;s performance and the Elaine and Barbara original&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/b085074b802_634x468.jpg.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"468\" alt=\"Game for a laugh: Susan Boyle and Peter Kay covered Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson's I Know Him So Well for Red Nose Day \" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Game for a laugh: Susan Boyle and Peter Kay covered Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson&#8217;s I Know Him So Well for Red Nose Day <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3fdf382c343_634x413.jpg.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"413\" alt=\"On song: The pair's hilarious performance boosted the Comic Relief coffers to a massive \u00a342m by 10pm \" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On song: The pair&#8217;s hilarious performance boosted the Comic Relief coffers to a massive \u00a342m by 10pm <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Susan and Peter hilariously spoofed the original video of the song, which was written by Tim Rice along with Abba&#8217;s Benny Andersson and Bj\u00f6rn Ulvaes.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Susan and Peter&#8217;s version meanwhile goes on sale on Monday to raise even more money for Comic Relief. <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a nod to the original video in all its Eighties glory, Susan has an enormous perm which keeps getting bigger, and at one point, the pair appear to have been set on fire.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After the pair finish singing, they&#8217;re seen emerging from the studio and watching down a corridor at BBC&#8217;s Television Centre, where Susan is heard saying to Peter: &#8216;Hurry up then, I want a cup of tea.&#8217;<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Peter then replies: &#8216;Alright, keep your hair on&#8217; &#8211; at which point they both take off wigs to reveal shiny bald heads underneath. <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Moments later, presenters Fearne Cotton and Lenny Henry revealed that aftere just three hours on air, Susan and Peter&#8217;s performance had boosted the sum total to a whopping \u00a342m.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The single and a DVD of their version of I Know Him So Well goes on sale on Monday. <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/b085074b802_634x468.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1367782\/Comic-Relief-2011-Susan-Boyle-surprise-duet-I-Know-Him-So-Well-Peter-Kay-helps-raise-42m-10pm.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Comic Relief 2011: Susan Boyle surprise duet of I Know Him So Well with Peter Kay helps raise \u00a342m by 10pm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Comic Relief 2011: Susan Boyle surprise duet of I Know Him So Well with Peter Kay helps raise \u00a342m by 10pm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Jody Thompson Last updated at 10:47 PM on 18th March 2011 She&#8217;s long held Elaine Paige as her musical hero &#8211; and now Susan Boyle has become something of a hero herself for helping raise a staggering amount of money for Comic Relief by covering one of her songs. The former Britain&#8217;s Got Talent star, 49, made a surprise appearance on tonight&#8217;s Red Nose Day extravaganza on BBC1 singing I Know Him So Well with Peter Kay, 37, in his Geraldine McQueen incarnation from his spoof Britain&#8217;s Got The Pop Factor&#8230;On Ice. The duet was previously recorded by Elaine and Barbara Dickson from the musical Chess and was a Number One hit for four weeks in 1985. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-320973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Comic Relief 2011: Susan Boyle surprise duet of I Know Him So Well with Peter Kay helps raise \u00a342m by 10pm - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/comic-relief-2011-susan-boyle-surprise-duet-of-i-know-him-so-well-with-peter-kay-helps-raise-42m-by-10pm\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Comic Relief 2011: Susan Boyle surprise duet of I Know Him So Well with Peter Kay helps raise \u00a342m by 10pm - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Jody Thompson Last updated at 10:47 PM on 18th March 2011 She&#039;s long held Elaine Paige as her musical hero - and now Susan Boyle has become something of a hero herself for helping raise a staggering amount of money for Comic Relief by covering one of her songs. 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