Tony Christie years earlier. The single was credited as "featuring Peter Kay", though Kay only appeared in the video; the audio track was the original 1971 issue. His album "The Definitive Collection" also climbed to the Number 1 spot the following week in the UK Albums Chart, breaking records when it also came in at Number 1 on the downloads chart. In 2005, the Dutch singer Albert West covered the same song. This release reached Number 25 in the Dutch record chart. The same year Christie re-recorded "Amarillo" together with the Hermes House Band for the German market, reaching Number 25 in
(Is This the Way to) Amarillo Bungle, Emu, as well as Tony Christie himself. Within the first few cameos, Max and Paddy from "Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights" and its spin-off appear together, arguing and eventually fighting in the Granada studios' corridor. This is one of many appearances of characters from Kay's TV series, including Paddy's tennis playing cell mate Cliff from "Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere", and both a football team for people with dwarfism and Brian Potter from "Phoenix Nights". The video consists almost entirely of Kay walking towards the camera flanked by different pairings of the celebrities, in front of increasingly bizarre and