BSQ: Classics

I m Henery the Eighth, I Am is a 1910 British music hall song by Fred Murray and R. P. Weston. It was a signature song of music hall star Harry Champion and became the fastestselling song in history to that point when revived in 1965 by Herman s Hermits, becoming the group s second numberone on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In the wellknown chorus, Henery explains that his wife had been married seven times before.