United States. The following year, it was included with minor lyrical revisions on Hill's album Words and Music. When it was released as a single on EMI's Columbia label, it became a surprise number-one hit, topping the UK Singles Chart for four weeks at Christmas 1971. A promotional film, starring Hill as Ernie, Henry McGee as Ted, and Jan Butlin as Sue, was filmed in Vicarage Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire. Hill re-recorded the song, shortly before his death in 1992, for the album Benny Hill... The Best Of. Legacy On Desert Island Discs in May 2006, Conservative Party leader, later Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron picked it as one of his eight favourite records. See also List of number-one singles from the 1970s (UK) List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1970s References External links BBC News Magazine: Ernie's Journey Songs about fictional male characters Songs about occupations 1971 singles Benny Hill songs UK Singles Chart number-one singles Number-one singles in Australia Novelty songs Fictional milkmen 1970 songs Columbia Graphophone Company singles