# Ian Dury And The Blockheads | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-21 19:12 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Ian Dury And The Blockheads
- Visible lyric pages: 135

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `ian-dury-and-the-blockheads`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-21 19:12 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-9e5502e2a9dca868
- Visible lyric pages: 135
- Pages with stored lyric text: 135
- Video-backed song pages: 132
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 188850
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 1991
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 154
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Tell Your Daddy, Billericay Dickie, Don't Ask Me, Take Me To The Cleaners, Bus Driver's Prayer, Hey, Hey, Take Me Away, Take Your Elbow Out Of The Soup (You're Sitting On), and Dance Little Rude Boy
- Current-month titles with activity: Bus Driver's Prayer, Don't Ask Me, Tell Your Daddy, Billericay Dickie, Crippled With Nerves, Take Your Elbow Out Of The Soup (You're Sitting On), Ballard Of The Sulphate Strangler, and Billy Bentley (Promenades Himself Around London)
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

A band that mixed rhythm and blues with observational wit, never fitting neatly into punk or any other category.

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Tell Your Daddy — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/tell-your-daddy
2. Billericay Dickie — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/billericay-dickie
3. Don't Ask Me — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/don-t-ask-me
4. Take Me To The Cleaners — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/take-me-to-the-cleaners
5. Bus Driver's Prayer — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/bus-driver-s-prayer
6. Hey, Hey, Take Me Away — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/hey-hey-take-me-away
7. Take Your Elbow Out Of The Soup (You're Sitting On) — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/take-your-elbow-out-of-the-soup-you-re-sitting-on
8. Dance Little Rude Boy — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/dance-little-rude-boy
9. Reasons To Be Cheerful — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/reasons-to-be-cheerful
10. Riding The Outskirts Of Fantasy — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/riding-the-outskirts-of-fantasy
11. Take Your Elbow Out Of The Soup, Your Sitting On The Chicken — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/take-your-elbow-out-of-the-soup-your-sitting-on-the-chicken
12. Ballard Of The Sulphate Strangler — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/ballard-of-the-sulphate-strangler
13. Billy Bentley (Promenades Himself Around London) — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/billy-bentley-promenades-himself-around-london
14. Crippled With Nerves — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/crippled-with-nerves
15. Sink My Boats — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/sink-my-boats
16. This Is What We Find — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/this-is-what-we-find
17. Clever Trevor — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/clever-trevor
18. London Talking — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/london-talking
19. Over The Points — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/over-the-points
20. The Badger And The Rabbit — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/the-badger-and-the-rabbit
21. Back To Blighty — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/back-to-blighty
22. Byline Browne — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/byline-browne
23. Friends — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/friends
24. I Made Mary — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/i-made-mary
25. Percy The Poet — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/percy-the-poet
26. Profoundly In Love With Pandora — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/profoundly-in-love-with-pandora
27. The Right People — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/the-right-people
28. Cowboys — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/cowboys
29. D'Orine The Cow — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/d-orine-the-cow
30. Father — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/father
31. I Could Lie — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/i-could-lie
32. Lonely (Town) — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/lonely-town
33. Peter The Painter — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/peter-the-painter
34. Poor Joey — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/poor-joey
35. Uncooloho — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/uncooloho
36. Body Song — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/body-song
37. Delusions Of Grandeur — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/delusions-of-grandeur
38. England's Glory — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/england-s-glory
39. I Believe — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/i-believe
40. My Old Man — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury-and-the-blockheads/my-old-man