A fish monger from Queens Market in east London is making a surprise bid for the novelty Christmas number one single with a major label release of “One Pound Fish”.
Muhammad Shahid Nazir had a surprise rise to internet fame as a video of him singing his own “one pound fish” song at his stall in the market went viral on YouTube with over four million views. Since then he auditioned for the X-Factor, failing to get past the first round, but he was then approached by Warner Music for his own Christmas song.
Now with a heavy dose of autotune, some bizarre dance moves, and a cheap and cheerful video, that single has been released to the world, with it already nearing a million views since it went online a couple of days ago. Could this be the UK’s Christmas number one this year, pushing whatever X-Factor identikit boy/girl (band) wins to the sidelines?
And for good measure, here is the original video that went viral earlier this year:
