However, Buckner and Garcia could not obtain the original master recordings from Sony Music Entertainment, so the duo was forced to record new performances of the songs and recreate a lot of the sound effects either digitally or musically. In 1999, a re-recorded version of the album was released independently by Buckner and Garcia, which was released commercially through K-Tel in 2002. In 1998, the duo was asked to record an unplugged version of "Pac-Man Fever" exclusively for the syndicated radio show Retro Rewind. This got the attention of CBS Records as well as other stations across the country, and the single hit #9 on the US Billboard charts in 1982. The station was bombarded with calls from listeners who begged to hear it again and again. However, when they shopped it locally, WSTR (FM) in Atlanta decided to play it for fun on their show one morning.
Their manager shopped the song at radio stations nationwide, but no one wanted to play it. After that, they decided to write a novelty song about the game. The duo had never heard of the game before, but they waited their turn and played it too, and ended up playing for two hours straight. They were eating at a restaurant down the road in Marietta, and they saw other diners swarming around a brand new Pac-Man machine. This song was featured in the South Park episode " Splatty Tomato" as well as the Family Guy episode " The D in Apartment 23", both aired in 2017.īuckner and Garcia were in the Atlanta area in 1981, recording TV jingles and other low-profile studio work. VH1 ranked it at number 98 on their list of 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s.Ī follow-up release in May 1982, "Do the Donkey Kong", just missed the Billboard chart, ranking number 103. Club.That same month, it was certified Gold by the RIAA for over one million units shipped to retailers the single sold 1.2 million copies by the end of 1982, and 2.5 million copies in total as of 2008. " "Weird Al" Yankovic shares his unreleased Beatles parody about Pac-Man". Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. ^ "Talent in Action : Top Pop Singles".Archived from the original on 18 July 2007. ^ "Buckner & Garcia Chart History (Hot 100)".^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada"."Jerry Buckner Tells the "Pac-Man Fever" Story : Songwriter Interviews". Media Today: An Introduction to Mass Communication (3rd ed.). ^ RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - Pac-Man Fever Archived at the Wayback Machine.4 and Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic References
It is based on The Beatles' song " Taxman." The song was released on the compilations Dr. "Weird Al" Yankovic recorded a similar song in late 1981 called "Pac-Man", during the height of the game's popularity. In honor of the release of the 2015 film Pixels, Jerry Buckner, and Danny Jones with Jace Hall, took the vocals from Gary Garcia's master recording, and created a new version called "Pac-Man Fever Eat Em' Up". Buckner and Garcia were in the Atlanta area in 1981, recording TV jingles and other low-profile studio work.
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