Medical Love Song Explained

"Medical Love Song" is a Monty Python comedy song composed by Eric Idle and John Du Prez, with lyrics co-written by Graham Chapman. It appeared on Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album from 1980, and is also included on the CD Monty Python Sings.

The song consists of a long list of sexually transmitted diseases contracted during a "lovely night in June" and their unpleasant effects on the body,[1] using medical terminology provided by Graham Chapman, who was a qualified doctor.[2]

The song was included as an animated number in A Liar's Autobiography, during the end credits.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/place-london/plain/A11288955 Sexual Ailments in Monty Python's 'Medical Love Song' at BBC DNA.
  2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r82483 Monty Python Sings - Monty Python: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards: AllMusic