. _:b431816808 "0"^^ . "Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles" . _:b431816811 "0"^^ . "false"^^ . "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" . _:b431816812 . . _:b431816813 . "-0.258757"^^ . _:b431816810 "0"^^ . "0"^^ . "Herman's Hermits songs" . "false"^^ . "21"^^ . "Tudor England in popular culture" . _:b431816813 "0"^^ . "Music hall songs" . "Cultural depictions of Henry VIII of England" . "1965 singles" . . _:b431816812 "0"^^ . "%22I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am%22 (also %22I'm Henery the VIII, I Am%22 or %22I'm Henry VIII, I Am%22; spelled %22Henery%22 but pronounced %22'Enery%22 in the Cockney style normally used to sing it) is a 1910 British music hall song by Fred Murray and R. P. Weston. It was a signature song of the music hall star Harry Champion. In 1965, it became the fastest-selling song in history to that point when it was revived by Herman's Hermits, becoming the group's second number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The lead solo on the Hermits' version was played by the group's lead guitarist Derek %22Lek%22 Leckenby.In the well-known chorus, Henery explains that his wife had been married seven times before:I'm 'Enery the Eighth, I am, 'Enery the Eighth I am, I am!I got married to the widow next door,She's been married seven times beforeAnd every one was an 'EneryShe wouldn't have a Willie nor a SamI'm her eighth old man named 'Enery 'Enery the Eighth, I am!" . "eng" . _:b431816806 . _:b431816807 . _:b431816814 "0"^^ . "I'm Henry VIII I Am" . _:b431816808 . _:b431816803 . _:b431816811 . _:b431816810 . "-0.268191"^^ . "Comedy songs" . _:b431816804 . _:b431816801 "0"^^ . _:b431816814 . . _:b431816800 "0"^^ . . "5714ded325ac0d8aee443ad5" . _:b431816803 "0"^^ . _:b431816814 . _:b431816802 "0"^^ . . _:b431816801 . "english" . _:b431816812 . _:b431816813 . "fb1fca19-2dd1-45e1-bda4-11a1b3b7ecae" . _:b431816805 "0"^^ . _:b431816810 . _:b431816811 . _:b431816808 . _:b431816809 . _:b431816806 . _:b431816804 "0"^^ . _:b431816807 . . _:b431816804 . _:b431816805 . _:b431816805 . _:b431816802 . _:b431816807 "0"^^ . . _:b431816803 . _:b431816809 . _:b431816800 . _:b431816801 . _:b431816806 "0"^^ . "1910 songs" . "Songs written by R. P. Weston" . "R. P. Weston" . _:b431816800 . . _:b431816809 "0"^^ . _:b431816802 . . "false"^^ .