Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren recorded a novelty song for The Millionairess called ‘Goodness Gracious Me.’ The song was cut from the movie but became a hit single. Oddly, Sellers’ accent seems better here than in The Party.

A modern-day couple acts out the song:

Here’s the kickass bhangra and harmonium version of the same melody from the British Asian comedy series:

Check out the lyrics. The cover of the single had Sellers in brownface again:

From New Delhi to Darjeeling
I have done my share of healing,
And I’ve never yet been beaten or outboxed,
I remember that with one jab
Of my needle in the Punjab
How I cleared up beriberi
And the dreaded dysentery,
But your complaint has got me really foxed. [Link]

Sellers virtually built a career out of playing Indian characters in movies including The Road to Hong Kong, The Millionairess and The Party.

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