IDLES cover Hey Duggee’s “The Stick Song!” before Glastonbury

For the collaboration we didn’t know we needed, Grammy-nominated band IDLES gave Hey Duggee’s “The Stick Song!” a guitar-based makeover.

The IDLES version of the hit comes a few days before their headlining gig at Glastonbury and will be released to coincide with a brand new episode of Hey Duggee called The Carrot Badge.

One of CBeebies’ most popular titles for kids and families, new episode ‘Hey Duggee’ kicks off Season 5 and premieres on June 28. A tribute to the summer solstice and British music festivals, the episode ‘Carrot Badge’ airs just in time for Glastonbury and sees the rabbits preparing for the Carrot Solstice, the day when the sun is at its highest and they gather around Carrot Henge to celebrate the splendour of this humble vegetable.

IDLES’ involvement marks their second appearance on CBeebies in recent months, after lead singer Joe Talbot read “Under the Love Umbrella” as a bedtime story for CBeebies.

IDLES’ headlining Glastonbury Other Stage performance will be broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 28 June, with a pre-show interview on BBC Radio 6 Music with Huw Stephens. This is part of the BBC’s exclusive coverage of Glastonbury Festival on TV, BBC iPlayer, radio and BBC Sounds from Wednesday 26 – Sunday 30 June.

A video featuring footage from IDLES and Hey Duggee is available here on BBC iPlayer.

‘The Carrot Badge’ is the first of 20 brand new episodes in season 5 of this popular show, produced by Studio AKA, BBC Studios Kids & Family and CBeebies, and airing to coincide with the festival season. Further episodes from season 5 will premiere on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer later this year.

Created by Grant Orchard, Hey Duggee is full of fun adventure, imagination, gentle humour and learning by doing. The series is narrated by comedian and presenter Alexander Armstrong, and the episode also features the voices of Sander Jones, Lucy Montgomery and Adam Longworth.

Since its launch in 2014, Hey Duggee has become a seven-time BAFTA and international Emmy hit. Since its debut, the series has been streamed 1.36 billion times on BBC iPlayer and has garnered over 3 billion total views on its official YouTube channel.

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