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"Junk Food Junkie" is a 1976 novelty song by Larry Groce. It spent 15 weeks on the U.S. charts, reaching #9 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] It was Groce's only song to chart. "Junk Food Junkie" spent two weeks at #31 in Canada,[2] and it was also a minor hit on the Adult Contemporary chart. The song is currently released on K-tel International.[3]

"Junk Food Junkie"
Single by Larry Groce
from the album Junkfood Junkie
B-side	"Muddy Boggy Banjo Man"
Released	January 1976
Recorded	1975
Genre	Novelty
Length	3:03
Label	Warner/Curb 8165
Songwriter(s)	Larry Groce
Producer(s)	Randolph Nauert

Background

The song tells the story of a man leading a double life: during the day he boasts of his natural diet lifestyle, however, at night, he indulges his secret addiction to junk food.

Chart history

Popular culture

• The song was performed by Mackenzie Phillips and The Jacksons, on the June 23, 1976, episode of The Jacksons TV variety show.

See also

• List of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States

References

External links

• Larry Groce "Junk Food Junkie" lyrics
• Listen to "Junk Food Junkie" on YouTube

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