Goodness Gracious Me (song)

It features Sellers acting the role of an Indian doctor (a brown voice portrayal), and Loren of his wealthy Italian patient – who fall in love.

The song was conceived and instigated by George Martin, who was the producer at that time of Peter Sellers's comedy recordings.

In 1979, heart transplant pioneer, Christiaan Barnard and Australian actress, Chantal Contouri, performed the song together as part of Channel 7 Perth's (Western Australia) annual Telethon.

[2] In the 1990s, the song provided the inspiration for the title and theme tune of the BBC radio and TV comedy programme of the same name, starring British-based Indian characters.

In February 2013, the song was covered by Rowan Atkinson and Pixie Lott (joined by Nick Mohammed) for a one off telethon From the Heart.