Marsh Family Parody: #Signalgate

Jun 28, 2026 02:03 PM EDT, Sun

“You Were Not Supposed to Message It Through” - Marsh Family parody of the Bee Gees on #Signalgate

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Here’s a song about #Signalgate – the flamboyant US security breach – adapted from one of our all-time favourite Bee Gees tracks, titled “You Were Not Supposed to Message it Through!” A quick parody turnaround, but only five of us singing as Alfie (actually our hands-down best fake Bee Gee) is currently away, and will be annoyed. One day we’ll have a proper go with instruments live, but for now this will have to suffice as a post-work / post-school knockup.

The fantastic original, “Gotta Get a Message to You”, with its uplifting modulations and incredible layered harmonies, was released in 1968 and got to number one in the UK and the top ten in the US. Apparently it’s actually about someone on death row, though we never realised this until today. Nor that there are some other lower harmonies in later verses that are a bit raspy, which we had fun with.

It’s pretty self-explanatory, and a fast-moving story, but if you want some details before you listen, then have a look here: Trump and intelligence chiefs play down Signal group chat leak

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