Give Us a Hit

Give Us a Hit is a 2008 satirical comic rock song by Georgeland comedy quartet The Simple Lice. The song is the first track on the band's album Nice Lice, slated for release in February 2008. The song reached the #1 position on Georgeland's music sales chart on January 16, four days after its initial release. It is the first comedy song ever to do so in Georgeland.

Premise
The song is a plea from the band to their fans and to the general public. The opening line of the song, "After ten years we got nothing" is a gripe that after ten years of performing, the band have never had a 'hit' song. The lyrics attempt to convince people to buy the song in droves, or even illegally download it, in an attempt to propel the song onto the musical charts. The song also mocks existing successul musicians and disparages the music currently charting. The song is an upbeat rock number featuring electric guitars and amplifiers, a first for the band who usually play their songs acoustically.

Video clip
The song's video clip was released concurrently with the song, via iTunes on January 12. The clip is a 'tribute' as well as a parody of popular music over the past fifty years. The four members of the band appear in the guise of more than forty popular bands and musicians, and play each of the roles themselves. The band chronologically goes through five decades of music; each artist is only seen for a few seconds, resulting in a series of rapid-fire jokes at their expense, or occasionally at the expense of the Simple Lice, through captions on-screen. Madonna is labelled as Used to be cool, Michael Jackson is labelled as Freak! and the band's impersonation of The Spice Girls is punctuated by the caption That's deeply disturbing!.

Artists represented
In chronological order, the band members appear in the guises of the following artists (44 in all):
 * Chuck Berry
 * Dean Martin
 * Frank Sinatra
 * Buddy Holly and the Crickets
 * The Supremes
 * Roy Orbison
 * Bob Dylan
 * The Beatles
 * The Rolling Stones
 * The Beach Boys
 * The Bandits
 * The Monkees
 * The Doors
 * Ozzy Osbourne
 * Elton John
 * Alice Cooper
 * Bruce Springsteen
 * Fleetwood Mac
 * Abba
 * Queen
 * Pink Floyd
 * KISS
 * Madonna
 * The Cure
 * Band Aid
 * Robert Palmer
 * Prince
 * Michael Jackson
 * The B52's
 * Guns N'Roses
 * Nirvana
 * The Clockworkers
 * [[Wikipedia:Alanis Morrisette|Alanis Morrisette]
 * Rage Against the Machine
 * The Spice Girls
 * N'Sync
 * Britney Spears
 * The Supersonic Jets
 * 50 Cent (as well as other Hip-Hop artists)
 * Good Charlotte
 * Black Eyed Peas
 * OutKast
 * Green Day
 * Amy Winehouse
 * The Simple Lice, as themselves.

Reaction
The media reaction to the single was generally positive, with most attention focusing on the ambitious and innovative film clip. Critic John Cowan said the clip was the "best thing on music TV for decades" and suggested it should be nominated for an award. The fan reception to the clip was highly positive.