<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Wonderful World" (1965) </Td> <Td> "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" (1965) </Td> <Td> "Just a Little Bit Better" (1965) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Wonderful World" (1965) </Td> <Td> "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" (1965) </Td> <Td> "Just a Little Bit Better" (1965) </Td> </Tr> <P> "I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am" (also "I'm Henery the VIII, I Am" or "I'm Henry VIII, I Am"; spelled "Henery" but pronounced "' Enery" in the Cockney style normally used to sing it) is a 1910 British music hall song by Fred Murray and R. P. Weston . It was a signature song of the music hall star Harry Champion . In 1965, it became the fastest - selling song in history to that point when it was revived by Herman's Hermits, becoming the group's second number - one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart . The lead solo on the Hermits' version was played by the group's lead guitarist Derek "Lek" Leckenby . </P> <P> In the well - known chorus, Henery explains that his wife had been married seven times before: </P>

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