If you were looking for something both uplifting and extremely camp to brighten up your week, we’d like to point you in the direction of Elaine Paige’s Twitter account.
On Tuesday afternoon, the West End legend shared a video of herself having her second coronavirus jab and, naturally, performing a specially-written musical number to mark the occasion.
To the tune of the Cats ballad Memory, she can be heard singing: “Vaccine, I am having my vaccine, to protect against Covid, make sure you get yours too.
“When you have it you’ll understand what happiness is… look, a new life will begin.”
“Seriously,” she then says. “When you get the chance, have it. It’s safe, it’s effective, it doesn’t hurt and we all need it, to beat the virus.
“So have your vaccine, and make Covid… a Memory,” she jokes.
I'm thrilled to say I've added myself to the @ukvacprogress figures by having my 2nd #COVID19 vaccination! PLEASE when you are offered yours have one!! It's safe, didn't hurt & it will help prevent further deaths from this cruel virus. Together let's make #Covid_19 a 'memory!' pic.twitter.com/TkSqCMrNqE
— Elaine Paige (@elaine_paige) March 16, 2021
Since the vaccine roll-out began last year, a number of high-profile stars have spoken out about receiving the jab.
Like Elaine, Dolly Parton also made quite the literal song and dance when she had hers earlier this month, delivering a rewritten version of her classic Jolene while she had the injection.
“Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, I’m begging of you, please don’t hesitate,” she sang. Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, because once you’re dead, then that’s a bit too late.”
Dolly helped fund the Moderna vaccine after donating one million dollars (about £716,000) to the Vanderbilt University Medical Centre in Nashville, Tennessee.
The video of herself receiving her first dose was brilliantly captioned on her social media accounts: “Dolly gets a dose of her own medicine.”
