Neddy, those are the original words to the Yellow Polka Dot Bikini song. Show
She was afraid to come out of the locker [ It was an itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka-dot bikini I am not sure which Joseph song you are talking about, though. Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!
 That would be Brian Hyland. In 1960, Hyland hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with “Itsy Bitsy,” his first and biggest single, penned by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss. Hyland hit it big again in 1962 with the “back to school” anthem, “Sealed with a Kiss,” written by Peter Udell and Gary Geld. (“Sealed with a Kiss” charted again in 1968 when covered and released by Gary Lewis and the Playboys.)
In 1966, while recording for Philips Records, Hyland recorded an album produced by music legends Snuff Garrett, Leon Russell and JJ Cale, yielding the top twenty singles, “The Joker Went Wild” and “Run, Run, Look And See.” “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie” may be one of the most known songs in the world, in part due to the lasting popularity of its subject, its nursery rhyme-like flavor, and continued use of the theme by advertising agencies. Nearly fifty years after first becoming a hit, it was popular again in 2007 with a new generation of teens as a result of a major Yoplait yogurt TV promotional campaign. Top Image: Aussie Karaoke Queens SketchSHE Doing Their Fun Schtick
"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" is a novelty song telling the story of a shy girl wearing a revealing polka dot bikini at the beach. It was written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss and first released in June 1960 by Brian Hyland, with an orchestra conducted by John Dixon. The Hyland version reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, selling a million copies in the US, and was a worldwide hit. The song has been adapted into French as "Itsy bitsy petit bikini" and into German as "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Honolulu-Strand-Bikini", reaching number one on national charts in both languages. Several versions of the song have proved successful in various European countries. In 1990 a version by British pop band Bombalurina, titled "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini", reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and in Ireland. History and lyric[edit]The story told through the three verses of the song is as follows: (1) the young lady is too afraid to leave the locker where she has changed into her bikini; (2) she has made it to the beach but sits on the sand wrapped in a blanket; (3) she has finally gone into the ocean, but is too afraid to come out, and stays immersed in the water – despite the fact she's "turning blue" – to hide herself from view.[citation needed] Trudy Packer recited the phrases "...two, three, four / Tell the people what she wore", heard at the end of each verse before the chorus; and "Stick around, we'll tell you more", heard after the first chorus and before the start of the second verse.[1] In an interview and article by Greg Ehrbar in The Cartoon Music Book, edited by Daniel Goldmark and Yuval Taylor, Rankin-Bass musical director Maury Laws said he 'ghosted' the arrangement of the song for John Dixon, as Dixon had taken on more work than he could handle at that time. At a time when bikini bathing suits were still seen as too risqué to be mainstream, the song prompted a sudden takeoff in bikini sales. It is credited as being one of the earliest contributors to the acceptance of the bikini in society. The early 1960s saw a slew of surf movies and other film and television productions that rapidly built on the song's momentum.[2] Hyland's version hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 8, 1960,[3] and sold over a million copies in the US.[4][5] It also made the top 10 in other countries, including #8 on the UK Singles Chart.[6] It also reached #1 in New Zealand.[7] Ownership controversy[edit]In September 2006, Paul Vance, the song's co-writer, saw his own mistaken obituary on TV, as a consequence of the death of another man, Paul Van Valkenburgh, who claimed to have written "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" under the name Paul Vance. The impostor had explained his lack of royalty payments for the song by claiming that he had sold the rights as a teenager.[8] Vance, the song's true co-author, earned several million dollars from the song from 1960 until his own death in 2022, describing it as "a money machine."[9] In other media[edit]The song was featured in the 1961 Billy Wilder film comedy One, Two, Three – in a key scene, the character Otto (Horst Buchholz), suspected of being a spy, is being tortured by the East German police playing the song to him repetitively, eventually with the record off-center to create a weird howling variation of pitch. The actual recording was re-released in 1962 to capitalize on the film's success, but it did not rechart. The song is also used in the films Aparna Sen film 36 Chowringhee Lane (1981), Sister Act 2 and Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise. It was going to be one of the tracks for Just Dance 2017, but was removed for an unknown reason. However, it has made an appearance in its sequel Just Dance 2018, performed by The Sunlight Shakers. Charts[edit]French versions[edit]
The song was adapted into French under the title "Itsy bitsy petit bikini" by André Salvet and Lucien Morisse.[22] The French version was recorded in 1960 first by Dalida and then by Johnny Hallyday and Richard Anthony (Dalida also recorded a version in Italian titled "Pezzettini di bikini"). Sales of all three French versions, as well as Brian Hyland's English version, were combined and reached number one in Wallonia (French-speaking Belgium), charting for nine months from September 1, 1960, to May 1, 1961.[22] A version by the animated character Funny Bear also reached the top 30 in France in 2007.[23] Richard Anthony's version of "Itsy bitsy petit bikini" appears in the 2006 film A Good Year. Track listings[edit]Dalida version[edit]7" single Barclay 70345 (1960)
Johnny Hallyday version[edit]7" single Vogue V. 45-775 (1960)
Charts[edit]Dalida/Johnny Hallyday/Richard Anthony/Brian Hyland versions[edit]
Funny Bear version[edit]
German versions[edit]In Germany, the song was renamed "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Honolulu-Strand-Bikini" and with German lyrics written by Rudolf Günter Loose. It was recorded by Club Honolulu, an alias for French-born Italian singer Caterina Valente and her brother Silvio Francesco,[24] and reached number one on the West German charts.[25] The teenage Danish brothers Jan & Kjeld also recorded a version in German, but although the duo were popular in West Germany, having already had several hits there, their version failed to chart in that country, and its only chart appearance was in the Netherlands.[26] Charts[edit]Club Honolulu version[edit]
Jan & Kjeld version[edit]
Albert West versions[edit]Dutch singer Albert West collaborated with original singer Hyland on an updated version in 1988, which reached number 43 on the Dutch singles chart.[27] In 2003 West recorded another version of the song with Band Zonder Banaan which reached number 36.[28] Charts[edit]Albert West & Brian Hyland version[edit]
Band Zonder Banaan & Albert West version[edit]
Bombalurina version[edit]
In July 1990, a version was released by Bombalurina, titled "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini", which featured Timmy Mallett, star of Wacaday, a popular UK children's television show of the time, along with two dancers, Dawn Andrews and Annie Dunkley.[30] Andrews later married Gary Barlow of the group Take That.[31] Mallett told the British pop magazine Smash Hits that the composer of popular theatre musicals Andrew Lloyd Webber had come up with the idea for making the single, and had asked Mallett to sing on it. The day after recording the song, Mallett took a copy of it on a tour of European clubs where he was making personal appearances, and asked the clubs' DJs to play the song, raising public awareness of the record.[30] In November 2008, schoolteacher and former singer Everton Barnes claimed that he was the real singer on the record, as Mallett had been unable to hit the right notes and sang flat.[32] The song was released on Carpet Records, a subsidiary of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group. Lloyd Webber later admitted that he had produced the song because his wife had bet him that as a composer of musical theatre, he would not be able to make a pop song that was a big hit.[33] The band name "Bombalurina" was taken from the name of one of the characters in Lloyd Webber's musical Cats.[30] The song reached number one on the UK Singles Chart on August 19, 1990, and was certified silver for sales of 200,000 copies.[34] The single also reached number one in Ireland and the top ten in Austria, Finland, Germany, New Zealand, and Norway. Charts[edit]Weekly charts[edit]
Year-end charts[edit]
Certifications[edit]Other cover versions and parodies[edit]There have been cover versions in many languages.
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