Clap For The Wolfman

Album: Road Food (1974)
Charted: 6
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  • Clap for the Wolfman
    He gon' rate your record high
    Clap for the Wolfman
    You gon' dig him 'til the day you die

    Clap for the Wolfman
    He gon' rate your record high (mmh, yes gracious)
    Clap for the Wolfman
    You gon' dig him 'til the day you die

    Doo Ron Ron and the Duke of Earl
    They were friend's of mine
    And I was on my moonlight drive
    Snuggled in said, "Baby, just one kiss"
    She said, "No, no, no"
    Romance ain't keepin' me alive
    I said, "Hey babe, do you wanna coo, coo, coo?"
    She said, "Ah, ah, ah"
    So I was left out in the cold
    I said, "You're what I've been dreaming of"
    She said, "I don't want to know"
    (Oh you know, she was diggin' the cat on the radio)

    Clap for the Wolfman
    He gon' rate your record high
    (Yes baby, I your doctor love)
    Clap for the Wolfman
    You gon' dig him 'til the day you die
    (Heh heh, everybody's talking about the Wolfman's "pompatous of love")

    Seventy-five or eighty miles an hour
    She hollered, "Slow, slow, slow"
    Baby, I can stop right on a dime
    I said, "Hey baby, give me just one kiss"
    She said, "No, no, no"
    But how was I to bide my time?
    I said, "Hey babe, do you wanna coo, coo, coo?"
    He said "Ah, ah, ah"
    Said, "I'm about to overload"
    I said "You're what I been living for"
    She said "I don't know want to know"
    (Oh, you thought she was diggin' you but she was diggin' me)

    Clap for the Wolfman
    He gon' rate your record high
    (As long as you got the curves, baby, I got the angles)
    Clap for the Wolfman
    You gon' dig him 'til the day you die
    (It's all according to how your boogaloo situation stands, you understand?)

    Clap for the Wolfman
    He gon' rate your record high
    (You ain't gonna get 'em, 'cause I got 'em, ha yeah)
    Clap for the Wolfman (oh)
    You gon' dig him 'til the day you die
    (You might wanna try, but I gon' keep 'em)

    Clap for the Wolfman (ain't that right girls? Yes)
    Clap for the Wolfman
    Clap for the Wolfman
    Clap for the Wolfman
    Clap for the Wolfman (and I got 'em all)
    Clap for the Wolfman (yes you go right on 'head and try)
    Clap for the Wolfman (I'm gonna say bye)
    Clap for the Wolfman (you love him don't you?)
    Clap for the Wolfman (I love you)
    Clap for the Wolfman (come over here my precious little baby)
    Clap for the Wolfman (come here)
    Clap for the Wolfman (oh yes love is real dear, yeah)
    Clap for the Wolfman
    Clap for the Wolfman (you see what I mean fellas?)
    Clap for the Wolfman (just gotta)
    Clap for the Wolfman (clap for the Wolfman) Writer/s: Burton Cummings, Kurt Winter, William R Wallace
    Publisher: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 18

  • AnonymousOn July 1, 1995. WCBS radio in NY 101.5 announced that The Wolfman had passed away. They played this song as a tribute.
  • Anonymous from Jim In Calgary Ab CanadaWolfman Jack as the boomers knew him God rest him..had that voice and appeared onstage repeatly with the Stampeders doing Hit The Road Jack..and likely more tuned..he and Ronnie King were very good buds..and he also performed with the Guess Who ( clap for the wolfman )..and did some tracks with FLASH CADILLAC AND THE CONTINENTAL KIDS..this band also performed on Happy Days..
  • Tracy Lawlor from Vavenby British Columbia ( CanadaNot so much a comment as an inquiry,
    I was listening to Clap for the Wolfman ( Burton Cummings )
    We can’t sleep now because we’ve been scouring the internet for who the Girl was that was talking in the song
    And us being Canadian.... (head hung in shame...)
    Thanks , a grateful Canuck
    Tracy
  • Deejay from British ColumbiaWolfman, too, was a featured part of "Dancin' On A Saturday Night", by Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids.
  • Sludge from WheelingI thought the Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You was an imitation Wolfman.

    Regardless, I love that song. They kind of sound like John, Paul, and George, though.
  • Steve from Whittier, CaOh, I thought also, as I once read that it was about wishing sexually transmitted diseases on Wolfman Jack.
  • Steve from Whittier, CaSugarloaf used Wolfman Jack, too, in "Don't Call Us".Teresa, agreed with you on Wolfman Jack being the best guy to do this version.
    Rat, "I guess I can't get 'em cause Wolfman's got 'im, LOL!
  • Teresa from Mechelen, BelgiumI love the version with the "Wolfman Jack" very much. He was really a fantastic guy.
  • Rat from Chicago, IlAnd I thought the line was "Confidence of love." I guess I can't get them because Wolfman has got them.
  • Tony Lewis from Fredericton, NbNEither was the first. Apparently Wikipedia states,
    "Although Miller claims he invented the words "epismetology" (metathesis of epistemology) and "pompatus," all of his song-writing shows strong rhythm and blues influences, and a 1954 song called "The Letter" by the Medallions had the lines[1]:
    Oh my darling, let me whisper
    sweet words of pizmotality
    and discuss the puppetutes of love.
    The song was composed by Vernon Green as a description of his dream woman.[1] "Pizmotality described words of such secrecy that they could only be spoken to the one you loved," Green explained. He coined the term puppetutes "to mean a secret paper-doll fantasy figure who would be my everything and bear my children."[1]"
  • Tom from Tellico Plains, TnThey say 'pompitous of love' really don't have any significant meaning. Steve Miller said it was just a saying.
  • Rich from Columbus, InSteve Miller's "The Joker" was released first as it debuted on the top 100 chart late in 1973. It peaked at #1 in January of 1974. "Clap For The Wolfman" peaked at #6 in October 1974.
  • Richard from Lansing, MiVery few people know that the song was originally written by bassist Bill Wallace and guitarist Kurt Winter. Napoleon was actually Burton Cummings who was very Napoleonistic when the #10 album was recorded. The rest of the band was extrememly upset about it, and Kurt and Bill had a completely different set of lyrics for the song.
    When producer Jack Richardson heard the song, he knoew it would be a hit, and had Burton come up with lyrics, and their record company RCA also had Wolfman Jack under contract. So they had Wolfman as a special guest, I saw a concert with them and the Wolfman as a speical guest, needless to say it was a very interesting show. They did Wolfman, but Wolfman also 'sang' the classic 'StaggerLee'.
  • Dale from Rumford, Mewhat do they mean .....................
  • Johnny from Los Angeles, CaThe Joker and this were released in the same year, but I think the Joker was written first. Very catchy. I am now going to search for "Wolfman" on songfacts, see if any other song has wolfman in the title.
  • Don from Newmarket, CanadaThe Stampeder's also used Wolfman Jack in a song. They did a remake of Ray Charles's song Hit The Road Jack.
  • Stefanie Magura from Rock Hill, ScI think Steve Miller's "pompitous" came first. i'm not sure though.
  • Cheyenne from Dallas, TxThis song refers to "the Wolfman's pompitous of love". Anybody know whose "pompitous" came first, Steve Miller's in 'The Joker' or the Wolfman's in this song?
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