Album: Greatest Hits (1960)

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• She was afraid to come out of the locker
  She was as nervous as she could be
  She was afraid to come out of the locker
  She was afraid that somebody would see
  Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore!
  
  It was an itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka-dot bikini
  That she wore for the first time today.
  An itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka-dot bikini
  So in the locker she wanted to stay.
  Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell you more!
  
  She was afraid to come out in the open
  And so a blanket around her she wore.
  She was afraid to come out in the open.
  And so she sat bundled up on the shore.
  Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore!
  
  It was an itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka-dot bikini.
  That she wore for the first time today.
  An itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka-dot bikini.
  So in the blanket she wanted to stay.
  Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell you more!
  
  Now she is afraid to come out of the water.
  And I wonder what she's gonna do.
  'Cause she's afraid to come out of the water.
  And now the poor little girl's turning blue.
  Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore!
  
  It was an itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka-dot bikini.
  That she wore for the first time today.
  An itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka-dot bikini.
  So in the water she wanted to stay.
  
  From the locker to the blanket,
  From the blanket to the shore,
  From the shore to the water
  Guess there isn't any more. Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 11

• AnonymousThe song appears in Gummy Bear
• Annie from Hong KongGood song, I like this song so much and when I was young, I dance cha cha with this song.
• Heshy from Edison NjThe year the song was released is definitely wrong. I am 100% sure that I was listening to Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini in 1959. No question about it
• Barry from Sauquoit, Nyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micheline_Bernardini#/media/File:MichelineBernardini.jpg
• George from Vancouver, CanadaWas it a yellow bikini, or yellow polka dots?
• Eran from IsraelThe song appears in Billy Wilder's "One Two Three", as a torture device used to get a confession out of a communist who is accused of spying.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn July 19th 1960, Brian Hyland performed "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
  At the time of this appearance on 'Bandstand' the song was at #10 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; and three weeks later on August 8th, 1960 it peaked at #1 (for 1 week) and spent 15 weeks on the Top 100...
  It reached #2 on the Australian RPM 100 Singles chart...
  Between 1960 and 1971 he had twenty-two Top 100 records; with three making the Top 10, his two other Top 10 records both peaked at #3, "Sealed with A Kiss" (1962) and "Gypsy Woman" (1970)...
  Mr. Hyland will celebrate his 71st birthday in four months on November 12th, 2014.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn July 5th 1946, the bikini bathing suit made its debut at a fashion show at the Piscine Molitor (a public pool in Paris, France)...
  It was the creation of Louis Reard, who named it after Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean...
  Former Casino de Paris nude dancer Micheline Bernardini was chosen to model the two-piece outfit.
• Steve Dotstar from Los Angeles, CaJust a very cute sound from the early 60's and part of what I enjoyed about this era!..
• Mark from Lancaster, OhThis song was an utter sensation when it came out. Everyone did parodies of it, on every TV show, for months.
• Sandy from Wellington, FlThis song was actually written by Peter Udell -- and BTW, he also wrote [among others] Sealed With A Kiss.

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