Brian Hyland "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"

Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show. July 16, 1960. This has been re-posted by request.

[@sandraliaz4553]

My grandma used to sing this to me as a kid. She never knew the English language but she could sing this flawlessly. Thanks grandma for introducing me to English and this awesome song, I miss you and I wish I could’ve told you that ♥️

[@stormy7028]

My mom used to sing this song to me when I was little singing it was one of her silly ways to wake me up lol

[@rvegas81]

I agree. It's a pop song. Compared to Cardi B today lol!

[@ethemzobac7549]

Rip

[@vegan3650]

omg i love that! i remember sitting on a bar stool drinking a shirley temple with my father and this playing on the jukebox. we hit a lot of bars in those days!

[@Arleenah4everkevinfan]

That’s precious

[@Marcel_Audubon]

I think she had her itsy bitsy teeny weenie yellow polka dot bikini on backwards

[@SkullCrusher757]

probably did

[@azul9655]

this comment needs more likes!! hahaha

[@viviennefunk1295]

Marcel Audubon omg yes

[@0000song0000]

Ohhh.... I love it, now that silly songs makes actual sense ! :D

[@suefernandes8582]

🤣🤣🤣

[@nikim6986]

Everybody's talking about the little girl in tiny bikini but no one's wondering why that older woman was in 1800 style dress? 😄

[@Judyp77]

Lol...good one. 😂😂

[@MrAwawe]

It's a juxtaposition of the old and the new. Back then people wore that, now they wear this.

[@jrexx2841]

Well lets say this is 1960 So the girl is playing an old woman possiblity in her 80s, making him born in the 1880 aka. the Victorian Era. Clothes like the one the girl wore in the video is the common attire during those times. I didn't know why I put to much effort in explaining this lmao

[@SwedeProof]

Glad it wasn't just me wondering why they included that Victorian-type woman. It made no sense!

[@robinturnbull1731]

Niki M it’s to show the dramatic difference between the bikini and how it’s not conservative

[@cathymoreno1300]

I was 12 and my fav cousin was 24..she loved this song so much and I did too..I hear this song and all of a sudden I'm back in time..yet I'm almost 63..love this...thx and GOD bless you all..😊

[@jessierain3354]

it’s just a bikini, it can’t be *that* itsy bitsy- *sees the bikini* oh.

[@klitz2483]

It was an itsy bitsy teenie weni yellow polka dot bikini

[@MasterArchfiend]

You'd be surprised how itsy bitsy bikinis can be and still be legal.

[@lrvdo]

When I saw the bikini. All I could think is..why

[@bobbywall172]

jessie rain beautiful song, video and precious baby girl!! I’ve got 3 little granddaughters!!!

[@twizzycoutinho1130]

It's like the they ran out of cloth to make a normal bikini😒

[@VinylToVideo]

Always figured the girl sung about was a bit older than that.

[@michaelsudzina3321]

VinylToVideo

[@chrishansen456]

I thought it was a new born child

[@mikehudson8884]

I did too, GREAT track by Brian Hyland but the video isn't very good at all. I know it is of a time and was probably meant to be cute but it just isn't. A beautiful girl in a bikini would have been so much better and ditch the Granny.

[@nancygrindstone1478]

VinylToVideo, Did you also figure there was a young audience during the song and two beach umbrellas? durp!

[@rutabagasteu]

He wrote it about his little kid.

[@jmrodas9]

I recall I was fourteen in 1960 when I first Heard this song. I had just returned home from school that day of summer. I listened to radio only twenty minutes as I had some homework to do. And this was the first song which was played on that bygone day. It is curious I can even feel the heat of summer when I hear it despite it is now Winter.

[@afshanyunus5447]

Happy memories

[@SugarPain31]

That's how powerful a good song is. It can take you back to the times you don't even know you still remember.

[@alexandercove1194]

And the smell of Coppertone and later Noxcema because your sunscreen washed off

[@mattw4496]

You went to school in the Summertime?

[@mlinton440]

I was eight or nine years old when this song came out. It was the first. Record that my brother and I bought. We played it so much that we somehow broke it. Those were the good ole days. No worries no health issues. Just having fun being kids.

[@lauriegoetz3387]

My mother used to sing this song to me and my two sisters when we’re young. She passed a couple months ago and just today, I heard it on the radio in a store. Not a common song. It was my mama, hugging my heart! ❤😢

[@richardyoung9024]

Now that summer is around the corner maybe it should be played more often. 👙

[@baileescott401]

glad it's not common cause the origin is dudes getting boners over a 6 year old girl. this song is gross

[@RobertAllenroballen2]

Beautiful

[@HughJass-jv2lt]

❤❤

[@aesem298]

The man literally growled when talking about the girl, then she turned out to be like 6...

[@PokettoManStar]

"It was a more innocent time" crow the boomers

[@nil-8026]

Poketto Yeah the past sure was innocent, when Baby Burlesque existed 👀

[@erikb8979]

Lol

[@kiminari9921]

Also I didnt imagine the itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini to be THAT itsy bitsy teenie weenie.

[@blickluke]

Yeah wtf

[@avaguitarestava]

Host: rawr. Me: Cant wait to see her. 6 year old girl... Me: W..T..F

[@LucyWest370]

Eric Corral Felix that was then, this is now. It’s weird I know.

[@AshleyRice883]

Right!? I grew up listening to this song and had no idea it was about a little girl...wth

[@MariahRuthven]

Creepy stuff...

[@teptime]

Not to mention it's actually a little boy.

[@fruitypuffpie1585]

I thought it would be about a teen girl....

[@hormelinc]

This song was written by Paul Vance about his little daughter's embarrassment of wearing a bikini. Paul was a very prolific song writer but this seemed to be is biggest. He also wrote "Playground In My Mind" (a hit in 1973) in which his 8 year old son Phil sang a backing chorus.

[@ModelARider]

hormelinc playground in my mind was a great song!

[@jaworskij]

Ewww... Creepy song that "Playground"... coincidentally, I was 8 yrs. old myself when that song was in the Top40 in the 1970s. The song mentions the boy finding a nickel. I went to this park in our neighbourhood, and went to the adult swings. A 20-ish (maybe a bit older) with reddish hair had a transistor radio with him (we didnt have headphones back then)...That song was playing on the radio. Eeek! I really hated that song though. That one and the one from '77 (cant remember the name now), something about Summer. Actually, if that man had taken me away and killed me or had sex with me would have taken me out of physical and verbal abuse I was experiencing at home.

[@gewoonik687]

I don't think this song was about his daughter, cause he was 16 when he wrote this song just saying.

[@D.G.M.]

@@gewoonik687 No, Paul Vance was born in 1929. I read another (younger) guy was pretending to be the author, but when he died it was revealed he was an impostor.

[@mattw4496]

Sounds like he had a thing for kids.

[@georelbonai8244]

When i was in High School back in 2017 me and the boys sing this song on the bus when we go for a Trip to the beach, many of us don't know the meaning of the lyrics so we just sing this out loud. This song is still popular here in Indonesia. This song has become our Trip song whenever we reunited again and planning to go someplace else.

[@yashas8285]

Damn thats so cool!

[@laurenceroberttampushalpin3652]

The first time that a bikini came out. The girl in the song is afraid to show her body. In the water and in the open. Woman those days have a still have a respect to their bodies. Now you can see that the fabric the girls most wear are lacking of fabrics.

[@georelbonai8244]

@@laurenceroberttampushalpin3652 Thongs too

[@laurenceroberttampushalpin3652]

@@georelbonai8244 ow,, the word bikini came from an island that had been used as testing ground for a nukes.

[@georelbonai8244]

@@laurenceroberttampushalpin3652 oh yes, The Bikini Atoll.

[@petropavlovskkamchatskiy1917]

Imagine if that presenter said today what he said then (ie. 'And check the girl in the bikini. Woooaahh. Grrrr.'), he'd be in prison the next day.

[@DH-nr5om]

Absolutely!

[@douglasherr4725]

Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy the world is a sad sad place today

[@und3rcover702]

Yeah that's very sad

[@jo-annzinni3511]

that was Dick Clark on American Bandstand, he could do no wrong. People took it in the spirit it was meant, fun, not filth...💓😇

[@noraajagger4239]

dick clark was a predator

[@marii8857]

If this was sung now it would Be seen as “sexualizing” that little girl

[@Jrr592]

The song isn’t really romantic at all

[@itskindofafunnystory...3237]

Cuz people are whack now

[@emmachandler-strong6384]

@paris snow the guy at the start was definitely sexualising her, no one makes that kind of remark/noise about a literal child in an innocent manner

[@giulietta-1555]

World today is different and disgustinf

[@ElizabethGlasby]

its not supposed to be about a little girl they only made it to suit the guidlines on tv

[@BigLos408]

wow the world was so innocent back then.. now its disgusting

[@infernoanonymous6840]

carlos lorenzana true many crimes now

[@fergiephan1983]

what makes it so is the sick people that look at a cute little girl like her, and see something dirty or immoral.

[@selenam5759]

Dude.. you commented this on a video about a full grown dude hitting on a five year old..

[@ErikWolowitz]

Looking at the crowd one cannot help to be reminded by how innocent that time was not.

[@johngalt671]

carlos lorenzana This song came out a decade after WWII, the most inhuman and murderous point in the history of man.

[@ultimatewitcherfan6677]

This song is one of my favorites! The first time I heard it, I thought it was about a grown woman, but it’s really about a little girl! 🤣

[@pepecoindustries5073]

This song was completely ripped off by Lil Babs in Sweden. I was very angry about it for a while. She also ripped off it’s my party.

[@eddiedean9886]

Wasn't that Leslie Gore?

[@lokentenburg]

same here!

[@ElmKyh]

I always thought the song talked about a teenager girl

[@rvegas81]

I agree it's a classic and they interviewed bryan last-this was always a fun kids song.

[@j.m.9727]

Me: "No, queen. You come out of that water and slay that bikini right now!" After I see the bikini... Me: No wonder she didn't wanna come out.

[@ded8491]

Yes honestly 😂

[@bibelobordelon3276]

She’s also like... 6... So idk if that factors in for you but I sincerely hope it does

[@girlynoob325]

LMAO SAME

[@prantikamallick3512]

Lmao😂

[@alexandramaria5025]

This was the first song I ever learned in kindergarten, we even sang it for our parents one day for show and tell lol.

[@ameliax4270]

Awh x

[@tonyponsetto5518]

One of my favorites. I still see the bikini even after 50 years

[@sonykdaniel5838]

Even me

[@Vii.1995]

You from Philipines?

[@alexandramaria5025]

@@Vii.1995 no im from America

[@Lindsay5137]

And I still don't know if the bikini was yellow - or the dots were, and I'm now 82yrs old. Some mysteries will remain with us forever

[@davidmoore2325]

Hello,how are you doing? today?

[@michellemindak6103]

Hello, Lindsay. Always wondered about that myself.

[@budubeebobop]

Good question

[@erickmejia4602]

the lighter color was the yellow part.

[@BreadlySteadly]

Pretty sure the Bikini is yellow

[@Anonymous551656]

That ain't a bikini. That's a string!

[@hiccuptea8864]

that's basically what bikinis are.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Actually from the late 1940s through late 1960s, the bikini was mostly just a two-piece bathing suit that (then daringly) showed the navel. Strings came much later.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Just the top is a string, because the little girl is too young for a bra.

[@tracypaxton1054]

Yes, JJ, but it could be like twice as wide as it is.

[@markriley5784]

Tracy Paxton Try reading Numbers 31:17

[@bridgetduncan5338]

that is a horrible bikini though

[@totallynot.maiya1]

I wouldn't want to wear that bikini !!! I'd be to scared !!!😲

[@totallynot.maiya1]

It also looks to tight

[@haleyk.3532]

That why shes afraid

[@sherryballestero373]

@@totallynot.maiya1 it is not on right look at the top

[@steendful]

When he picked her up the top rolled up.its a cute bathing suit. I know...I had one!

[@letmesee6431]

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.

[@jaclyncheyanne1621]

my mom used to sing this to me to wake me up as a kid. this is the first time i heard the actual thing 🤣🤣. 18 years old and i still randomly sing it

[@davidmoore2325]

Hello,how are you doing? today?

[@TheMoggFREE]

Oh please, this song is innocent compared to songs nowadays.

[@ecliptik8020]

moggfree say what you want about song nowadays, atleast we don't have implied lowkey pedophilic songs

[@robertrodler8564]

@@ecliptik8020 but in many song people say nigga all the fucking time. Even people that aren't black, Cardi B for example

[@alexandradobronravov9033]

@@ecliptik8020 it wasn't supposed to be about a little girl. It was supposed to be about a teenage girl, but they put in a little girl to make it more appropriate for TV broadcasting.

[@ecliptik8020]

Alexandra Dobronravov don't mean to burst your bubble but it being about a teenage girl still makes it pedophilic

[@bobafettplayingclarinet4597]

Richard Rodler the word nigga shouldn’t be restricted for use by a specific race. Skin color shouldn’t be the reason for having advantages over others.

[@jakobinnes2420]

Also, that bikini was too small for comfort

[@SkullCrusher757]

believe it or not that bikini is less revealing than some of the stuff girls wear today

[@chinchilla0708]

@@SkullCrusher757 that's not true! Most bikinis today that adult women wear cover the whole boob mostly, kids don't wear bikinis at all and when they do it's four times bigger than that string over the nipples that girl was wearing. Only women that wear something like that little girl are the women in porn or that type of magazines. This bikini just looks sexual when it shouldn't. It would've been cute if it was teensy weensy because she's a kid and she's small but it wasn't. The bikini joke was clearly sexual and the words sexual and children just don't mix.

[@SkullCrusher757]

@@chinchilla0708 not sure where you live but where im at theyre as common as sweet tea

[@joemother2083]

Hence why its called a its called a itsy bitsy tini weeny yellow polka dot bikini

[@HS-oy4fg]

Why can't boys look like they did in the 50's? 😩

[@trinity6085]

Right

[@RollOnToVictory]

I don't know if enough hair gel exists

[@carolg8535]

Okay..., not THAT is funny....!

[@thomasSrock2008]

Hair gel did not exist back then... all about the oil pomade.

[@d4rlingpng558]

Hayley Smith i agree

[@squishysquish5348]

Born in 2000 but my mother played nothing but 50's and 60's music, and I loved it. If we listened to more of these classics maybe my generation wouldn't be so messed up.

[@이찬희-c4t7y]

I'm born in 1995. Also this song was dancing and learning in my elementary school age at 2004.

[@richardrodriguez4229]

A blast from the past! This song from the early 1960's when bikini's weren't even heard of! Good to hear it again!

[@the0ffspring.]

Mhm! Its on just dance 2018

[@derekllewellyn6663]

Back to look like gaslight theater system show documentary about biography book club fun more information about money made into store story about how much money does it take to get the same place looks like a new DVD releases review history and bring them

[@if6was929]

"... the early 1960's when bikini's weren't even heard of" The bikini had been around since 1946!

[@richardrodriguez4229]

@@if6was929 In 1960 I was 10 years old. Had no idea At that time the bikini was around since 1946. You probably had to look it up yourself in order to comment!

[@jamesjames1716]

The first bikinis were invented in 5600BC. lol. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini

[@alixinthemiddle]

Chris Hansen would like you to take a seat. This made me so uncomfortable.

[@paulbaransky4086]

It was a different world then. None of the crimes we have nowadays. People didn't tweet and people had a sense of humor. Not one person felt uncomfortable about this song.Of course their mind wasnt in the gutter and woman were virgins on their wedding. Drugs were for medicine not recreation. Women understood men and divorce was rare. People were friendly to strangers and most didn't lock their doors at night. Those in the video who are still alive would be uncomfortable with today.

[@janchy339]

@@paulbaransky4086 yeah sure, don't forget all the "great" wars and racism.

[@paulbaransky4086]

@@janchy339 you are going back to the twenties and fourties with the two great wars. Actually racism is worse now then in the era of this song. I see trump supporters who hate anything not white and the KKK is back in business. Even worse, religious hatred is even stronger than it was back then. The Mideast was a place many went along with Cuba. People didn't have barriers like today. Of course no cell phones back then so people developed personalities.

[@cassi5420]

Paul Baransky I think the phrasing of your first comment is odd. The crimes we have today happened back then, they were just “close-doored” and people made sure they weren’t in the limelight. Also, this song was written in 1960, which was 4 years before the Civil Rights Act. I do believe that racism still exists today, but the media has exaggerated it. There are only a small number of KKK members and Neo-nazis, and compared to past discrimination, it has died down to a small percentage (it’s still a problem, just not as big and should never be compared to segregation)

[@paulbaransky4086]

@@cassi5420 you may be correct about crimes committed going unreported. Seems like all of the trump supporters are white racists. people have gone off the deep end with guns and crazies. I think social media plays a part as well as the president. People have lost respect for others now and that is sad. Maybe the belief in a higher power was greater then and more people didn't want to go to the wrong place when they died. People rarely locked their doors or cars, with the exception of big cities. Now there is no safe suburbs. Another problem is America has 200 million more people now than 1960. More people,less space more crime.

[@glitchnyrmatrix7296]

For crying out loud... The little girl's got her top on backwards.

[@BlueBirdBaby]

No they got her top on backwards, the perverts. Selling their soul to hollywood.

[@annaritafabbri8044]

😂😂😂😂

[@jsusna1972]

Yep, if you stop the video at about the 2:20 mark you can see where the strings are tied together at the front. There's basically no material covering her in the front. I guess it was so small that whoever put it on her couldn't tell the front from the back!

[@grannyjudi1]

I sing this song all the time to the grandkids.....they grew up with this song...now they are 21 and 18 I still sing it ha ha

[@chubbyjali]

The little girl looks so cute. I believe she would have been 50+ years old by now!

[@guguigugu]

so basically that host rawred at a 5yo girl?

[@cesteres]

All the rumours about Hollywood are true

[@diane4537]

This was the good old days. It was a joke!

[@ashleevee17]

cesteres Who said this was Hollywood smh

[@cesteres]

@@ashleevee17 same ppl

[@heidiii1387]

@@diane4537 I disagree. Perverts have always been around. Not accusing Dick but to say things weren't bad then is having blinders on. People didn't talk back then about the wrongs of people. They hid pregnant girls and people with mental disabilities...the way people of color were treated. I mean, come on. They weren't the gold ole days...no days really are. People just want to remember the good.

[@Tharsos2099]

This is super creepy. I always had it in my mind that this song was about a grown woman. Not a 6 year child.

[@dani-pq4vt]

someone explained that it was about a woman but if they put a grown woman up on stage in a bikini there would be many complaints; it would be scandalous. this was supposed to be a cute little thing but ofc ppl with their dirty mindsets in this society want to make it something it’s not.

[@jmovlogs]

@@dani-pq4vt Ok, but why is the host growling and whistling about a child?

[@WaferBrik]

@@jmovlogs I guess so everyone would think a curvy model was about to appear rather than a kid.

[@chuckeccles]

I loved this song in summer of 1960. 😊

[@margueritefischer3835]

He was only 16 when he had this #1 hit. I have trouble getting my teenage son to mow the lawn. LOL

[@cherylangel1714]

Everyone is different.

[@frankstevens6965]

Hello Marguerite how are you doing, I hope you are doing fine.. I'm Frank from Houston, Texas.. You seem like a very nice person. Where are you from?

[@paulfharris175]

Because the lawnmower doesn't have a screen in front of it

[@fishjuice3987]

Some guys are genius others are average you can't compare

[@juliemann3243]

Love Brian Hyland--grew up with him. We had so many great songs in those days. He was only 17 when he did this!

[@michaelverbakel7632]

I heard that Brian Hyland got his inspiration for this wonderful song when he met this young couple walking on the beach one day. She was wearing a yellow polka-dot bikini and he had an itsy-bitsy teeny weenie. Not that anyone noticed, mind you.

[@NapkinEdStern]

@@michaelverbakel7632 lol

[@65coupestang]

what was that tv host thinking that he did that cat purr for the little girl in the bikini she was like 7 years old she easily could've been his daughter *

[@franzlvorex1899]

Ikr? Kinda creepy.

[@lynngears2554]

It was just a gag.

[@dkfelix]

Take a breather. I weas probably just for fun.

[@moondog3040]

I think back I that day it was considered hyperbole

[@BFBCFTW]

It was a joke...

[@olululala]

Shout out to those who was looking for this song after new Doctor Who episode :D

[@HarryPartridge]

Exactly which "girl in the bikini" was the host growling about at the start? The 8 year old?!

[@ct1660]

Look at the doll he's holding.

[@bridgetthewench]

Yeah, that made it super creepy.

[@JasonWicklund]

that "host" was Dick Clark. and the world wasn't full of pervs and PC police attacking every little thing everybody said.

[@shinji5217]

It's just a bait to disappoint people

[@shinji5217]

It's like "look at that 2 watermelons, phew" and then it's really just 2 watermelons

[@bruceburnett1584]

Know the song...but tbh...that video was creepy AF!

[@claucemicro1080]

bruce burnett I agree. I liked the Spanish version of this song but today I found this video wrong on so many levels.

[@commenter7893]

Indeed. I stopped watching when i see it was a little girl.

[@Dutchkuno]

bruce burnett same here :)

[@sonexblink716]

Why is it creepy? It's just a kid being embarrassed cause she's wearing a bikini for the first time 🙄 if you got creeped out by the host then no need to be worried, he is obviously just kidding around and teasing the kid *because her role was to be shy* 🤦 no other intentions, genuinely pure, funny, and CUTE. NOT SEXUALLY. GEEZ

[@commenter7893]

SONE X BLINK You can be innocent but it may be as well being naive. Child sex abuse was a thing in entertainment circles. Just google Jimmy Saville.

[@veggigoddess]

I grew up in the late seventies / early 80s and this is the first record I remember my mom ever putting on in the house. It was a compilation of kid-friendly music. I pictured what it would look like if this song were a video, I never once had I ever pictured a Victorian era grandma, a toddler, for a 16/17 year old boy having any part in any of this song😂😂😂😂😂

[@RobertAllenroballen2]

That's some weird stuff, no doubt.

[@gerilynne1955]

I would go around singing this song all the time when I was little. I wasn't even in school at the time. I'm now 65.

[@frankstevens6965]

Hello Gerilynne how are you doing, I hope you are doing fine.. I'm Frank from Houston, Texas.. You seem like a very nice and jovial person. Where are you from?

[@gerilynne1955]

@@frankstevens6965 USA, OH.

[@frankstevens6965]

@@gerilynne1955 I'm a Polish Man who lives in the United States. But currently in Canadian offshore working. Tell me where precisely you live in Ohio.. You seem really interesting and I like to know more of you. We can be friends 🌹

[@gerilynne1955]

@@frankstevens6965 I'm married. I'm not available. I'm old. I'm disabled.Thank you anyway. I have enough on my plate.

[@frankstevens6965]

@@gerilynne1955It doesn't matter if you're married or not.. You're old and disabled. Does that change the fact that you're a good person? Everybody has a lot on his/her plate. Don't feel negative about yourself Gerilynne. I just wanna be a friend and nothing more. How's your day going I hope you're having a wonderful day. Stay blessed 💕🌹

[@merlemorrison482]

makes me wonder what that little girl is doing today.....

[@cynthiacorcoran9389]

Retired

[@kapilbusawah7169]

Cynthia Corcoran she's like what? 50

[@spaghettitosser]

kapil busawah um no, not even close. She’d be around 70.

[@chrisrj9871]

@@spaghettitosser - If she's maybe 3 here, and it's a 1960 performance (the year the song came out), she's probably entered her 60s by now.

[@philipong2336]

She’s probably in her grave

[@SirSaintRipper]

For an old woman, Grandma really likes her high tops

[@NathanielChristopher]

That "old" lady was in her late '30s when this video was shot.

[@Celluloidkid]

RIP: Paul Vance, Writer of ‘Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,’ Dies at 92 The songwriter co-wrote several hits in his career, including Perry Como's signature song "Catch a Falling Star."

[@twinstu50]

I wonder what the little girl featured here is doing now.One thing for sure, she has one incredible 'that was me' claim to fame where her Grandkids are concerned!.

[@BigLos408]

pervert

[@twinstu50]

+carlos lorenzana Mate, if you're referring to my comment, then you clearly have no bloody idea of the meaning of my words.

[@SkullCrusher757]

@@twinstu50 your saying that who ever she is she can say she was the girl in this popular music video that aired on tv in the 60's

[@roberts7107]

I believe they used the little girl as a joke. Imagine being back then and they brought out a 18 year old beautiful young lady in a very tiny swimsuit??? There would have been an avalanche of complaints from many shocked viewers. It would have been to racey for the times. I bet they thought long and hard about how to present the song and get past the sensors. No pun intended...

[@daisylawton3951]

Robert S It’s not a very funny “joke” it’s creepy to use a little kid i feel like it would be less shocking to use an 18 year old teenage girl bikini then a small child in a bikini especially since the singer was around that age himself it actually seems more racy & shocking to me to use a little kid & not sure how it’s a “joke” but

[@cassi5420]

Daisy Lawton At this time, pedophilia was rarely talked about, and people minds weren’t stuck in the gutter. Most people in this time held strong Christian values, so seeing a half-naked woman would’ve been seen as offensive (and a little girl as cute). Don’t take this as an insult (as that isn’t my intention), but you seem to be the one with the perverted mind, as you instantly interpret the video as if it could be sexualized, however I will admit that I myself was very uncomfortable as well

[@cassi5420]

freeshavo cado True, but that’s completely irrelevant to what we’re talking about.

[@chrisinnes2128]

You are all forgetting that the guy singing this is just sixteen himself

[@cesteres]

You are probably right. I guess different things makes us upset at different times. I'm personally most upset by the shortness of his trousers

[@stvvrrlightsun]

Hey guys! For those who are saying the song is predatory..It isn't actually! The reason why they put a child was because if they put an older lady in a bikini on stage dirty minded people would doing weird things! And since people unless there predators don't really blush or do weird things when it's a child! That's why they used a child instead of an adult! I hope it makes sense!!:)

[@GenericUsername1388]

Wtf toddlers and tiaras exists and people are complaining about this?

[@stvvrrlightsun]

@@GenericUsername1388 Ikr! There saying it's a pedo song- When they just used a little girl to not sexualize it.

[@dawnvalarie8104]

That does make sense thanks.

[@tatlegion]

We were lucky to have him perform at my prom😊😊😊😊I still have his autograph

[@davediamond7228]

i think his "gypsy woman" is the best ...what year was your prom when he performed ?

[@hebneh]

Somehow - inexplicably - this song was a huge international hit, recorded in many languages. I had no idea this had happened until I started encountering these versions several years ago here on KZbin: French, Italian, Greek, Finnish, Swedish, Japanese, Portuguese, German...

[@pedromendesrbd]

I always thought this was a Brazilian song, but then Anitta released a song with its sample on it, and I found out it was actually an American song

[@mariobros2628]

In Hungarian: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYHXZX-NiLOJb9k

[@worksofjulie4425]

Gosh this song brings back memories! weren't all us girls at little shy in our first bikini?? LOLOL great tune!! Thanks

[@rainyfriday6175]

Lesson: try out your swimming gear before getting to the beach.

[@LucyWest370]

Rasp Berry omg Lol...

[@lindaingalls6820]

I love singing that song, now it's going to be stuck in my head for awhile.

[@addisonlee127]

Same!!

[@derfreundlichevonnebenan8752]

No one talks about how fresh his hair looks damn

[@kindrab7362]

I think we all would appreciate some background about this song because WTF

[@SocialismKills]

Get fcked with your marxism, leftist fck

[@vasantrao2206]

Agree with you, Kundra.

[@TLK9419]

I think I'd appreciate it if you didn't automatically assume the worst about everything and question something from over 60 years ago that might not perfectly align with today's standards because of your corrupted mind in this extremely over-sexualized society.

[@davedunn4879]

Oh the innocent 1960’s were have the days gone? Maybe we should go back and live a simpler life

[@victoriat8481]

When children weren't as "protected" ? More exposed to pedophilia agenda?

[@CerebralTripz]

@@victoriat8481 lol, then you didn't know 60's at all. People always hide in plain sight. Doesn't matter the decade. Also children are still not as protected. It as taboo then as it is now. The ONLY difference is the amount of evidence that can be gathered from everyone's day to day life. Making it easier to find said pedophiles,and making it easier to hide from authorities. Evil has always been around, to assume it was worse back then compared to now just show how much you don't know about the world. About people.

[@victoriat8481]

@@CerebralTripz youre very cruel. Hope you feel better for insulting people going through a difficult time all based on their "opinion". Thanks.

[@babybiscuit11]

@@CerebralTripz she wasnt saying that the pedos were worse or more abundant, she was saying that the protectiveness over children wasn’t as strict.

[@CerebralTripz]

@@babybiscuit11 I know what she was saying. It was that strict. Just in a different fashion

[@edwiles5258]

this was a monster hit....i remember it so well...a true American rock icon......he is one of the most under appreciated peformers of the 60s.....had opportunity to see him in Branson several years ago and he was geat

[@alliecattlopez537]

My mother grew up with Brian. She said they dated a couple of times, but decided to stay friends instead. Hence....my father. 😁 He never wrote anything but checks.

[@10duders]

Big

[@sauquoit13456]

On this day in 1946 {July 5th} the bikini bathing suit, created by Louis Reard and named after Bikini Atoll in the Pacific, made its debut during a fashion show at the Piscine Molitor, a popular public pool in Paris, France... Micheline Bernardini*, a former nude dancer at the Casino de Paris, was chosen to model the two-piece outfit... Exactly fourteen years later on July 5th, 1960, "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" by Brian Hyland was in it's first week on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart, it was at #59; five weeks later it would peak at #1 {for 1 week} and it spent 15 weeks on the Top 100... It reached #2 {for 1 week} on the Australian Kent Music Singles chart, the week it was at #2, the #1 record for that week was "Clap Your Hands" by the Canadian group, the Beau-Marks... Between 1960 and 1971 Mr. Hyland had twenty Top 100 records; three made the Top 10, his other two Top 10 records both peak at #3, "Sealed With A Kiss" in 1962 and a covered version of the Impressions' "Gypsy Woman" in 1970... * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micheline_Bernardini#/media/File:MichelineBernardini.jpg

[@luvmorrisey20]

Wait, a little girl wearing a tiny bikini ?!?! I've always thought this was about a woman. I'm grossed out now.

[@jolynefaulkenberry2178]

I think it is about a woman, but it would be considered too scandalous to have a full grown girl wearing a tiny bikini when this was done, so they used a little girl for both that and to be comedic.

[@willbbrown4376]

Good grief woman use your brain.

[@AceecA626]

They use a kid to make it CUTE .... Not SEXY ... That's why they didn't use full grown woman or teen to wear a SMALL yellow polka dots bikini to illustrate the song ... Even though the song is about grown woman since they can't use a teen or grown woman wearing a bikini in a live show ..unless it's a beauty pageant. ..they are more conservative ... THAT'S THE POINT ...

[@skeksis69]

I would be scared too if I was a literal child and some greaser guy was singing about me right as my grandma cheers him on

[@isabellewills9016]

Grandma:it’s ok sweetly the greasy man won’t hurt you 👌🏻

[@charlesleggett2546]

🤣🤣😭

[@wickednights3793]

Omg qwq

[@PRISMN54]

THis video is a shame. A show of pedophilia.

[@Celluloidkid]

“Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,” which was released in June of 1960 and performed by Brian Hyland, hit the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100.

[@marciacatron9496]

I love Brian Hyland. Grew up listening to this & he was amazing.

[@davidmoore2325]

Hello,how are you doing? today?

[@thomasmcdaniel6264]

We didn't need visuals. Our imaginations were unlimited when we were young.

[@firelordazulaa]

1:05 you could here all the girls say "awwwww"

[@Windows-sb5lf]

I remember me and my grandma listening to this back in the day she’s sadly getting Alzheimer’s :(

[@sherriethorpe5089]

My grandma has Alzheimers sadly i'm young but it is on of the most painful things because I knew her a little bit before

[@kimberlyclark6326]

Play the song for her. She should remember it. Her short-term memory is affected, but, not the long-term memory. It would make her happy.

[@garynarborough]

I was a tender 6 year old when this came out and I remember it well. Memories are what life's made of and these were pleasant ones! Thanks for posting this!

[@bernarda658]

That is so sweet. I was eight years old when that came out. Now I still look at her as a child not grown up and me as an old man bringing back memories. My eyes are full of water with joy reliving the past.

[@ItaintmeCCC]

Not sure why this was in my recommended and not sure why the presenter says to check the girl out in the bikini than purring as if she's supposed to look hot. Strange!

[@claucemicro1080]

isitme I hope he tried to be funny by making men think there was going to be a grownup woman and instead find a kid or that someone played a joke on him because it’s frankly sickening to consider he meant those sounds while talking about a girl.

[@miklosernoehazy8678]

...he was playing a little joke on the television audience at home... ...he introduced her the way he did and the home audience be like: ..."Oh, great, they're gonna show a hot chick in a bikini!!!... 🐺🐺🐺! ...then the bikini-girl shows up on camera, and the home audience be like: ...Aww,💩!... ... it's just a little girl in a bathing suit 😞... ..."

[@nikkohayashi5182]

Recommendation btw

[@42ndblaze43]

This goes to show how we got worse overtime as a species. Even if it’s just an innocent joke and an innocent song, people scream pedo jokes left and right

[@TheHypnosBunny]

@@miklosernoehazy8678 Doesn't seem funny? It's pedophilia

[@たやは-u7z]

Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini 学校の英語の先生がこの曲を流してくれた事をいまだに覚えています。軽妙なこのアナウンスの用にリズミカルで頭に残る良い曲です。

[@Meema733]

When my mom was a teenager a dj who was not popular played this song non stop till someone called the radio station. I guess he played it for many many hours!

[@callumnye2562]

Hello Susan, how are you doing?

[@akashshnu514]

I'm 23 from India and just happen to adore 60s ❤

[@Critty200]

I got to see & hear Brian perform live & in person on 7-14-65 when he toured with The Dick Clark Carvan Of Stars at Salina, Kansas's Memorial Hall. He was on the same bill with Peter & Gordon, Ian Whitcom, Miss Jackie DeShannon, Mel Carter, Freddy Hughes. Ronnie Dove, The Exiles & our M.C. George MCcannon The Third hit maker of 7 Million People. Fab video thanks for up loading it & thanks for the memory's. Cheers: Christine Virginia Berndt

[@SkullCrusher757]

you have the same middle names as my great grandmother who probably would have known this dudes mother

[@g.r.bryant2258]

RIP Paul Vance age 92 (05/30/22) who wrote this about his 2-year-old daughter in 1960 coming home from a Long Island beach with his family. He also wrote the hit, "Catch a Falling Star" for Perry Como in1957. His songwriting partner was Lee Pockriss for this song and others.

[@Caprica-od6oc]

Priceless! This old good songs, Even if they have some hidden innuendo behind they where great. It's about music and good time

[@bellebanana7568]

Music literally didn’t mean a thing back then, it was so innocent!

[@guitarhole]

I've heard this song before and after watching this , I never need to hear it again .

[@heathen-greaser]

Agreed

[@tavrosnitram1529]

@@panpan581 this is the exact commercial i remember this song by

[@brendad3570]

same here...

[@realmofthemisunderstood166]

@@tavrosnitram1529 it’s the first place I ever heard that song lol

[@richardcummins5465]

You poor sad thicko. It was a laugh😂

[@steventrosiek2623]

Brian sure was a handsome young man. Fantastic singer.

[@AML2000]

I was 11 when this came out. I never realized how young Brian Hyland was -- he was only 16 years old. This song ond singer are also symptomatic of the de-fanging of rock-and- roll in the late 50s and early 60s, with innocuous or even silly songs and clean cut boy next door types which left the US market open to easy conquering by the British Invasion in 1964 or thereabouts.

[@brendabenton2554]

I currently live in Thomasville, NC.. but am looking for another place to move to. I lost my hearing when I was 7 years old, but have loved the Lord all my life.

[@angelo_giachetti]

Ok. So.

[@savannnahmendoza9429]

Good bless you

[@hannahkayla7039]

Okay, I’m officially in love with guys from the ‘50s.

[@NeelLLumi-AnCatDubh]

That’s 1960.

[@murphycameron1]

Pedophiles?

[@richsackett3423]

@@murphycameron1 No gay ones like this guy.

[@richsackett3423]

@Oeh Idk I would have hit that.

[@hannahkayla7039]

Neel L. Lumi He was born before the 60’s lmao

[@christinecrafts1578]

17 years old and this songs is my childhood

[@61digby]

The year before my birth... remember hearing it as a tiny child at home with mother, Dad on his boat, radio on!

[@emmapresley8104]

He was 17 when he sang this and it makes me feel a certain way cuz I’m 17 tooooooooo 🥰

[@martusya39712]

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 One, 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, teentie, 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 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, teentie, 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 Now she is afraid to come out of the water And 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, teentie, 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) Yes, there isn't any more

[@MCB4410]

It’s 2024 now, I thought of this song for some reason.. maybe I missed when times were simple like this.

[@briansebastian7757]

Who's still watching this on 2020, you're lagend, hope this pandemic will gone amen

[@Judyp77]

Brian... I'm watching in March 2021.😂😂

[@heebie_gb]

This is THE cutest thing I've ever seen, oh my goodness. Brian's cute, and I just love Dick Clark.

[@cia5946]

Does every people in the 60's have chewing gum ?!

[@jsusna1972]

Beech Nut Gum was a sponsor of the show during some of its run. I read elsewhere that they passed out gum to the audience members and had them chew it. Beech Nut said their gum was "Flavor-ific" and in some shows most of the audience sport "IFIC" buttons.

[@swimlaps1]

Gum was popular/cool in the 60s/ Noticed it as a child.

[@margaritasantillana4758]

Wow! Back in time. Mr.Dick Clark when he was young. I love the song and the innocent play.

[@jo_okies]

My dad used to play this song everytime in the car and I don't know the lyrics I just singing that itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka but the dot bikini was a shock for me👀 and I thought it was doctor clinic wth lol

[@yogeshtheist5528]

Doctor clinic lol

[@hungbearlover]

Never expected a young child to be the prop

[@davidlowe7484]

This original is definitely the best version; another example of simple lyrics and a catchy tune which makes you feel like singing; brilliant!

[@Irpsnerple]

I remember this song very well but don't remember seeing this video. I always pictured a a hot looking woman not a child. lol Makes me wonder with all the abuse being exposed from the entertainment industry back then... hmm NOT SAYING IT PROMOTES THAT HERE,,, but it just spoiled the vision I had for this song...

[@_greybones925]

You are not alone 👍

[@wasntLiza]

omg I was also like hm I remember this song, but I never remember seeing this

[@robertgrant3034]

I remember the video on the "Hit Parade" TV show, not this one.

[@kylemccormick4589]

I love that Whistler’s mother is down with this

[@neilgerace355]

"It's a print."

[@luciella_mj]

When you think the Guy is cute, but you searched and figured he's 76 years old now.

[@wotan10950]

I was born in the mid-1950s, so I heard the song on the radio all the time. I thought it was supposed to be a risqué number about a hot teen! So I found this tv show very creepy.

[@cathywhite1729]

"Oh well, great music though and many fun and happy memories, remember "Teen Town" and the "Stroll"!!! 😁😀😎😎

[@reedrichards82]

That is Dick Clark! I thought I recognized the voice; great funny man, R.I.P