The Shadow of My Wiener

The Sticky Sweethearts, "The Shadow of My Wiener", the B-side of the hit single "I Glued My Balls to My Butthole Again"
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[@ultimateowlie2283]

Some people's most anticipated 2024 album drop was Taylor Swift. Then there's us.

[@kitdaberserker555]

Underrated comment... I found a new home. 😂😂😂

[@Davito2000]

Our taste in music- and general sanity- is far superior than that of any Swifty.

[@thenewstuff3377]

I would love to see her cover the shadow of my weiner.

[@ryant282a]

​@@Davito2000 Truth!

[@BigHugsFromHell]

I genuinely, literally thought Taylor Swift had died. You've blown my mind... But also it kind of proves your point lol

[@DavidGriffin]

This was playing at my prom in '62 ... My son fertilized a few hours later. Its 2024 and this is my grandsons favorite song.

[@DoubleDguitar]

That was you?!

[@SmarterTebya]

Your son fertilized a couple ?

[@Truck_Company_84]

I’m wheezing 😭

[@MultiKm1]

This would have been what my aunt/uncle was conceived to, had my grandparents chosen life.

[@terrybull1534]

I kissed Marty McFlys mom to this song, preventing his birth and altering the future forever. It's over for Big Mart and the gang. The McFly bloodline is ended thanks to the courage this song gave me.

[@SongbyrdASMR]

A new hit from the Sticky Sweethearts! Still dancing to I Glued My Balls To My Butthole Again!

[@drummindreams]

❤ my favorite track

[@harmlesscreationsofthegree1248]

Shame on glue

[@IHateNicolasCage]

New? This song is clearly at least 50 years old.

[@zillo38]

im also dancing to it, still trying to get my sack free

[@BronzeDragon133]

@@harmlesscreationsofthegree1248 Stretched out half a #&@#ing yard.

[@IntrospectorGeneral]

We were too poor to afford a car radio so my dad used to sing this on road trips.

[@TrouvatkiDePercusion]

Yours, too? #JustPovertyThings #CanRelate

[@mrchris6519]

😂😂😂

[@animedude121]

God tier comment.

[@sakkasufle6326]

"You like that, you like that shit!" My grandma loved that part. RIP ❤

[@user-ve7je9rc5g]

LMFAOOO

[@Lawbringer.]

You grandma like that wasnt she?

[@toddunthank3142]

I was drafted at the age of 19, turned 20 in basic training, and 21 in Vietnam. This song got me through.

[@CallmeMrKelly]

Thank you for your service.

[@sakkasufle6326]

@@CallmeMrKelly 🤣😂

[@ryant282a]

Welcome home, soldier. 🫡

[@rogerdalton1549]

Most people take their freedoms for granted, not appreciating the brave sacrifices of men like you. If they only knew, they'd probably $hit their a$$e$...

[@frogdog3600]

Who's still listening to this in 2024?

[@williamreiser3118]

Me it's hilarious

[@borano2031]

Only the top 10% of humanity. Rgr

[@BI-11y_TheStormTrooper]

😅 yup .

[@Queen-lz9jh]

I'm just DISCOVERING THESE GEMS IN 2024!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@user-qp1sh5cd7w]

“When the lightning flashes, you’re gonna s*** your a****.” God tier wordplay.

[@Orverge]

They do in fact like that, like that sh**.

[@YourMom-zt5zj]

You can fucking cuss on the goddamn motherfuckin' internet & shit, yo. Ass.

[@ogenmatic]

My shadow is bigger than your shadow.

[@mikeyjhilli]

Now remember! It's not the size of the shadow but how you use it.

[@nicomakian1290]

My shadow can walk right through the door.

[@Lumberjacked120]

Yeah? Well, my dad's shadow could beat up YOUR dad's shadow!

[@Sups614]

Amazing what you can do with a powerful flashlight

[@mikieswart]

my dads shadow works at nintendo!

[@codyf3419]

"The shadow of my wiener shows how much you mean to me"...this is now a timeless lyric.

[@LongChungus76]

It's a love song back when they used to write real love songs. They don't make shit like this anymore

[@zanussidish5685]

I'm not usually into slushy songs but the way he sings about his love is a thing of beauty. Pity she ended up banging the drummer.

[@rogerdalton1549]

Hard-on warming, to be sure.

[@yamabushi170]

My Dad had the 12" version. How he loved using it to surprise everyone when he whipped it out at parties.

[@Seir]

At what speed did he spin it?

[@skierpage]

The 12-incher cast a long shadow over the R&B landscape, at the right time of day.

[@TrevJ83]

My dad had the 14” handle with care and often limited release. Very rare to have one of these

[@LordFrobozz]

Scuse me while I whip this out!!

[@r0landleaf370]

the sheriff is near.

[@existenceisrelative]

We are officially one step closer to a full Sticky Sweethearts record.

[@Peppers19781978]

I fucking hope so. In the meantime I am making my dad a mix of 60s songs and putting the Sticky Sweethearts in there to see if he notices.

[@gregmeyer1805]

​@@Peppers19781978🤣🤣🤣 that's awesome. Please report back on the results of your experiment 🤣🤣🤣

[@gregmeyer1805]

I would be the first in line down at Tower Records.

[@leonardticsay8046]

Babe, wake up. Obscurest Vinyl just dropped a new single.

[@meandmyshadow6269]

I didn't ever think the Sticky Sweethearts could match the brilliance of their very own I Glued My Balls To My Butthole Again, but the Shadow of my Weiner has proven their masterclass in musicianship. I demand a full Sticky Sweethearts album. They are my favorite by far.

[@Peppers19781978]

I agree. I like that shit.

[@gregmeyer1805]

If this is AI generated then we have officially found the one and only use for AI, to introduce the world to the beauty and brilliance of The Sticky Sweethearts.

[@cottonmouthcaridin3297]

“Scrotal Shadowbox” has to be their best album imo

[@chevrobert6607]

Ballsack shade is the best track on that album. "It's hot outside baaaaby but it's cool in my ballsack shade" will always be on my mind.

[@sonotdown998]

I have the Greatest Hits. It’s a double LP titled simply, “24 Inches.” The gatefold is a ruler.

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

I prefer "Taint Nothing to Fear In The Dark" as it has the extended version of this song.

[@ikkishun]

"The Dark Forest ain't Gonna' Scratch Itself" was an underrated track on that album. Heard it inspired Mayor Breslin of "You Could use a Fuckin' Lamp" fame to write his hit "Trim your Damn Pubes!"

[@user-iq6gp8qo8b]

Their Next Album Is Vulva Air Guitar

[@LonelyOutlaw]

Another certified hood classic

[@Smethells2023]

I drive around blasting these songs in the city at night. It’s a stupid amount of fun to go downtown around the bars and just be jammin lmao

[@LonelyOutlaw]

@@Smethells2023 100% agreed lol I blast them everywhere I go lately.

[@Smethells2023]

@@LonelyOutlawWe’re just doing the Lord’s work, brother. 😆❤️

[@sakkasufle6326]

🤣🤣😂😂😫😭

[@stevencorrea8032]

Which Hood the kowalskis or the Jacksons

[@mrdrofficer]

I'm glad these are being appreciated by new generations. It's crazy to think they ever fell out of popular favor.

[@DavidGriffin]

😂

[@rogerdalton1549]

These things happen in cycles...

[@joetaptaco]

I like how you can hear the influence on The Doors’ and their hit, Riders On The Storm.

[@chrishuber3262]

Did you know that "Light my Fire" was originally titled "Snap my Bean" but they changed the lyrics under pressure from the record company to get radio airplay? According to my uncle anyway.

[@typer1003]

It was common for bands back then to take inspiration from the Motown sound, and you can tell Jim Morrison was listening to The Sticky Sweethearts when he wrote Riders

[@peka__]

Even more so with Ray Manzarek's later project: The Backdoors

[@skierpage]

Those aren't sound effects, this was recorded during a thunderstorm. One of the lightning strikes set fire to the studio and the Sticky Sweethearts barely managed to finish recording before the place burnt down to the ground. That's why they only released the one single "I Glued My Balls to My Butthole Again" backed with this classic B-side. The band tried to go on tour, but the crude "See the one (s)hit Sticky wonders" promotional posters they put up landed them in jail, twice.

[@peka__]

@@skierpage You seem to know all the stuff. Tell us more, man - information about these bands is so hard to come by.

[@FarronOfHouseFarron]

After their hit song with I Glued My Balls to My Butthole Again, it didn't take long for The Sticky Sweethearts to come out with another hit song. Moving on from the tragic storytelling of their aforementioned song, lead man Marky Rivers felt the next song should have a different angle. This angle would later make itself known when backing vocals and guitarist, Earl Cashton would find himself accused of public indecency after one unfortunate morning when his bathrobe would get caught from closing his window, stripping the guitarist for the neighbours to see. Recounting this tale of embarrassment to long-time friend and frontman Rivers, the two of them would be struck by inspiration and write into the early hours of the morning, producing their newest hit: The Shadow of My Wiener

[@joshperkins2487]

That's some hardcore (VH1 Behind the music) quality information. Appreciate the knowledge!

[@thelostone2008]

​@@joshperkins2487here's some more trivia for the Sticky Sweethearts: the song "I Glued My Balls to My Butthole Again" was inspired by Marky Rivers grandfather Chubby Bunker, who during his marriage had 57 glue related incidents. The song was written shortly after his passing and performed live 3 months later. Chubby Bunker was a singer in his heyday, where he also wrote a song about one of his misadventures with glue. According to interviews with his wife, she thought it was funny whenever it happened. They were married for 32 years until his death.

[@RyanR-ty2nw]

It's not common to find a post worth reading, on KZbin. Yet, we all keep reading them anyway, and this is why- Not one, but three posts worth reading, in a row. The trifecta. 👍👍

[@NOODLE69ish]

@@RyanR-ty2nw Make that 4! This Channel gives me hope that one day we can uncover the whole catalogue of all of The Sticky Sweethearts' discography, it's very Obscure, much vinyl.

[@chinmeysway]

can’t read all that right now but i’m sure it’s great.

[@TheObscureCommentator]

The hardest part of recording tracks like these back then was getting the timing of the thunderstorm just right. We really do take modern technology for granted...

[@RandomTypekYT]

lmao

[@kubrickenigma7977]

True commitment to the craft.

[@0okamino]

That’s also part of what made their live performances so exciting.

[@kubrickenigma7977]

@@0okamino Very true!

[@alexrgee]

Barry Gordy was a visionary. He knew he had something special when he discovered these guys hanging outside of an all women's dormitory one rainy night.

[@adg_87]

😂

[@Engelbird]

Picturing a very "Animal House" scene.

[@MangoFishSocks]

After this song dropped, "you like that shit?" became the motto of my small village of 2.77 million. Employers were saying it to their employees and vice versa. It allowed adolescent children to bond with their great-great-grandmothers. The unity pulled us out of the Great Depression.

[@AdmiralGunga]

Legend has it the singer, Bill “Wild Eyes” Jones, penned this song after nearly giving himself a heart attack. The power had went out and he woke up to light a candle. When he stood up he thought a naked man was in the room with him but it was just his shadow on the wall.

[@sakkasufle6326]

Yeah, i think i saw the documentary on Hulu or Netflix.

[@rogerdalton1549]

Just as the shadow appeared, the lightning crashed and Wild Eyes soiled himself, as if it was meant to be...

[@TuckyBlue]

the only valid use for ai like this is shitposting and i’m glad you’re using these powers for good

[@JB-wh3we]

Need a "the scar where my wiener was" for some trans representation

[@ultraviolettas]

I love the songs but it makes me feel so uneasy 😭

[@noonenowhere6158]

These are the golden years of AI. Laugh while you still can.

[@missZoey5387]

@@noonenowhere6158 yup. Cause its all downhill from here.

[@medikpac7105]

AI? This is real. I heard it on the radio back in the 60s.

[@TheBeingReal]

Their follow up to this was: “That’s not an eclipse.”

[@bonefetcherbrimley7740]

This song really kept me and the boys upbeat when we were sloggin' through Vietnam. Lost allot of good men in that awful wore...This song reminds me of the good times though, the peace between the fighting. Miss you Big Antonio, and Lil Cho. Rest easy friends.

[@davidkimmons409]

We used to blast this over the loud speakers in the Nam back in 67 on repeat to draw the VC out of their bunkers.

[@sakkasufle6326]

🤣😂

[@waukivorycopse2402]

Well? Did it work?

[@nidhimkochhar9931]

Thank you for existing, this has brought me out of my depression and I have a twinkle in my eye again!

[@ObscurestVinyl]

❤️❤️that rules! Thank you!

[@jackofblades1427]

The hilarious part is these songs are actually good

[@volvodude101]

much better than the goylsop on the radio

[@gregmeyer1805]

Seriously, they transport back to the Motown years of the 60s and I wasn't even born then.

[@GordonHammer]

The Sticky Sweethearts proving that lightning does indeed strike twice with another certified banger.

[@ForDemoPurposesOnly]

Literally striking, with the thunder sound effect.

[@MisterTidster]

Heh heh. Banger

[@sakkasufle6326]

🤣😂

[@davidhughes950]

Can’t wait for the next chart topping hit.

[@JUDGERAMBO]

I can't believe the Four Tops turned this song down.

[@ryant282a]

Their loss, sadly. But the summer of 1967 was the summer of The Sticky Sweethearts.

[@prophez23]

Such innocent times back then. Even the music was so pure and innocent.

[@augustclarke7618]

The Shadow of My Wiener was played as the last song at my school dance in 1968. It was beautiful. I danced with my girlfriend, now my wife, to this song. I'll never forget that. What a beautiful tune.

[@Big_Stink]

Dad?

[@Toadonthetable]

It'd hard to think it was that long ago this hit was shadowing the rest. Huge song

[@silverstem2964]

What radio stations were playing this in the 60's? I listened to the radio (AM & FM) everyday since, at least, 1960 and never heard anything close to this , so I say someone's lying.

[@Toadonthetable]

It's hard to say who lies in this world. But it's still hard to think it was that long ago a hit like this could ( shadow) the rest of the songs at this time of life that happened

[@ryant282a]

​@@silverstem2964It's a joke, Boomer. This song is made by Artificial Intelligence, AI, created to sound like a Motown hit from the mid to late 60s, and everybody is playing along

[@organiclove7433]

First song I learned when I got my first guitar 🎸 a fender straponfaster 1962

[@sacredcowmusicjukebox]

Prom, 1967. St. Mary Of the Bloody Mystery High School, Queens,NY Even though this was a hip swinger, everybody was doing a slow grinder. The nuns went crazy with the yardsticks: "Make room for the holy ghost, goddamit!" Best dance ever!

[@flobrez2470]

I think they beat out Smokey Robinson for best group that year. They invented the wiener dance and everyone was doing it. It was the latest dance craze.

[@drummer4hire12]

......I remember that dance having a lot of offshoots

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

Though the dance is most notable after the release of this song, it was originally invented for their 1959 #1 hit "I Glued My Balls To My * Again..." as the dance was supposed to showcase how uncomfortable it would be to walk or move once such an accident were to occur. The next Year Chubby Checker liked the moves and stole the exact same dance to use for his newest hit, rebranding the dance as "The Twist" (same as the song title). In 1962 the Sticky Sweethearts struck back with this banger of a song, and took back their dance but added one additional move as finisher which involved "helicoptering" and called it The Wiener Dance. This song was actually an early version of a "diss track" disguised as a love song where they were throwing shade at Chubby Checker for stealing their moves, and to let him know he would always live in their shadow.

[@johngalt97]

Umm… it was named the wiener shake, not the wiener dance…

[@valeriesheeler3528]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I am not sure what I looked at on KZbin to make these pop up but I am so fucking happy I did😂😂

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

@@johngalt97 It was only called the Wiener Shake in the UK and British common wealth countries due to trademark/intellectual property laws, after Wee Willie Harris had a wardrobe malfunction while on tour in Portugal, he gyrated so hard his leotard split, and called his ad-hoc dance routine the "Wiener Dance." Completely different moves from what the Sticky Sweethearts invented.

[@TheKo88]

That “taller than the trees” pitch shift is so excellent

[@nocaptainmatt3771]

Please can we get another banger from Mr. Rodney Munch?

[@MACZ2021]

I second this notion.

[@awesomesauce5974]

I too want to hear more Rodney Munch, taking a shit on the company's dime was perfection.

[@niatscreations4913]

i second this

[@hickoryst.6961]

Fun fact- the Sticky Sweethearts are the only musical act legally required to provide written notice prior to performing within 100 yards of a school or playground.

[@DJ-wl5qo]

I’m fairly certain R Kelly will have to do the same thing if he ever gets out of prison

[@hickoryst.6961]

@@DJ-wl5qo So true. 😄

[@StumpfsCurse]

What better way to alert people of their family friendly shows? Clever advertising! 🤗

[@HarryLime-ge6dc]

This was my late parents' song. I'll never forget watching them dance to this at my wedding, my father yelling "You like that, you like that shit!" at the top of his lungs, while dancing like he had an invisible bull whip and was cracking it to and fro....True love...

[@mistyjan5122]

YOUR PARENTS KICK ASS!!! LMFAO

[@LongChungus76]

Legend has it their lead singer recorded all the Timpani parts himself..... while holding the mic

[@tytytytyty811]

I saw the Sticky Sweethearts open for the Beatles in Munich back in ‘58. Everyone had a hardon it was magical.

[@thenewstuff3377]

They were the Beetles then. They kept making fun of the drummer Pete. They were calling him Peter and changed the words to the song to "Shadow Of My Peter." John and Paul didn't think the drummer took the joke too well. Ringo was hired after that.

[@tytytytyty811]

@@thenewstuff3377 Stuart Sutcliff fed me anthetamines till I shit myself

[@richmuller4036]

Driving up north in Michigan back in 1977, ensconced in the back seat of my parents' car, the landscape unfolds in a picturesque tableau of sprawling forests and glistening lakes. The oldies station fills the air with a nostalgic charm, and the infectious rhythms of Sticky Sweethearts' hit song "Shadow of My Weiner" resonate through the vehicle. As we wind our way through scenic routes, each verse of the catchy tune becomes a soundtrack to our adventure, blending seamlessly with the rustic charm of the countryside.

[@incredibleflameboy]

A lot of people dont know this but Richard Longer-Donger (pronounced like a french name for those that have only recently discovered this legendary vocalist) wrote this song whilst under the influence of solvents. The story he tells in his autobiography, "don't pull on my arse strings" is that he wrote "I glued my balls..." before deciding enough was enough and called his bassist Pete Ennis in to help. They decided to simply break the glue down with a gallon of the now discontinued product "termotaint" (i shouldn't need to tell you as we all know their tagline, "if youve got a taint, we can terminate it"). The resulting high left Dick with 3 new songs (however rumours persist to this day that a demo tape from an unknown musician called "shiny rod" may be a forth song written during this time) and a hospital visit. Richard himself said "it was a hot, hot, HOT day down south that day, but i like to think that the vibe of 'Norleans brought out the best in us but son, the humidity can really make you wish for rain, if only to soothe that itch." As ever, he was an incredibly humble man and before his disappearance in wuhan, china in December of 2019 dick said of the song, "the true mastermind behind this song was my pal, good ol' "little" P. Ennis (Richard insisted that the credit should be given to his close confidant and always gave his full name). He was the lubricant that always got us in the back door, even when it was a pain in the ass"

[@pika23]

Such genius

[@Pelcurus]

Apparently, this song caused a conflict between Buzz Aldrin and Niel Armstrong on the return trip from the moon landing. At a peak point when the sun would make the most prominent shadows they both whipped it out in space. Aldrin won.

[@teddyjacobs3214]

this is rumored to be why the later press conference was so awkward and tense

[@alyssakira8320]

This was also the cause of the 1968 Florida Eclipse. Aldrin later claimed that "that day the whole of the Sunshine State was In the shadow of my weiner!"

[@kayakdog121]

Thats one giant leap for mankind.

[@greenvelvet]

I heard it casted a great shadow over the Kremlin, striking fear into the heart of Leonid Brezhnev himself. Which began the fall of the USSR.

[@MuerteMorrison]

Love sam and max

[@smokeeater917]

Rumor has it that the last song Buddy Holly ever played before burning to death in an Iowa cornfield was a cover of "The Shadow of my Wiener". Apparently the janitors at the venue had to use mops to soak up all the bodily fluids that ladies left on the dance floor.

[@dougiewinsome5639]

"Before burning to death in an Iowa cornfield." Holy shit, duder 😂

[@girlwithcane]

@@dougiewinsome5639 @smokeeater917 Don McLean immortalized the tragedy as "The Day the Music Burned to Death in an Iowa Cornfield"

[@smokeeater917]

@@girlwithcane lmfao!!! An absolute banger!

[@nicobambino191]

Snail trail

[@shadowsinmymind9]

Thats messed up 😂

[@Gamecrastinate]

This one takes me back to 1969, all those long night drives in my first car with my darling by my side. Thanks for preserving such a wonderful time in history.

[@forsakensandor]

I shall have the court jester sing this until he doth collapses.

[@hisaceinthehole3426]

But sire, I do believe that's murder!

[@forsakensandor]

@@hisaceinthehole3426 Big word.

[@ryant282a]

The Sticky Sweethearts are back!! Glad they weren't just a one-hit wonder.

[@jamesvanitas]

Dare someone to share this with your family and grandparents

[@mason7067]

All my grandparents are dead, but my brothers will love it.

[@kingbadmovie]

Not my dad's side, they'll disown me. Mom's side will be disgusted with me, but no more than they are generally anyway.

[@chunglehunt2266]

I send this stuff to my dad all the time. Everyone on my mom’s side of the family (minus my mom) would find it hilarious.

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

My grandparents are the ones who shared this classic with me when I was only knee high to a caterpillar.

[@JEP-Tech]

done

[@drinfernodds]

My mom said this song took the world by storm when she was in middle school. For years, there wasn't a prom or house party where this wasn't on rotation. Truly a forgotten gem. Thanks for reminding us of lyrical genius.

[@FrugalGamerFlashback]

Honey get in here! They're playing our wedding song!

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

I'm here, babe.

[@Percguy03]

Paul McCartney called Buddy Holly, Elvis and The Sticky Sweethearts is the inspiration for the Beatles. He said the sticky sweethearts had the most inspiration to him as a child “When I heard Shadow of My Wiener, that was it, ya know? John called me house asking about the song talking about his wiener shadow, all excited and stuff, ya know?” We have to give these guys credit where it’s most deserved

[@jimjam51075]

My uncle was the drummer in this song. He told me that the label didn't want to release the song because they had initially planned on giving it to Tony Sheridan. I miss you uncle Slappy.

[@kugelblitzkrieg]

Played this at me and my wife’s wedding, our mother and father loved it!

[@apple54345]

'hol up

[@RSanchez111]

What the fuck

[@plasticoflamingo2952]

Wait. You have the sam... okay, none o' my business. I'll shut the door, behind me, on my way out. Good day to you, sir.

[@1989crazymofo2]

Nice

[@zanussidish5685]

It's a perfect first dance song.

[@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation]

My grandfather used to tell me stories of how he liked to sing this song while he was stationed in Korea back in '52. It reminded him of home and it's probably what got him through the war.

[@Deadpool55223]

That's crazy!! My Grandpa who was also in the Korean war mentioned something similar! He said they would play the song and shine a flashlight on their peckers against the tent wall just to make others laugh 😂 those guys were a different breed

[@muchacho56]

Sorry to inform you your grandpa was lying. His claim is an aural anachronism, as the successful inclusion of lightning strike sounds was available only after 1956, with the accidental invention of the "sausagemetrometer" by Richard "Dick" P. Eaniss. You're welcome.

[@EzaneeGires]

More Sticky Sweethearts please

[@ThatOneGamer69]

the problem with this is that it's unironically catchy 💀

[@mike4175]

This is actually the song that was supposed to be playing on the jukebox when George McFly went into the malt shop in Back to Future to recite his poem to Lorraine.

[@gregmeyer1805]

His density popped him to her. But in actuality it was the shadow of his weiner.

[@Grumdy]

I'm so happy we're finally getting the Sticky Sweethearts on KZbin. Every song they made were classics. Hopefully every song they made gets uploaded soon!

[@BardOfApollo]

You like that? You like that shit?! 😂

[@drimmie]

😂 So romantic

[@jonnyjawja9076]

The Sticky Sweethearts have certified banger after banger after banger

[@Spartan300001]

"You won't be scared, the Shadow of My Wiener will always be there..." is somehow a very forlorn, foreboding lyric.

[@SethPutnam2011]

One of James Jamerson's greatest bass lines.

[@landonsmith2154]

I'm so glad you discovered another "the sticky sweetheart" song! Those are harder to find than Trip Watkins songs!

[@patrickb33339]

The Sticky Sweethearts were my grandfather’s favorite band. One night he and my grandmother were at a picnic listening to the radio and just started dancing when this song came on.

[@adamhorn6392]

Is anyone else thinking we need a revival of this type of music? This rocks, and we could totally have modern young dudes starting up a band to do their own thing like this. I would actually pay for an album of that (or better yet, a vinyl).

[@orangeedo]

I have to be honest, I was singing that Chorus all day. You've got me again.

[@wpl955g9]

A thunder effect worthy of The Cascades' 1962 classic Rhythm of the Rain. But on my wang.

[@hoffwell]

Back in '62 this was the first dance at our wedding. We still play it when family come round for Sunday dinner.

[@truckbros35]

It’s not real back then stop lol

[@JoshuaMcElhany]

​@@truckbros35It's A Joke Lol.

[@roderickcortez138]

Do you guys have sausage for dinner?

[@RonaldJBateman]

My pops had a 45 RPM of this. I was told by my parents (many years later) that this was my favorite song when I was a child. I also didn't know how to handle records back then. My dad was so pissed because I scratched three copies. Back in 62' when this was released you could buy them for a quarter. When I was born they were going for big bucks. This one brings back great memories of being around the record player.

[@Thenatureboy801]

Honestly I really enjoy having this in the background while I scroll through the comments reading all you brilliant little souls funny excerpts. So relaxing.

[@DJ-wl5qo]

Every Breath You Take (50’s version)

[@toughenupfluffy7294]

"The angle of the dangle is in direct proportion to the heat of the meat," and no song better illustrates this maxim than _The Shadow of My Weiner_ .

[@domenicomiletti7366]

It's pretty amazing to know that internet warriors are digging up these obscure mo-town pioneers and giving them the respect they rightly deserve 👏🏻 😊

[@MrPhange]

I haven't heard this one in a schlong time

[@sinitration]

This is probably my favorite one, it's crude and juvenile as fuck yet somehow still more romantic than 90% of music made today.

[@Deetroiter]

Imagine if there’s a live band out there actually playing and covering these songs 😂

[@davidhughes950]

⁠​⁠@@DeetroiterI would go see them. Buy a tshirt even.

[@rjwasser8312]

I know these are AI generated, but I’ll be damned if they’re not entertaining.

[@markkeller9378]

Laughing my ass off for days now..lol

[@RichardSanchez137]

I can't wait for the "it'll fit" remix.

[@pinetree566]

I remember when I was just 8 years old and my parents got divorced. There were times when it was hard to adjust, but my mother always sang this song to me to help raise my spirits.

[@drimmie]

Wasn't this the B-side to the old hit single "I Glued My Balls to my Butthole?" It's been so long

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

This was also on a full album called "Scrotal Shadowbox" which released shortly after the single was released. About 8 years later they would re-record an extended version of this song on their album "Taint Nothing To Fear In The Dark" which is the version I believe Armstrong and Aldrin listened to on their way to the moon.

[@hellomjb]

My Great Aunt raised me and just passed recently, she had this on vinyl and would play it everyday. Really brings back the memories.

[@terryrex2888]

Ah yes! The follow-up hit to I Glued My Balls to My Butthole Again. This song represents a solidifying of the signature musical characteristics and lyrical depth that would characterize The Sticky Sweethearts for most of their future hit songs. Principally written by Lead Vocalist Jack Goff and bASS player Harry P. Ness, the song was inspired by a late-night visit to a high-class club that tried to throw drummer Hugh Jass out after an altercation over a woman. Guitarist Mike Oxlong came late to the recording session due to the events described in I Glued My Balls to My Butthole Again hence the heavier inclusion of strings. The strings, arranged by then-unknown studio arranger Ben Dover, were written in less than 15 minutes due to Oxlong's absence. The string and horn section, known somewhat paradoxically as the Skin Flutes were brought in from a separate studio to cover the part. The song would go on to compete heavily with its predecessor for the #1 Hit Spot in 1963. Both songs would experience an unexpected and impressive resurgence in popularity in '69 where this song zipped straight to #2 for 69 days straight, beaten only by I Glued My Balls To My Butthole Again in the number 1 spot for 69 days straight as well. On reflection, Bassist Harry P. Ness said: "It was quite hard to follow up such a huge hit, but our "Wiener" rose to the challenge."

[@edwardburroughs1489]

I remember seeing these boys down at the Odeon on a Tuesday afternoon matinee sometime in '64. Everyone was there to see the Four Tops, but the Sweethearts brought the house down. Great times!

[@noellecelnik4347]

I remember when my great-grandpa showed me this song, he'd take me fishing this would play on the oldies station and he'd sing along as loud as he could. He always said it reminded him of "back when lawyers were cheap"

[@bobroberts7269]

Me and my platoon buddy Chris Taylor listened to this non stop back in Nam. Then he killed Sergaent Barnes.

[@brentwarner9349]

Another great song from the platoon soundtrack. My dad, a Vietnam vet, chuckled when that same came on during the movie...I could tell it brought back memories

[@nortonman5238]

The sticky sweethearts second biggest hit. This one topped the charts back in 1962 and swept across the nation. Those were the days.

[@simonsimons1252]

First heard this in 1960. Listened to it ever since. Long live the Sticky Sweethearts.

[@Gnix1996]

My grandmother told me how her and my grandfather made my dad to this song. Massive song.

[@newaj_]

I remember the day this released all the way back in 1962! Playing on every radio station. Ah these memories.

[@luke_fabis]

This! This right here is some fine music! We need more from The Sticky Sweethearts!

[@camh3958]

Still listening to this in 2024

[@rexmundi9691]

I remember the great blizzard of '68. Got us snowed in for months. Nobody could have prepared for it. Eventually we ran out of wood and had to warm ourselves to the glow of radiotubes. We ran a radio of a handcranked generator. Those dang tubes kept your warm for hours. The local station lost most of their tape collection due to the storm ripping the roof off. They threw up a tarp and kept that show going in t-shirts in minus degree weather. We don't make men like those anymore. I'll never forget the songs on repeat for hours while the frostbite took most of my toes. I didn't complain, we didn't complain back then. We made shadows with our wieners on the wall from the glow of the radiotubes, while dad was beating mom to keep warm.

[@SuperZedario]

Finally, a song for Orcs about to Raid an Elf Village

[@hybridmaster13]

I remember the first time my parents played this at a family Thanksgiving, mom says dad proposed to her in Las Vegas at Allegiant Stadium when the Sticky Sweethearts opened for the Beatles in '67. He was a man's man. RIP, Dad. 😢

[@Arkie80]

I remember listening to this back in Nam when a platoon of Charlies came sneaking up through the bush. They suddenly all dropped their rifles and started groovin right there with us! Then we all got blitzed to hell an gone on some good Vietnamese shit they brought with em. Thunder magic definitely spoke when we filled the land with smoke that day, bro. Those were the times, man. Those were the times.

[@waukivorycopse2402]

Hanoi Gold!!

[@ChungisD]

"When the lightening flashes, you're going to shit your asses, because the shadow of my wiener is fucking massive." Just because this song borrowed so much from Act III of Macbeth doesn't mean that the Sticky Sweethearts ripped off Shakespeare. This song will always stand as an homage to all who have ever spoken the English language.

[@JackJohnson1970]

Another classic from the Sticky Sweethearts!! 😂😂

[@gronk1965]

The cover art is from a press picture taken during The Sticky Sweethearts Spring 1967 gig at Big Reggie's Danceland, in Excelsior, MN. You can tell because that's Steve Wahrer (of The Trashmen) there on the drums behind Booker, instead of their usual drummer, Spider McCown. This was the night Spider suffered his near-fatal electrocution during an altercation with a local Minneapolis gang right before the show. The gang, the 'Baldies' (the 60s mod boys, not their 80's era skinhead successors), were drawn to the show by a highly publicized -- some would say overhyped -- protest by the then-powerful Lutheran Ladies League of Excelsior, who objected to the band's lurid association of "good, honest, German wieners" with "a non-Aryan genitalia (sic)". The Baldies began heckling The Sweethearts while they were trucking in their equipment for the show, just as a thunderstorm was rolling in. The band mostly took it in stride, but Spider finally responded with his usual buttholes and glue comeback, which the Baldies did not take well. Spider held his own (the guy could bench press 295), but the fight had him pushed back into the waters of nearby Lake Minnetonka by the end of it. The last Baldy standing at the time, Ron Rovhal, tried to take Spider down with a high kick to the teeth with his steel toed right boot (a classic Baldy finishing move), but Spider was too quick for that. He grabbed Rovhal by the ankle, dunked him head first into the lake, then held him up with one arm, triumphantly, over his head. And that's when the lightning bolt struck. Spider was probably at least halfway to North Memorial by the time this picture was shot.

[@gronk1965]

As a side note: The Sweethearts coming to town was a huge deal to local African-Americans at the time. In an unprecedented example of racial solidarity, the entire Twin Cities Black community -- all six of them -- showed up to the concert that night.

[@apolloc.vermouth5672]

Lester Bangs talked about his high school covers band taking part in a Shadow Of My Wiener Marathon in El Cajon.

[@gronk1965]

@@apolloc.vermouth5672 Never heard that, but I'm not at all surprised. I was talking to an industry insider once, and they told me that Bangs was not fired from Rolling Stone back in '73. He quit in frustration because they kept refusing to publish his Sticky Sweethearts reviews.

[@waukivorycopse2402]

​@@gronk1965it's about time someone told that story accurately, thank you and don't f#$k with The Baldies!

[@phantasma05]

​@@waukivorycopse2402I was told they looked like pricks with ear or was it ears without pricks