The Wombles - Remember You`re a Womble

"Top Of The Pops" 1974.

[@daviddrummerrichards2724]

Even the wombles are better than today’s bands

[@iolojones6650]

What do you mean EVEN the Wombles.. the wombles are class

[@daviddrummerrichards2724]

They never played live for some reason

[@bumm1911]

Ayo man we are trying our best

[@j0hnf_uk]

That's because there was actual talented musicians behind the music they produced.

[@jeddward9464]

A pile of shyt would have a better hum than the crap today.

[@samwallace4074]

That reminds me. I'm a womble. Completely forgot. Explains a lot.

[@masterbeef6308]

😆

[@squinkque]

We all knew. We're wombles too.

[@Eltonlaleham]

AWESOME SONG

[@Liam1037]

@@squinkque same

[@fenellagriffiths]

My mum is a womble for life

[@j0hnf_uk]

This is what I used to love about the 70's. What were deemed as novelty acts could have a successful record and everyone would accept them as being just part and parcel of what made up the charts and go along with the overall frivolity. No-one, (except the few music snobs), went out of their way to dismiss them, and went along with the fun involved, chanting the main chorus line.

[@mimilion6072]

Everyone, used to be ready for Top of The Pops, on a Thursday at 7.30. Everyone, in the family had something!!!!

[@Jet_879_Games]

So much facts

[@NickSBailey]

but underneath it's well crafted pop so it stands up still whether it's a novelty act or not, written by Mike Batt who also wrote Bright Eyes, someone who can get Art Garfunkel to sing for them must have some talent

[@alisondare7203]

The Wombles are the best ❤😂

[@dh2032]

@@mimilion6072 music and the rest in the music media used to tune in to what in the chats? and who number 1 2 3

[@blueh5920]

the 70's was an extraordinary time....

[@glynmole7211]

ha ha yes the 70s were fab

[@Loverboy19691]

They were awesome Blue H, I often think about those times !!!

[@monkdevv5090]

Blue H yeah it was! The BBC let a pedophile get away with sexual assault! Good times.

[@Loverboy19691]

We didn't know Jimmy Savile was a pedophile back then, and yes, it was good times for us as we didn't know Jimmy personally thank goodness so he didn't wreck our lives, though finding out what he was like does tarnish things a bit I still think of the great music we had to takes us back to a time when my dad and my grandparents were still alive.

[@monkdevv5090]

Andrew Dexter. I know. I used to watch Jimmy back in the 90s on Jim'll fix it. He sure did fix it for a few kids lol. I miss the wombles as well. That and the teletubbies

[@abbie6813]

My dad called my sisters friend a womble and he told me to search this up. I don't regret doing that now

[@luchewigg168]

You don't understand how much I love the wombles

[@sarahgould7296]

I love the fact that everyone joined in. Can't be many countries where adults would chant 'remember you're a womble' in perfect time. Fantastic!

[@gerrygreen1624]

Fond memories of it in New Zealand. Now living in Australia, begun singing it for some reason this morning, had to find and show the video to my partner and daughter to prove I wasn't going mad. Ah, the 70s, great times :)

[@justinburnes1265]

@@gerrygreen1624 same and fragil rock days, ahhh if only we had them days back indeed.

[@seventiesmusicisbest]

Love the way everyone in the audience looks like they are having such a great time.

[@michendo1]

They are all just happy that it wasnt Jimmy Saville presenting that week.

[@zaftra]

@@michendo1 and then without evidence they claim he touched them up, like so many presenters back then

[@jonathanshaw8123]

It makes me cringe seeing teenagers having an arm around Noel or one touching his back.......I mean Noel isn’t one of those guys so

[@paulmchugh8695]

And no drugs ? Erm ? Ooh 😮 ?

[@alanprior7650]

I'm an American now but listening to the Wombles takes me back to being a kid in 70s Britain.

[@austinwthompson45]

American now? Nah, come back! Don't forget us!

[@bobotett4320]

One of greatest bands of all time

[@mattgilbert7347]

Fact!

[@carlgevers2557]

Right up there with 'Aaannnniiimaaaaaal!! & Co from the Muppets, but far better musically. Can sing it in my sleep

[@aw-h3875]

Until Yoko broke them up...

[@ExeterCityMan]

I nearly wore out my record player with this record as a kid. Still like it.

[@LordEriolTolkien]

Remember You're A Womble was the first album I ever owned

[@Markcain268]

I'm so glad I lived through the 70's, I was only a child but still have excellent memories from those times

[@squishmallowfan025]

Still have the compilation album that was given to me around 1974.....great memories of a great time to be a kid and there's NOTHING simplistic about those songs......

[@angelacooper2661]

I was born in 1970 and used to watch the Wombles growing up. Here I would have been just four and so Play School age. Bernard Cribbins, the voice of the Wombles, has just died at 93!

[@peterrigby6294]

I remember watching all the trippy kids shows of the 70's. The wombles are one of the highlights of my life 😂. Bring them back tomorrow I say!

[@ShrewsPaul]

The chorus of this just suddenly entered my head. So now I'm here.

[@charliebakedpotato8784]

#metoo

[@sjadarkest]

I have no idea how I wound up back here again but I regret none of the decisions that led me to watching this video 🥳

[@boo66]

Mike Batt's a great writer.. The fiddle hook in this and the brass one in The Wombling Song are both brilliant.

[@angelacooper2661]

I know about the fiddle, because three years after the song came out, I started to learn the instrument at junior school!

[@ichmemyself6098]

Back in the day my dad, who was a teacher of English in Germany, brought back a LP with songs from the Wombles from his school exchange travel to the UK. Me and my little sister, both primary school of age, were immediately flashed by this song from our first listen, and from then we played it day and night. Nobody else in our small German town, except from our family, had ever heard of the existence of the Wombles. Thanks for the upload! Brings back my memories ...

[@u414336]

Ah - great memories as a kid in the 1970's, those Wombles could really rock n roll.

[@drsloanski]

I’m an American who just discovered the Wombles, through an interview with Mike Batt on the Rockonteurs podcast. I love it, so joyful. If I’d heard this as a kid I would’ve been totally into it!

[@user-oy7od5tq8f]

Need to pass song around Ur family friends kids start a womble trend over their in states. I'm from UK one of favourites my grankids love them.

[@mcfcguvnors]

M8 they were huge in the 70s ,Mike Batt is responsble for many famous TV Themes too .Ive still got my 1970s Womble annual somewhere

[@sirlordwhitman]

oh my. This was my favorite song as a 4 or 5 year old. And now just ran into it again at age 41.

[@wandererwerewolf477]

For me, it's the Wombling Song. :)

[@jasecox3912]

My mum used to sit me on her knee and sing this to me ,bouncing me on her knee .I miss you mum ❤️😢

[@mcfcguvnors]

Me too m8 ,.when being a kid wasnt so bad eh :/

[@jasecox3912]

@@mcfcguvnors Yes mate good times back then ,I would go back in a heartbeat

[@alexanderwiles2003]

my dad the same for me and my sister i love that this lasted

[@sirknight1399]

Respect to the Wombles, the most successful chart group of '74. Great days.

[@Polyphemus47]

I'm 62, and love this, too! Mike Batt has never made a recording that I haven't loved. I never got to see the Wombles in action here in the USA--so glad to find this here!

[@stevenprice4988]

This was in the charts in 1974 when abba won the eurovision song contest with waterlooe

[@shemstock]

No internet in 1976...I am flying to Istanbul...the music onboard..yes they made you pay for headsets...anyway...this song came on...I was hooked...this would have hit bit in the US if there was internet at the time...a great fun song!

[@alexdmanley]

Now this is what they call "real music"

[@aduffield]

My brother and I used to play this at 45 rpms instead of 33 - changing the speed to 1.25 does the same thing much more fun

[@marcprimo1471]

So did i lol

[@j0hnf_uk]

I think it was equally as fun to play the single version at 33⅓ rpm and pretend they were all sleepy.

[@justinparsons4538]

Great

[@christopherjones4366]

In 57 back in the 70s I was massive Womble fan I had a Womble pillow case and. My very own Womble I still love this song

[@JoshWomble]

WOW I didn't know there was a whole show named after me!

[@laurenwomble2200]

my last name is also womble!

[@maryfarrell9231]

Remember I was dancing to this in 1974 at university discos after a few pints of Newcastle Exhibition - I doubt that today's students can experience such fun

[@james-kx7bz]

Things that the everyday folk leave behind...

[@tamhaswoods9056]

Fashanu, Gayle, Fear, Jones, Kimble, Segers, Holdsworth, Wise.... best damn Wombles ever

[@lindsaycooper9400]

Exercise is good for you, laziness is not

[@mousehitscat]

I was a student in the UK when the wombles were at their highlight and iI've always wondered since why have they never crossed the channel : I'm sure kids all over Europe and beyond would just love the Wombles!!

[@donalcasey3612]

Remember youre a 70s child i was 6 when this gem floated onto our screens here in ireland oh god to go back just for one day ❤

[@Ianssouthern]

i am 53 left england in november 74 for the usa. what a classic i was just telling my wife about the wombles. nice one Cyril.

[@writestuffcmour]

❤ I love this song when I was age 5 to 10 my dad was stationed in England for 5 years and I was a huge fan of the children's TV show and the band. For some strange reason I was thinking of the song and I decided to see if it was on KZbin or it existed and I'm so glad it did😂

[@altarush]

Too bad , kids don’t have wombles.

[@Xithinar]

Gotta love Steeleye Span.

[@DantheMan2605]

As a 24 year old. my parents got me into the wombles 😊

[@renaeroyle2494]

I reside on wimble street and Womble along quite nicely thankyou very much - till I have to bend down to pick up litter. Guess there's whole tribes of Wombles in Wimbledon and elsewhere creaking away - cheers to all the Wombles were ever you are!!!!!!!

[@richkeeshan9757]

Props to whoever was in those suits for being able to play instruments

[@paulmchugh8695]

It was all mimed ?

[@paulmchugh8695]

Phil Collins was asked to go on totp ? They said he had to mime ? He sent 2 words back !he appeared when he got to no 1

[@cosmicphil4445]

It was Mike Batt himself and his session musicians including legend Chris Spedding on guitar

[@matelot95]

Chris Spedding was Wellington and Mike Batt was Orinoco

[@Nitrogenoxidegorillas]

Thank you mum for recommending this I love it and not even alive when they were a thing❤❤❤❤

[@Richard-tp1jp]

i was born 49 years ago and i dont remember this song and i was a little older and heared this lovley remember your a womble richard thank you mike bat

[@MikeReay-vr7lf]

I really like your music and i am dancing and singing to it you the best band in the whole wide world.❤

[@user-oy7od5tq8f]

Great kids songs memories of my childhood being a gd little wombble. Awsome

[@Windbadger]

In my childhood I used to stay up late into the night recreating the classic 80's quiz show Blockbusters with my wombles. True story.

[@Choober65]

I remember dancing around the house with my grandmother. Miss you Man, it was fun.

[@TheDiva4361]

I've only watched this video because I absolutely LOVE The Vicar of Dibley!!!😊

[@user-gz9pg8dm8d]

Absolutely brilliant better than today's music awesome 👍👍👍

[@Darkreign1]

They should've headlined Glastonbury

[@joeyqhusain6796]

Is that one Womble seriously playing a mandolin as a fiddle? That’s punk as hell.

[@arita2006]

It's quite appropriate as one of the Wombles (Chris Spedding, on guitar and in the blue hat) produced the first demos for the Sex Pistols in May 1976!

[@Melscorp1]

Thank you to someone special posting this up. I was only three when this was released, but it seems like yesterday and to think it was only listening to it now brought back such fond memories!!!

[@mytoiletshitehouse]

We would sing this to a guy at school who lost a testical in a bicycle accident . We also sang we wish you a Wombleing Merry Christmas to him .

[@hopebgood]

yawn

[@vineylfc]

I am not a womble, I am a free man!

[@beefriendlypermaculture]

Wombles are FREE! :) 🙏

[@sapphoculloden5215]

What do you want? Womble-ation?

[@georginacox3909]

@@sapphoculloden5215 As I said above, they are making a comeback to help tackle the plastic etc. Don't know why we caused the mess still. Bad invention plastic in the rubbish sense.

[@georginacox3909]

Womble- nation. Born and bred in England.

[@sapphoculloden5215]

@@georginacox3909 - Sorry, it was a very obscure joke that I hoped the initial poster would get. It's from a '60s spy show, The Prisoner. I muddled up the order somewhat. Number Six: Where am I? Number Two: In the Village. Number Six: What do you want? Number Two: Information. Number Six: Who are you? Number Two: The new Number Two. Number Six: Who is Number One? Number Two: You are Number Six. Number Six: I am not a number! I am a free man! Number Two: [laughs]

[@skunkhead2007]

i got to meet the wombles in Middlesbrough, they opened the shop my sister worked at after the nightclub next door caught fire ....i was cool about the wombles then i got to meet them and it freaked me out well the old womble did then that french womble sorted me out with a pack of spangles and tudor crisps = me sorted.....

[@georginacox7292]

I was the best Womble this year Kept my flat cleanBought Womble t shirt and gold star earringsCant stop smiling to this record

[@georginacox7292]

Happy Christmas

[@Jojobber]

THE BEST GROUP IN THE HISTORY OF BRITISH POP MUSIC!!!!!

[@harveyspecter589]

A sad day for Wombles everywhere!

[@andysandel9325]

This is still my Favourite Childhood Favourite Christmas!!!

[@Glendude1]

Happy tune of the day-dig the crowd participation!

[@AppleMan531]

Hi. I'm Eliot Wien from NYC. I remember when Columbia Records in the USA released Remember Yo're A Womble album. I was a curious kid and purchased the album without listening to it. Remember, we didn't have computers or the internet or KZbin back then. I was really into this song, and the Beach Boy style Wombling Summer Party song when I played the album. I still have it in my collection, and as I got older, I'm still listening to it today!

[@keithm1693]

i wish my kids could experience my childhood days.

[@kingkandy]

I forgot I was a Womble. This has just reminded me

[@bobbyshafto3259]

OOOOh the 70's I love em! I used to sing "Rewomble you're a Member" Streaking through the studios.......we don't need that Noel do we?

[@thundertears]

I used to watch the wombles when I was young gosh how times have fly

[@BrianFeral1]

During the Xmas special one of the wombles was touched up in Jimmy Saville's dressing room, Orinoco was never the same again.

[@evemuskett8200]

No nudity, no swearing! Gosh I wish today’s music was like this!!!!

[@angelacooper2661]

Would you Adam and Eve it?

[@baeuberich]

I loved them that time an I still do. Nobody understood me here in Germany. Thanks for posting!!

[@terrymann1341]

These guys could win Eurovision, and remember The Wombles were the very first eco warriors and they were the first band to have three singles in the charts since The Beatles.....

[@bowathand]

Saw them open for deep purple in '76 it was carnage

[@delbhoye]

Back in the days when bands played their own instruments.

[@david-wall]

Comment of the decade LOL!

[@yettsoman4364]

😂😂😂

[@elaineslater6647]

This is a great record the chorus is remember your geordie

[@larrycollins7663]

I was a big fan of the Wombles. tv series & when they released their songs Mike Batt was the creator of the Wombles. very rare to see the Wombles when they were on top of the pops can't believe that was 50 years ago

[@RomaRoma-gu8or]

Yes, the last 50 years has gone by so fast like a ride on the London tube, scary!

[@bobbyjones3351]

You just put a big smile on my face thanks for the memory

[@louellasnugglebunny]

This really takes me back! I had the 8-track when I was a kid!

[@mattgilbert7347]

Banger!

[@James-nl6fu]

I miss the fun, popular music used to be. Long before it got all serious and pompous.😎♥️

[@MLB007]

Still a banger

[@ThatOneRelatableGuy24]

Funny enough your name is so similar to Mike batt

[@Penguinstudios123]

Not sure if I'm ashamed or honoured to be British and genuinely enjoy this at 17 😹

[@graemestarkey7524]

Should bee the national anthem of the UK.

[@christopherjones4366]

What fun . Thank you Mike batt and the lovely bernard cribbins bring back novelty records

[@fraserkatie]

Had this on a childrens tape as a child! Remember that it had a load of kids songs on it including My Boomerang wont come back by Charlie Drake

[@missscarlett18]

This song gets stuck in my head at least 6 times a month

[@missscarlett18]

Still stuck there

[@daviddrummerrichards2724]

I know these guys each and all have talent

[@SuperPanda1971]

This is great! My mum and dad bought this for me when I was about four.

[@Loverboy19691]

Those Wombles were miming !!!!

[@garysmith291]

Love WOMBLES, they are the best. rock on.xxx

[@austinwthompson45]

Buildbase?

[@ThrustProp]

Holy Cow!!! I saw this on Captain Kangaroo when I was a kid. I'm 41 now, and the memory comes around every now and then. I can't believe there's a video on the net of it in this day and age! Thanks!

[@carradalebear840]

I REMEMBER 👍

[@timwebster8122]

Dedicated to the Levisham station group. Thanks for your work guys

[@barbaraannecortina7899]

at 56 seconds in, a girl in what looks like a brown blouse and what I can only describe as a doughnut hairdo wanders into view and that for me is one of the high points of this clip, because it is so typically 1970s and that's the main thing. To me, 1974 was the 'psychedelic year' of the 1970s. Don't ask me why but it was. I wouldn't say the 70s was the decade taste forgot but one that health and safety forgot, ignored more likely.

[@lucyhogan7172]

Bring back the wombles please we need them

[@Markcain268]

Lol, I love 70's tunes, such a happy time for me

[@polycarpx]

So, I'm reading through 'The Rolling Stone Record Guide" (published 1979) that I bought at a flea market. It's a rreal treasure trove of long fortotten album titles from way back when, and I came across The Wombles; which piqued my interest And now here I am. KZbin never ceases to amaze me.

[@gaz312]

Thanks I nearly forgot.

[@twelvemeister]

the wombles played practically eveyy british pop song of the 70s .bay city rollers etc etc etc. or at least the musicians who played the wombles records . and the general public never even know their names. clem cassini on drums , chris spedding guitar . etc.

[@corkadorka2362]

clem

[@corkadorka2362]

grakata

[@trevm02]

When the sun doesn't shine and it's cloudy and gray And it's only the beginning of the wombling day And you've got to do the washing up for Madame Cholet Remember, remember, remember, remember Remember, remember, remember (member, member, member) Remember you're a Womble (Remember you're a Womble) Remember you're a Womble (Remember you're a Womble) Remember you're a Womble (Remember you're a Womble) Remember you're a Womble (Remember you're a Womble) Remember, member, member, what a Womble, Womble, Womble you are When it's foggy on the common and you just can't see And I womble into you and you womble into me Just remember we're so lucky to be wombling free Remember, remember, remember, remember Remember, remember, remember (member, member, member) Remember, remember, remember, remember Remember, remember, remember (member, member, member)

[@ian4goats]

My god! I once owned this LP! Thanks for the post and the memories.

[@lillypops38]

Bring them back

[@derekthesec]

Loved this song very much

[@justMe-rd4sw]

better than the Beatles, I have heard that Great uncle Bulgaria was killed in a car crash and replaced in the mid 70's

[@justMe-rd4sw]

with a badger that used to roadie for them

[@Loverboy19691]

Don't believe everything you hear Manik, it could be just a rumour !!!

[@theothertonydutch]

It was a piano that fell on his head tho.

[@thierrylangford5199]

I thought it was an overdose 😂😂😂

[@justMe-rd4sw]

@@thierrylangford5199 Nooooooooooo💊💊💊😭😭

[@daviddrummerrichards2724]

As a drummer in the 70s thought they sounded brilliant still do today

[@j0hnf_uk]

Yeah, love that 70's, 'chunka-chunka-chunka', sound.