Ding Dong Song
Encyclopedia
"Ding Dong Song" is a song by Swedish pop
singer Günther, featuring The Sunshine Girls. The song, originally released in 1984 as Tralala by Dutch band Phil & Company, was released in 2004 on Günther's debut album, Pleasureman
. The song was No. 1 for three weeks on the Swedish music charts.
, though with a heavy German accent. The song is a parody of Eurodance
genres and notably from the German 1980s.
The song has also gained widespread popularity on YouTube
. One of the most popular fan-made videos consists of American servicemen in Iraq performing a variety of dances to the song. Along with YouTube-users in front of their computers lip-synching, and edited parodies.
chorus: "Ooohh, you touch my tra la la... Mmmmm, My ding ding dong."
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
singer Günther, featuring The Sunshine Girls. The song, originally released in 1984 as Tralala by Dutch band Phil & Company, was released in 2004 on Günther's debut album, Pleasureman
Pleasureman
Pleasureman is the debut album by Mats Söderlund under his Günther persona. The album was originally released in Sweden in 2004, and an uncensored American version was released by Warner Bros. Records in 2006...
. The song was No. 1 for three weeks on the Swedish music charts.
Background and recording
Günther's version is sung in EnglishEnglish language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, though with a heavy German accent. The song is a parody of Eurodance
Eurodance
Eurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s or early 1990s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements from House, Techno, Hi-NRG and especially Italo-Disco...
genres and notably from the German 1980s.
The song has also gained widespread popularity on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
. One of the most popular fan-made videos consists of American servicemen in Iraq performing a variety of dances to the song. Along with YouTube-users in front of their computers lip-synching, and edited parodies.
Composition and lyrics
The song's popularity is largely due to its euphemisticEuphemism
A euphemism is the substitution of a mild, inoffensive, relatively uncontroversial phrase for another more frank expression that might offend or otherwise suggest something unpleasant to the audience...
chorus: "Ooohh, you touch my tra la la... Mmmmm, My ding ding dong."