Ding Dong Song

"Ding Dong Song"
Single by Günther
from the album Pleasureman
Released 2004
Genre Eurodance
Length 4:08

"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.[1][2] The song was No. 1 for three weeks on the Swedish music charts.[3]

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Background and recording

Günther's version is sung in English with a heavy German accent. The song is a parody of Eurodance genres, especially those from the German 1980s.[3]

The song has gained widespread popularity on YouTube. Examples of the most popular fan-made videos include American servicemen in Iraq dancing to the song, YouTube-users in front of their computers lip-synching, and various edited parodies.

Composition and lyrics

The song's popularity is largely due to its euphemistic chorus:

"Ooohh, you touch my tra la la... Mmmmm, My ding ding dong."

References

  1. ^ The Dutch Nationaal Pop Instituut on Phil (sic) & Company
  2. ^ The 1984 record's entry in the Discogs database
  3. ^ a b Gustafsson, Cecilia (18 March 2004) (in Swedish), Tysk kärleksprofet bakom säljande diskobuskis, http://sydsvenskan.se/kultur-och-nojen/article62328.ece, retrieved 20 March 2009 

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