"Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1935 film Top Hat, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire.
The song title refers to the formal wear required on a party invitation, top hat, white tie, and a tailcoat.
The popular Norwegian meteorologist Kristian Trægde sang the song (and step danced to it) on the TV show, Skjemtegauken, in 1968.[1]
In 1977 ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev sang the song on The Muppet Show[2].
In a 1982 episode of Three's Company, Jack dances to the song while drunk at a party, and knocks things over as he does so.
The song is performed in 1989's 'Secret Policeman's Third Ball' by comedian/satirist Willie Rushton, accompanied by Richard Vranch on piano, with Rushton dressing according to the lyrics of the song, noting that the lyrics neglect to mention the donning of trousers.