A Ram Sam Sam
| "A Ram Sam Sam (A rum sum sum)" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Written | Morocco |
| Writer | Traditional |
"A Ram Sam Sam (A rum sum sum)" is a popular children's song and game which originated in Morocco. 
Play . In certain later recordings, other variants were used like "Aram" instead of "A Ram" and "Zam Zam" instead of "Sam Sam".
Lyrics and movements
The song's lyrics are usually:
- A ram sam sam, a ram sam sam
- Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam
- A ram sam sam, a ram sam sam
- Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam
- A rafiq, a rafiq
- Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam
- A rafiq, a rafiq
- Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam
When not played as a game, this song can also be (and very frequently is) sung as a round.
The game is played by a group of children. The song is sung by the group leader and the participants should perform several actions during certain lyrics, usually:
- A ram sam sam - pound fists, right over left, then left over right.
- Guli guli - pull hands apart gesturing as if something were gooey
- A rafiq - spin index fingers on either side of the head (like someone is crazy), ending with the fingers pointed up.
Pop culture usage
- Rolf Harris recorded the song in 1971 for Columbia Records.[1]
- Diskoteka Avariya, a well-known Russian band, used the song in their composition "Modnyi Tanets Aram Zam Zam" (In Russian "Модный танец Арам Зам Зам" English title "A Ram Sam Sam: The Trendy Dance") in 2009.
- Donikkl und die Weißwürschtl recorded a German version "Aram Sam Sam" that charted on the German charts in 2009.
- Gracey released a Dutch language version in 2011 that reached #75 in the Netherlands
- Lorenz Büffel made a version entitled "Aramsamsam" that is found on Après Ski Hits 2011 double CD.
- Sampling
- Tom Tom Club used part of the "A Ram Sam Sam" lyrics in their song "Wordy Rappinghood". This song is found on their self-titled debut album from 1981.
- Chicks on Speed did a cover version of the song "Wordy Rappinghood" by Tom Tom Club on their 2003 album 99 Cents.
- Uffie recorded a cover version of Tom Tom Club's "Wordy Rappinghood" in collaboration with DJ Mehdi.
- Parodies and adaptations
- The US scout movement adapted the song using new lyrics: A good Cub Scout / A good Cub Scout / A new Tiger Cub and a good Cub Scout...
- Fast Food Rockers recorded a version in 2003 under the title "The Fast Food Song" with new lyrics sampling on the refrain and mentioning fast food companies, notably Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and McDonald's
- DJ Ötzi recorded a very similar version in German language titled "Burger Dance" in 2003, mainly being an enumeration of the same fast food companies as that of the Fast Food Rockers
- Pizza Hut used it in commercial campaigns with amended lyrics
- Die Außenseiter used it in some parts of their first music video, "Aram Sam Sam" being a comic parody of the song with additional lyrics in German language and a symbolic use of English lyrics in "Jump, jump, motherfucker".[2]
See also
References
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