The singing character Gummibär recorded original English, [65] [66] Spanish [67] and French versions. [68] Hyland's version hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 8, 1960, [5] and sold over a million copies in the US. [6] [7] It also made the top 10 in other countries, including #8 on the UK Singles Chart. [8] It also reached #1 in New Zealand. [9] Ownership controversy [ edit ] In 1984, Dutch singer John Spencer made a Dutch version called 'Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Rood Wit Blauwe Monokini' (meaning 'Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Red White and Blue Monokini') [58] In July 1990, a version was released by Bombalurina, titled "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini", which featured Timmy Mallett, star of Wacaday, a popular UK children's television show of the time, along with two dancers, Dawn Andrews and Annie Dunkley. [34] Andrews later married Gary Barlow of the group Take That. [35] Mallett told the British pop magazine Smash Hits that the composer of popular theatre musicals Andrew Lloyd Webber had come up with the idea for making the single, and had asked Mallett to sing on it. The day after recording the song, Mallett took a copy of it on a tour of European clubs where he was making personal appearances, and asked the clubs' DJs to play the song, raising public awareness of the record. [34] In November 2008, schoolteacher and former singer Everton Barnes claimed that he was the real singer on the record, as Mallett had been unable to hit the right notes and sang flat. [36]

Another cover version was "El Cohete Americano", a Cuban propaganda song sung by Las D'Aida in Album de la Revolucion Cubana (2000). Timmy Mallett accused of Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny porkie". Evening Standard. November 26, 2008 . Retrieved March 4, 2019. a b " Offiziellecharts.de – Club Honolulu – Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Honolulu Strand Bikini" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Connie Francis included a version of the song on her 1966 album Connie Francis and The Kids Next Door. Fun to not only be the designer of your own line but to walk for your line as well. Here’s to all the girls under 175 cms,” she captioned a clip of herself in the itty bitty number.The song was featured in the 1961 Billy Wilder film comedy One, Two, Three– in a key scene, the character Otto ( Horst Buchholz), suspected of being a spy, is being tortured by the East German police playing the song to him repetitively, eventually with the record off-center to create a weird howling variation of pitch. The actual recording was re-released in 1962 to capitalize on the film's success, but it did not rechart. Rothaar, James (2004). "Bikinis Exposed: Happy 60th Anniversary!". JustLuxé. LuxeMont. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007 . Retrieved September 13, 2019.

The song was adapted into Italian under the title "Pezzettini di Bikini" by Giancarlo Testoni and recorded by Dalida in 1960. [24] Then was recorded by Marino Marini [25] French versions [ edit ] "Itsy bitsy petit bikini" Bikini A Lunares Amarillos (letra y canción) - Viuda e Hijas de Roque Enroll". Musica . Retrieved December 12, 2020. On the other hand, there are the one-piece bathing suits with cut-outs around the waist. These types can allow you to highlight your waist by shaping it perfectly. These models will visually nip your waist. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdfed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p.36. Earlier in the week, an extreme take on the “loincloth” bikini trend dazzled spectators with its teeny tiny nature.However, we have only one small recommendation for you. If you have an athletic body as well, you should avoid string bikinis. They can potentially make your silhouette look manlier. A Bulgarian version "Бански на лалета" ("Tulip Themed Bathing Suit") sung by the children group Sparrows ( Врабчета) contains kids-friendly comic lyrics. In the lyrics, a girl falls in love with a boy impressed by his tulip themed swimming suit among other things. [63] The song was released on Carpet Records, a subsidiary of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group. Lloyd Webber later admitted that he had produced the song because his wife had bet him that as a composer of musical theatre, he would not be able to make a pop song that was a big hit. [37] The band name "Bombalurina" was taken from the name of one of the characters in Lloyd Webber's musical Cats. [34]

Jimi Hendrix played a brief cover of the song on the live recording Mr. Pitiful, released in 1981 in Germany only. Itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini / Lill-Babs" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1960 . Retrieved May 13, 2011.

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Bombalurina – Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. In 1987, it was sung in Greek by Polina ( Πωλίνα), with the title "Το ροζ μπικίνι" (English: "The Pink Bikini"), in her album Πάμε για τρέλλες στις Σεϋχέλλες ( Pame gia trelles stis Seychelles). In Germany, the song was renamed "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Honolulu-Strand-Bikini" and with German lyrics written by Rudolf Günter Loose. It was recorded by Club Honolulu, an alias for French-born Italian singer Caterina Valente and her brother Silvio Francesco, [28] and reached number one on the West German charts. [29]

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Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1sted.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3. Rollo, Sarah (November 27, 2008). "Webber makes 'Itsy Bitsy' confession". Digital Spy . Retrieved March 4, 2019.