Hokey Pokey
You put your right foot in,
You put your right foot out,
You put your right foot in
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey
And you turn yourself around,
That's what it's all about.
You put your left foot in,
You put your left foot out,
You put your left foot in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey
And you turn yourself around,
That's what it's all about.
You put your right hand in,
You put your right hand out,
You put your right hand in
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey
And you turn yourself around,
That's what it's all about.
You put your left hand in,
You put your left hand out,
You put your left hand in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey
And you turn yourself around,
That's what it's all about.
You put your right shoulder in,
You put your right shoulder out,
You put your right shoulder in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey
And you turn yourself around,
That's what it's all about.
You put your left shoulder in,
You put your left shoulder out,
You put your left shoulder in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey
And you turn yourself around,
That's what it's all about.
You put your right hip in,
You put your right hip out,
You put your right hip in
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey
And you turn yourself around,
That's what it's all about.
You put your left hip in,
You put your left hip out,
You put your left hip in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey
And you turn yourself around,
That's what it's all about.
You put your whole self in,
You put your whole self out,
You put your whole self in
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey
And you turn yourself around,
That's what it's all about.
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Information About Hokey Pokey
The origins of the “Hokey Pokey” is said to be inspired by the calling of a an ice cream vendor who would call out, “Hokey pokey penny a lump! Have a lick, make you jump!”
Tabor who is the original writer of the song had a suggestion from an officer to change the name to “Hokey Cokey.” Jimmy Kennedy was the one that agreed to promote and publish the song. There has been controversy on what hokey pokey actually means. Before ice cream cones were invented, the ice cream was wrapped in a wax paper which was known as a hokey-pokey.
An ice cream vendor was known as the hokey-pokey man.
The song has an upbeat rhythm that is followed by a dance. “Put your left hand in,” and then your left hand would go in. “Put your left hand out,” and you would then take it out. This is followed with all of the versesof the songs.
There are numerous versions that are played throughout the world such as the “Okey Cokie.”
In the U.S this popular song and dance is known as the "Hokey Pokey" and in the U.K as the "Hokey Cokey". Both versions it would seem, follow similar dance steps, with participants forming a ring and following the instructions of the song by putting various body parts "in" and "shake it all about".There are conflicting claims to the authorship of this song and it's variants.
In the U.K the song gained popularity during the 1940s.
In America, the group The Ram Trio, recorded the song in 1949 and in 1953, bandleader Ray Anthony recorded The Hokey Pokey on the B-side of another novelty record, The Bunny Hop.
The “Hokey Pokey” is seen on a lot of television shows and movies, while also being a popular song that is played during social gatherings.
For further information about the song “Hokey Pokey”, check out Wikipedia.
Our visitors have told us that you can also put the following things "in":
Your head
Your "fuzzy" head
Your back side
Your knees
Your elbows (really?!)
Do you like singalong songs? Take a look at the other songs we have listed.
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User Comments Hokey Pokey (30)
By Milly from Houston, Texas on 23 April 2009
this was a great song me and my friends love to dance to it this was great SNOTTY
By Wang from China Shanghai on 9 June 2009
That's fantastic song, me and my collegue heard it just now and it refreshed our boring day at once!
By Sarita Kannemeyer from South Africa on 1 July 2009
I can only Download 16 seconds of this song... where do i find the full version?
By Jennifer from China-gz on 8 April 2010
i and my kindy kids find it fun.u jsut ve to add whatever part of the body u want,n it's still gonna be fun.thank u.
By Jennifer from Chn-gz on 8 April 2010
I and my kindy kids r ving fun.Whichever part of the body u add to it,it's still gonna be fun!thx.
By Yvonne Wong from Hong Kong on 24 August 2010
I love this song very much. I wonder how can I get the score.
By Sakasteabro from Oakland on 25 September 2010
I love dancing this song with my grandma!
By Allah from Afghanistan on 13 January 2011
I like pie. (oh and your alll retards) ... ALLAHU ACKBAR
By Alexander from Ukraine on 4 April 2011
It plays in 5th season's episode of X-Files called "Chinga".
By Aysha from South Africa on 20 August 2011
the children at the montessori i work at just love this song...right at the end we also put our whole selves in by jumpin into the circle!
By Lois from New Zealand on 7 January 2012
In new zealand this song is called the hoki toki.
By Daizah from United States on 25 February 2012
i like that song every time and every day in every life in my high down is non being to i tell my time my school and thats my best day in singing and dance at cool to do
By Nor from Egypt on 27 March 2012
my doughterher name is Loujain she like this song
By Nisa from United States on 27 October 2012
It's interesting that someone would comment stating that this song is grammatically incorrect, while spelling the word "grammatically" INCORRECTLY... Wow..
By Rovergoa from India on 11 April 2013
Hey, the least you could have done was to have the video match the lyrics given just above. And the singer in the video...she could do with some music lessons! Don't murder classics! I LOVE this song...remember it from my childhood and the lady in the video just killed it...the original composer must be squirming in his/her grave!
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By Maria from Pgh, Usa on 20 January 2009
Great song/dance. The kids love it and it wore me out how many times we did it! LOL. Thanks!