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  • Опубликовано: 16 май 2011
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    "Double Dutch Bus" is a 1981 funk song by Frankie Smith, made famous for its extensive use of the "izz" infix form of slang. The song title represents a combination of two institutions in Smith's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, neighborhood: the double Dutch game of jump rope played by neighborhood kids, and the SEPTA bus system that was a backbone of the local transportation network (and for which Smith had unsuccessfully applied for a bus driving position; the Transpass referred to in the song is an actual SEPTA pass). Smith and co-writer Bill Bloom persuaded contacts at WMOT Records to finance the song, and it was recorded in the summer of 1981, engineered by Gene Leone. The song rocketed to popularity in a matter of weeks. On the U.S. Billboard R&B chart, it held the number one spot for eight weeks. It also crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 30 in the summer of 1981.[1] The record has received two separate gold certifications, one for sales of the 7" edit, and a second gold record for sales of the 12" single.

Комментарии • 9 тыс.

  • @Jlis2025
    @Jlis2025 5 месяцев назад +976

    Who's still listening to this in 2024?...I SURE AM!

  • @tamikacoleman2582
    @tamikacoleman2582 Год назад +611

    My mother in this video 🔥 she was 13teen at the time R.I.P Mommy We Miss You So Much😇🕊️🕊️

    • @Yahoo744
      @Yahoo744 5 месяцев назад +20

      Thank you for sharing

    • @ryanmarek123
      @ryanmarek123 5 месяцев назад +10

      Which one was her?

    • @tamikacoleman2582
      @tamikacoleman2582 5 месяцев назад +52

      ​@@ryanmarek123my mom is the very last girl at the end with a white t shirt on😊

    • @tamikacoleman2582
      @tamikacoleman2582 5 месяцев назад +17

      ​@@ryanmarek123the one that's rocking and clapping by the open bus door with the white t shirt on 😊

    • @tamikacoleman2582
      @tamikacoleman2582 5 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@Yahoo744no problem you welcome 😊

  • @jenniferlouise4538
    @jenniferlouise4538 8 месяцев назад +213

    I grew up in Philly, roller skating and listening to Double Dutch bus. When I had kids, in an effort to share my love of old school music with my kids, I made them CDs and included this song. One day while walking into the grocery store, my then 4 year old son grabbed ny hand and said, "Mom, do you have any funky bus fare? Ho"!!!!

    • @gilwood7530
      @gilwood7530 7 месяцев назад +10

      Philly in the 80s used to bounce ... So many great concerts ...The FRESH FEST at THE SPECTRUM

    • @Ira1now123
      @Ira1now123 6 месяцев назад +8

      I met Frankie Smith at smedley elementary School in Frankfort. I was like 10 years old. Our music teacher was good friends with him. This video looks like Philly.

    • @user-ny3rk1ud8g
      @user-ny3rk1ud8g 5 месяцев назад

      🎉​@@gilwood7530

    • @user-gd7qt5su5s
      @user-gd7qt5su5s 4 месяца назад

      😂😂

    • @tracyb374
      @tracyb374 4 месяца назад +2

      I grew up in the Mountains of NC, but i had my roller skates on listening to this❤❤❤😊

  • @ebonybb24
    @ebonybb24 7 месяцев назад +90

    This song got the party started at my wedding and I gotta say we made our parents proud with this one.

  • @FilmaticProductions
    @FilmaticProductions Год назад +319

    We can thank this man for the "izzle" and "eezy" phenomenon in Hip-Hop lingo! I'm sure Snoop Dogg and E-40 loved this song growing up.

    • @therealdeal26
      @therealdeal26 Год назад +10

      EXACTLY 💯

    • @KathyHussey063
      @KathyHussey063 Год назад +15

      @@therealdeal26 "Dzzubble Dzzutch."."Buh zarbra"....loved those parts, never forgot that wacky pig latin-esque line....loved this song in my youth !

    • @esavi_lastimado
      @esavi_lastimado Год назад +23

      most importantly missy Elliot, she sampled this

    • @keonta81
      @keonta81 9 месяцев назад +10

      And missy Elliott

    • @joesmith8725
      @joesmith8725 3 месяца назад +7

      Yup. Its the izzle talk, jive talk. Started in the east coast like NYC, Harlem, Philly and in the west coast bay area Oakland, SF, California. '80s. All the rappers like Snoop Dogg, Missy Elliott , etc grew up listening to this kind of stuff and lot of older hip hop sampled funk music.

  • @TTVBunnyDougie
    @TTVBunnyDougie 2 года назад +1059

    Hands down, the most undisputed roller rink jam of all time. Classic.

    • @patcola7335
      @patcola7335 Год назад +15

      No doubt ! Remember roller skating being the craze in the late 70s and early 80s. This was big at the roller rinks.

    • @montysamuels8742
      @montysamuels8742 Год назад +8

      Desde Panamá baile estos tema de niño mucho recuerdo con Franklin Smith

    • @traxlera
      @traxlera Год назад +2

      @@montysamuels8742 hola panamena... yo tambien soy de alla

    • @terrywhite4418
      @terrywhite4418 Год назад +8

      with bell bottoms and all

    • @charlesw1244
      @charlesw1244 Год назад +12

      This sure was the Skating Rink Song.🤟🤟

  • @edoswald7949
    @edoswald7949 8 месяцев назад +48

    People just dont realize how much Philly had an impact on popular culture in the 70s.. Philly soul... some of the best disco... big labels... all gone.

  • @BenDover-qj5mt
    @BenDover-qj5mt 6 месяцев назад +13

    This song was played at my Father's funeral. He really loved this song and the whole family was jamming together at the end :)

  • @brianwood699
    @brianwood699 2 года назад +1081

    I sang with Frankie in a church choir in West Philly after his Double Dutch bus fame. Seriously and honestly, one of the nicest guys I've ever met.

    • @lakeshajones5612
      @lakeshajones5612 2 года назад +34

      I still dig this song, I even tried to do his dance,with my grandkids, all they said oh it's cool, but when they thought I wasn't looking, they broke it down in their own style.

    • @oisinofthefianna3246
      @oisinofthefianna3246 2 года назад +27

      Was this filmed in West Philly? Looks like Philadelphia. I like how the video focuses on the kids, awesome!

    • @mikehollingworth2262
      @mikehollingworth2262 2 года назад

      liar

    • @jamesbarber8630
      @jamesbarber8630 2 года назад +4

      How cool is that!! I wish I was You SALUTTOS CORNUTTOS 🤘😎🤘

    • @lagarton91
      @lagarton91 2 года назад +1

      @@jamesbarber8630 ha ha ha . E sono tanti I cornutti. E neppure lo sano ……!!!! 😂😅

  • @jon2849
    @jon2849 Год назад +197

    RIP Frankie on March 8 2019
    He was 79
    Didn't say the cause.
    Song peaked at #30 on the billboard hot 100 in 1981 in USA

    • @muffs55mercury61
      @muffs55mercury61 Год назад +24

      #1 on the R & B charts for four weeks

    • @billybandyk0720
      @billybandyk0720 Год назад +6

      @@muffs55mercury61 FACTS!!!!!! U have 'em.

    • @lesannmartinez07
      @lesannmartinez07 Год назад +14

      May he Rest In Peace 🙏🏽❤️

    • @jay75rv
      @jay75rv Год назад +1

      😂

    • @andreafontenot6096
      @andreafontenot6096 6 месяцев назад +7

      It's sad how the music industry works. He was living in a trailer home. The music company stole his rights to this song and paid him some stupid amount for this song. If I remember correctly he was litigation for years trying to get his rights back or more money. I believe he had diabetes really bad.

  • @geraldlogue7620
    @geraldlogue7620 Год назад +159

    Thank you Frankie Smith for putting the fun in funk with this song... RIP

    • @normajean7332
      @normajean7332 Год назад +6

      SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSugar!

  • @brwnsugar850
    @brwnsugar850 4 месяца назад +48

    I’m still listening haha 2024😂🤣💪🏽

  • @antg007
    @antg007 4 года назад +290

    Such an innocent, sweethearted song.

    • @grayrachelle
      @grayrachelle 3 года назад +10

      It is so wholesome. Love it.

    • @thelivingdead1728
      @thelivingdead1728 3 года назад +6

      "Gimme A Ho"

    • @jamsforsale6767
      @jamsforsale6767 2 года назад +2

      @@thelivingdead1728 🙄

    • @fewsaid
      @fewsaid 2 года назад +2

      @@thelivingdead1728 your the reason why nothing is as good as it could be

    • @keen9166
      @keen9166 2 года назад +1

      @@fewsaid bruh it's a joke get over it

  • @royblevins8510
    @royblevins8510 Год назад +159

    No obscenity or violence. Just fun for everyone, of all ages.👏👏👏🎵🎶🎵🎶

  •  10 месяцев назад +153

    What an odd, fun, and funky ass song. I love it. There is truly no other song like this

    • @kelqueen9998
      @kelqueen9998 8 месяцев назад +2

      Except for Word Up by Cameo... Not exactly the same, but they were definitely suspiciously influenced.

    • @suzpro8165
      @suzpro8165 7 месяцев назад

      This is just a fun fun song, like "I Got A Man'!:)

    • @MyMlittleFriends
      @MyMlittleFriends 6 месяцев назад +1

      I play this for my Daycare kids! We love to dance to this song!

  • @ronaldjones4095
    @ronaldjones4095 4 года назад +386

    This was the jam in 1981. It makes me want to get up and dance.

    • @wheeljack210
      @wheeljack210 3 года назад +2

      @@lilsosaa20 where's your Grandpa song?

    • @larryjenkins8526
      @larryjenkins8526 3 года назад +7

      You ain't NEVER lied! This and Square Biz! Somebody pleeease hurry up and invent that time machine and take me back to 1980 and leave me there!

    • @dgamer1654
      @dgamer1654 3 года назад

      100th like m8

    • @waltergeorge9617
      @waltergeorge9617 3 года назад

      Makes me choke up 'Class of 1980

    • @waltergeorge9617
      @waltergeorge9617 3 года назад +1

      @@larryjenkins8526 Indeed and Agreed 👍

  • @tobelikenobodyelse
    @tobelikenobodyelse 2 года назад +326

    This song was in my head for years and I finally found it 😅 what a relief

    • @carriekayak8530
      @carriekayak8530 Год назад +6

      Me too! I just found it today! That's crazy right? I was 11 when it came out. This video is even better than I could have imagined 💗

    • @sarahwho33
      @sarahwho33 Год назад +4

      I heard it at work today and spent a good half hour trying to find it bc all i could find was missy eliot's gossip folks and i thought i had lost my mind hearing that chorus in a different song

    • @nickparisi2762
      @nickparisi2762 Год назад +3

      This made me laugh lol

    • @camberup9176
      @camberup9176 Год назад +2

      I can relate. Fun music.

    • @lennartdavidsson258
      @lennartdavidsson258 Год назад +1

      Same here, every time I could listen to it I tryed to find it and finally some years ago🤙

  • @luiszmax6743
    @luiszmax6743 4 месяца назад +23

    STILL LISTENING THIS MUSIC
    2024

  • @Im-a-machine
    @Im-a-machine Год назад +17

    A great classic video with the kids in it having the time of their life!!!! Nothing but smiling faces and happiness!

  • @y.kristina6737
    @y.kristina6737 2 года назад +742

    My father played this record when we were growing up….I will always have those fond memories. I miss you Daddy!🙏🏽

    • @JeremiahSpeaks
      @JeremiahSpeaks 2 года назад +15

      May God rest his soul Y Kristina😊😊

    • @lynniepooh2072
      @lynniepooh2072 2 года назад +14

      Miss Dancing with my Dad to any and all songs 🎵 with my Sister's. Seems like yesterday. 🤙💯🙏♥️🕊

    • @jamessamos7543
      @jamessamos7543 2 года назад +6

      Amazing Song!

    • @normadelgado3077
      @normadelgado3077 2 года назад +1

      @@JeremiahSpeaks Yes rryryrrry try trying to get a tree ryryyrtrrrrr to try it to try tr tree try try rest of the day your yeeyryyryryyrrsrrsre, tree rrtrtyytrrr 5rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr44rrrrr4

    • @ivan666lobos
      @ivan666lobos 2 года назад +10

      Me too! (I was 5 years old, in 1999) Greeting from Buenos Aires Argentina

  • @jamiebrent9750
    @jamiebrent9750 Год назад +525

    This song is TIMELESS! And to think back in 1980 he was rapping to the track when rap wasn't that popular. Some people are just way ahead of their time. Thank you Frankie Smith for a classic that I still jam to this day. Rest In Peace (1940-2019).

    • @Tony_Cardoza
      @Tony_Cardoza Год назад +10

      Back then it was called, "the rap".

    • @miguelcarbajal8232
      @miguelcarbajal8232 Год назад +2

      Ya murio franf smit

    • @bobbymoore8
      @bobbymoore8 Год назад +5

      Sad thing is he didn't receive a dime this song. He was cheated out of it by his promoters.

    • @albertocarrillo6097
      @albertocarrillo6097 Год назад

      ..
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    • @sirjer73
      @sirjer73 Год назад +4

      ​@@bobbymoore8Yeah I remember they highlighted his story on City Confidential. It was this White dude who was a dentist and they claim they he was the biggest coke dealer on the east coast, at the time. Apparently he had some role with this Classic song!!!

  • @walterthomas9843
    @walterthomas9843 Год назад +71

    Summertime, girls jumping double dutch, riding our bikes and playing with spinning tops, shooting marbles, frozen cups............man this song brought back some great childhood memories.

    • @Daud76
      @Daud76 Год назад +4

      The best times of our lives.

    • @Rebecca-hc5ju
      @Rebecca-hc5ju 9 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@Daud76amen to that.
      Rest in peace good 'ol days.

    • @Daud76
      @Daud76 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@Rebecca-hc5ju We should demand a repeat performance of these old times. 😉

    • @jaimerene0101
      @jaimerene0101 3 месяца назад

      The good old days.

  • @johnbutera5805
    @johnbutera5805 5 месяцев назад +9

    As someone who couldn't STAND disco AT ALL, I have to say that I did always love THIS song!!! Way to go, Frankie!!! 😃

  • @hellsbelle7533
    @hellsbelle7533 3 года назад +693

    I wish things could be this simple and fun again!

    • @dr.andreeugenusfox2027
      @dr.andreeugenusfox2027 2 года назад +13

      We just have to Bump this ,not Crap mumble rap no gangsta, thug, Heavey D, Kwame, Kid n Play Mc Lyte, Shaka Zulu Theme for African Pride. African cry New Birth. Its up to us to be Remembered for Saving the Planet from Superstition=Stevie Wonder, Hearsay=Heard thru grapevine, Rumors? Dont Be-lie-ve , Check Yourself Cold as Ice Cube, he miss being an African American also

    • @karenconnor8317
      @karenconnor8317 2 года назад +14

      Me too a d I'm jamming it now on this Friday night

    • @ILLSTATRAVES
      @ILLSTATRAVES 2 года назад +7

      Yes!!

    • @patamakka08
      @patamakka08 2 года назад +7

      Me too!

    • @sharoncasados510
      @sharoncasados510 2 года назад +2

      Hi Halle! Wow!

  • @richards3435
    @richards3435 2 года назад +807

    I'm sixty now, and I still love this song as much as I did when I was twenty-one. For me it's timeless!

    • @billlannan7767
      @billlannan7767 2 года назад +23

      I feel the same way brother I'm 61 and what I used to walk to the clubs in my 20s and 30s I'd hear it and you can't help it move and I found out that when I hear it in the house I still got some of the same old moves I'll be at just a little slower

    • @billlannan7767
      @billlannan7767 2 года назад +10

      Double dutch bus coming down the street

    • @billlannan7767
      @billlannan7767 2 года назад +10

      Dancing to the rhythm that you just can't beat

    • @csheets40
      @csheets40 2 года назад +14

      Reading your comments makes me wish so badly that those of us who are 55 and older could go to a stomp in a big, sweaty, high school gymnasium that smells like tube socks where only hits like these from the 80s were being cranked out and we could re-live our teen years dancing for just a few hours.

    • @billlannan7767
      @billlannan7767 2 года назад +9

      @@csheets40 I'm 62 and I remember that smell vividly thank you for reminding me and I agree with u

  • @michellehernandez385
    @michellehernandez385 Год назад +7

    Now this is what you call music..
    Glad my parent's knows good music

  • @williamparker2001
    @williamparker2001 Год назад +17

    I grew up with this song. I still love listening to it as a middle aged man today😊

  • @motherofanactress
    @motherofanactress 7 лет назад +372

    This song will never get old

    • @joevelasco6250
      @joevelasco6250 6 лет назад +4

      Motherof Anactress heck no

    • @joevelasco6250
      @joevelasco6250 6 лет назад +2

      Hello

    • @marcoantoniomartinezcarril8646
      @marcoantoniomartinezcarril8646 6 лет назад +1

      Uno de mis mejores recuerdos ... Una novia q nunca olvidaré... Con esta canción q no sabía como se llamaba... Gracias you tube

    • @tamieluke6455
      @tamieluke6455 5 лет назад +1

      @@joevelasco6250 go hi Bo

    • @lewnanny1201
      @lewnanny1201 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah but the old dancing pimp daddy fool will....

  • @GeorgeSmiley77
    @GeorgeSmiley77 Год назад +134

    The no-vocals part from 2:31 to 3:01 makes me happy because to me it is the pure sound of a warm summer afternoon.

    • @sonjaevans3858
      @sonjaevans3858 Год назад +4

      Your comment took me there. It is just that.

    • @christian6455
      @christian6455 Год назад +4

      Something missing for alot of songs now in days

    • @joealeman1204
      @joealeman1204 7 дней назад

      Same here. 😀

  • @williambonilla4092
    @williambonilla4092 3 месяца назад +9

    I was a kid growing up in the 70s in NYC area, wore bell-bottom pants, listened to all these old school songs. Fast-forward to the present when kids in their 20s hear old songs from the 80s, 90s that are remixed, they try arguing it's a new song and how do I know some of the lyrics? I have to let them know to look up the originals on RUclips, cause the songs came out before they were born. 😆

  • @lourdescabrero5253
    @lourdescabrero5253 4 месяца назад +5

    ME I WAS IN A DOUBLE DUTCH TEAM THIS WAS OUR SONG I WON 1ST PLACE FOR OUR TEAM IN 1982 THE BEST YEARS

  • @h_g.b.5792
    @h_g.b.5792 5 лет назад +367

    Look at my people having fun, no disrespect, no mean mugs, all smiles!

    • @larkatmic
      @larkatmic 4 года назад +4

      H_ G.B. What happened?

    • @h_g.b.5792
      @h_g.b.5792 4 года назад +20

      @@larkatmic Drugs, gangs, welfare, section 8, prison are all factors to why we're so lost. Can't forget religion, that is a shackle that we still can't break free from

    • @BGameThaGreat513
      @BGameThaGreat513 4 года назад +3

      Dru Down

    • @itstheru274
      @itstheru274 4 года назад +3

      "😲😄😮😍😍😄

    • @itstheru274
      @itstheru274 4 года назад +4

      @@h_g.b.5792 "You Said A Mouthful !!❗😯

  • @SIGMAMAN69
    @SIGMAMAN69 11 месяцев назад +73

    No cursing, no violence and no misogyny yet this classic jam remains a timeless gem!

  • @finddtime7008
    @finddtime7008 3 года назад +375

    This one is for you dad. Rest in peace old man😭

    • @novalinez1962
      @novalinez1962 3 года назад +27

      Respect sorry for you loss 😢

    • @jamesmarquez2341
      @jamesmarquez2341 3 года назад +18

      This is my dads favorite song also man ✝️ my condolences 🙏🏾

    • @kaeswiss250
      @kaeswiss250 3 года назад +8

      Rest in Peace to your Father, and to Frankie Smith. They have both earned their wings :)

    • @sunshine18102
      @sunshine18102 3 года назад +9

      I love this song.I was sad to hear he died.my 45 of this song skip so bad.

    • @whatthatbe388
      @whatthatbe388 3 года назад +8

      I like chicken nuggets :)

  • @assiavolts3336
    @assiavolts3336 11 месяцев назад +7

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤. I just love Frankie Smith. ❤❤❤❤❤❤. He has such excellent rhythm. Dances in tune with the music. I also love his dancers. 🙋

  • @zakiaholly9705
    @zakiaholly9705 8 месяцев назад +12

    I was in 6th grade when this song came out. I bought it as a 45 and it was the very first record I ever bought with my own money. Needless to say I played that record to death!

  • @oldskoolmusicforever0724
    @oldskoolmusicforever0724 3 года назад +132

    AS MOST YOU PROBABLY KNOW BY NOW,FRANKLYN LEON SMITH,AKA FRANKIE SMITH PASSED AWAY BACK IN MARCH OF 2019.RIP BUDDY,REST IN PEACE.

    • @ademaya4773
      @ademaya4773 3 года назад +7

      Didn't know that. May he Rest In Peace. But I just hope he actually got paid for this song. I heard he was ripped off over it back in the day.

    • @kaeswiss250
      @kaeswiss250 3 года назад +5

      Yes, please listen to the tribute on my page?

    • @sevinatenine4444
      @sevinatenine4444 3 года назад +5

      @@ademaya4773 YEAH THE RECORD COMPANY,WMOT RECORDS REALLY SCREWED FRANKIE ON THIS SONG.IT'S A SAD PART OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS,ESPECIALLY FOR SOME OF OUR BLACK ARTISTS OVER THE YEARS.

    • @ademaya4773
      @ademaya4773 3 года назад +3

      @@sevinatenine4444 this is true

    • @robertnelsonjr846
      @robertnelsonjr846 2 года назад +3

      Rip my Friend

  • @nancysmith8626
    @nancysmith8626 4 года назад +580

    God I loved this song as a child. Still do, nearly 40 years later!

  • @user-vn2er5ns7i
    @user-vn2er5ns7i Год назад +7

    I played this song for my daughter and my niece in 2000 when they were 5 and they have it on their playlist to this day...

  • @EofBrokenSilence
    @EofBrokenSilence 6 месяцев назад +7

    Man i skated to this song back in the day!! Bringing back so many memories ❤

  • @LoveYourKitties
    @LoveYourKitties 3 года назад +288

    I was 18 when this song came out in 1981, and I still love it. RIP Frankie Smith.

    • @sylvialupehernandez9154
      @sylvialupehernandez9154 2 года назад +12

      I was 26 in 81, now 67 ,reminds me of where I lived in 1981. Chicago different place at that time.

    • @layceelay5382
      @layceelay5382 2 года назад +6

      Thanks for putting a date on this. I was wondering when this came out

    • @nowitsabadtime
      @nowitsabadtime 2 года назад +3

      @@sylvialupehernandez9154 Less crime, nicer people.

    • @dontabaltimore1974
      @dontabaltimore1974 2 года назад +7

      @@nowitsabadtime 1981 is a different better place than 2022

    • @PRO4XKEV
      @PRO4XKEV 2 года назад

      I was 20.

  • @bradythomas234
    @bradythomas234 8 лет назад +2784

    remember kids dont trust strangers unless they lay some funky beats

  • @orangeziggy348
    @orangeziggy348 4 месяца назад +5

    Franklyn Leon Smith (January 29, 1940- March 8, 2019) was an American funk musician and R&B/soul songwriter. He was best known for his 1981 hit single "Double Dutch Bus".
    Frankie Smith Born January 29, 1940 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
    Died March 8, 2019 (aged 79) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Smith went to college in Tennessee for elementary education with a minor in music. He became a writer for funk and soul artists such as the O'Jays and The Spinners. In 1972 he would record for Paramount, releasing a single called "Double Dutch" under the name Franklin Franklin, but it failed to become a hit.He was also influential in the careers of the rappers Tone Loc, Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg.
    With his 1981 single "Double Dutch Bus", released by WMOT Records,[4] Smith popularized a nonsensical form of slang (from his song "Slang thang", 1981 WMOT, Records), in which "iz" is placed in the middle of a word (for example, the word "place" becomes "plizace"), or the last letters of a word are replaced with "-izzle" ("sure" becomes shizzle). A type of infix, it found greater popularity later on in hip hop and rap with its usage by Snoop Dogg
    Albums
    1981: Children of Tomorrow
    2006: Frankie Smith and His World Wide Party Crew
    Singles
    1980: "Double Dutch Bus" (#30, US)
    1980: "Double Dutch"
    1981: "The Auction"
    1981: "Teeny-Bopper Lady"
    1982: "Double Dutch Bus II"
    1982: "Yo-Yo Champ (From Mississippi)"
    1985: "Slapp Ya Thigh"
    1985: "Congratulations for Graduating"

  • @esanti2008
    @esanti2008 10 месяцев назад +18

    Tengo 51 años... JAMÁS había escuchado esta canción, pero RUclips hizo su magia y ya la bajé para disfrutarla eternanente ♥️♥️♥️♥️

    • @elikonoklastarevelde9971
      @elikonoklastarevelde9971 9 месяцев назад +1

      Esa canción salió al mismo tiempo que salió la película de Popeye de Robin Williams y le decíamos en Puerto Rico la canción de Popeye

  • @TheHaratashi
    @TheHaratashi 3 года назад +297

    Good Lord this is great. I've never seen this before. The people in this just seem more real and down to earth than people do now. Those days are gone forever - that is too bad.

    • @veronicaaikens2570
      @veronicaaikens2570 2 года назад +7

      Right

    • @elove2.038
      @elove2.038 2 года назад +8

      It's real sad

    • @edwardcalvert
      @edwardcalvert 2 года назад +6

      Yes and it's really sad.

    • @jil187
      @jil187 2 года назад +1

      No still dance no judgement here

    • @pic376
      @pic376 2 года назад +2

      Absolutely! Everything and everyone was Organic back then. What a shame.

  • @olliekyles2159
    @olliekyles2159 4 года назад +161

    Just taught my students how to double-dutch and it was the time of their lives today.

    • @inquizative44
      @inquizative44 3 года назад +4

      Thanks for doing that. In Philly, were Frankie is from, girls jumped double dutch all day. Kept them our Black girls in shape. Nowadays if they could jump double dutch on a video game on their phones would be considered a good thing.

    • @jenellreid9610
      @jenellreid9610 3 года назад +6

      Yes yes yes!! Little girls don’t jump rope anymore 😩

  • @MarshaDawn20
    @MarshaDawn20 25 дней назад +2

    I remember dancing to this at clubs in the 80's...EVERYONE loved it!

  • @relopes5443
    @relopes5443 4 месяца назад +8

    Tempos bons era esse...É eu ouvir e dançar....amo dançar passinho.
    Estou ouvindo dia 29/03/2024.
    Quem curte da um jóinha ❤

  • @jessicaforde4135
    @jessicaforde4135 Год назад +123

    This song brings back so many great memories of a great and carefree childhood and teenage Era. I'm so shocked I still sing every word when I haven't heard this song in like 4 decades. Wowza

    • @lucisena6047
      @lucisena6047 Год назад +2

      That's is spoken like a real legend at another chance to revive and relive a life while standing in the gap for our species by younger generation. We are real ET last call before we blast my 4 planets and change Galaxy temperature as we shrift to chillier Temp as we push through freezers in hell lol

    • @carlos-mm3sd
      @carlos-mm3sd Год назад +2

      We Actually Used T😂 Talk 👍🏾n 🐷 Lat👍🏾n😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂,👍🏾n My Ne 👍🏾ghb😂rh😂😂d😂😂😂😂😂

    • @alfredbarrington7779
      @alfredbarrington7779 7 месяцев назад

      You said care free era & i can agree with you. My curfew time was 9 pm, thats all my mom care about. Can't be reached bc there was no cell phones back then. Party was so nice.

  • @amandajackson195
    @amandajackson195 8 лет назад +563

    Those were the good old days, I can still hear this song the way it was played throughout my neighborhood back in the 80's

    • @amandajackson195
      @amandajackson195 8 лет назад +16

      typo back in the 80's

    • @eddiemuise4791
      @eddiemuise4791 8 лет назад +2

      i would dance with you.:)

    • @Tinyman12
      @Tinyman12 8 лет назад +7

      I still have this album

    • @ggi5658
      @ggi5658 8 лет назад +10

      1981... I almost die in a car accident on August 10 of that year, and while recovering this was the song I listened to like a hundred times a day! My teenage neighbor, who later became my girlfriend, played it real loud all day long.

    • @sherlynrodriguez7073
      @sherlynrodriguez7073 8 лет назад +6

      Ikr good old days😌😌

  • @AidaVelez-cq1ce
    @AidaVelez-cq1ce Год назад +20

    Que tiempos aquellos como me gustaría que retrocediera el tiempo ❤❤❤❤

  • @pmjjohnson7969
    @pmjjohnson7969 28 дней назад +1

    We didn't know that those days helped in sooo many ways. I'm so blessed to have been a part of those days.😅😊

  • @railyardink6078
    @railyardink6078 3 года назад +400

    In the projects in the early 80s...this song reminds me of all my freinds i made...no color or race...just good music and kids having fun....

    • @kaeswiss250
      @kaeswiss250 3 года назад +25

      Exactly, that was when community was family and life was safer :)

    • @benjamincintron8761
      @benjamincintron8761 3 года назад +15

      You rite, music breaks through ANY RACE WALL'S. GOD BLESS.

    • @railyardink6078
      @railyardink6078 3 года назад +8

      @Darrel WP thats my point ...no need to inform me nothing....

    • @kaeswiss250
      @kaeswiss250 3 года назад +10

      This was such a nice post by Mr Doge, why people coming under here with intense comments? Lets just dance. LOL Get it Frankie! and the cute Little kids :)

    • @alleycatcapone6163
      @alleycatcapone6163 3 года назад +11

      Thank you for this comment....I remember being poor and yet I lacked nothing...just have fun and help the needy. Community at its best

  • @slimwalk708
    @slimwalk708 4 года назад +187

    This song sounds as good as it did back in 1981.

  • @gloriamalbrough6539
    @gloriamalbrough6539 Месяц назад +1

    Living and working in Los Angeles back in the late 70’s driving city buses. This was our wake up song. Those were the good ole days.

  • @KiraLovesMichael
    @KiraLovesMichael Месяц назад +3

    I can't get enough of this!!!! July 9th, 2024! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ 💃 💃 💃 💃 💃 💃 💃 💃 💃 💃

  • @melissajones8179
    @melissajones8179 4 года назад +70

    I'm 49 yrs old and I still love this song

    • @josezaragoza5089
      @josezaragoza5089 3 года назад

      I just turn 59 years old and I grew up listening all this Firme Music Double Dutch bus was back then one of the very good good ones we are in 2021 and I still listening and always will

    • @adalbertocabrera4897
      @adalbertocabrera4897 2 года назад

      やでじぇんでじゅがryぶsかそlしおnーrぉkはせs

  • @laurallama73
    @laurallama73 4 года назад +366

    Omg! I’m 50 and I remembered every word of it!!! Haha!!! I instantly remembered how much I’d enjoyed skating to this as a kid!🎶🎶🥰❤️❤️❤️

    • @sunshine18102
      @sunshine18102 3 года назад +8

      Yeah me too.

    • @LadybugLuv
      @LadybugLuv 3 года назад +8

      Lol me too exactly! 50 and I remember every word and beat! I remember that summer being hot as hell outside!

    • @laurenebrown5072
      @laurenebrown5072 3 года назад +4

      OMG I'm 50 years old and I'm dancing to the music

    • @tonimarcy1212
      @tonimarcy1212 3 года назад +5

      Me too forgot how much I loved this song

    • @jnfrosong
      @jnfrosong 3 года назад +4

      Same

  • @transitfan954
    @transitfan954 2 месяца назад +1

    The music aside, I have to say that Mr. Smith was stylin' in this video. Gray suit, matching hat, light blue crew t-shirt, nice shoes. RIP Frankie, you had style.

  • @austinyonker3485
    @austinyonker3485 Год назад +3

    Reminds me of my mother driving me to school, I wanted to be on that bus watching American bandstand 😀move your feet,give me that funky Walk ❤️

  • @thierrydevant7690
    @thierrydevant7690 5 лет назад +58

    A certain type of early Innocence in this, brilliant.

  • @darrellludlow
    @darrellludlow 4 года назад +129

    Just found out he passed March 8, 2019. Bummer. One of my favorite sing-alongs of all time! Thank you Mr. Smith.

    • @Milesco
      @Milesco 4 года назад +6

      Aw, man....I'm sorry to hear that. Yeah, "DDB" was (and is) one of my faves, too. I remember listening to it as a young teenager back in the early '80s.
      Well, thanks for the update.

    • @steadfastcoward
      @steadfastcoward 4 года назад +3

      Heard this on the Bad Bob Lee show over KBBK Magic 92 in the Golden Daze of Radio in Boise Idaho!

    • @steadfastcoward
      @steadfastcoward 4 года назад +2

      Of course, I was like 14 or 15 so they were a daze...

    • @patfeo1927
      @patfeo1927 4 года назад +6

      Oh wow sad to hear of Frank s passing, I worked along side with Frank at the union league of Philadelphia. Very nice man 💝✝️ rest in peace

    • @escoba1971
      @escoba1971 4 года назад +2

      Thanks for posting the information 🙏✨RIP😔💐

  • @danielcuellar5718
    @danielcuellar5718 2 месяца назад +3

    I jammed as a baby to this in the 80s… my baby is jamming to this in the 20s now.

  • @user-fn2nq3wb8t
    @user-fn2nq3wb8t 3 месяца назад +1

    Is a rarest funk....i really enjoy it....👍😀👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @Iamivana1
    @Iamivana1 2 года назад +187

    I fully expect my upstairs neighbours to come and thank me for playing this song 10 times on repeat since 7 am

    • @jaimeegrinage2580
      @jaimeegrinage2580 Год назад +11

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @nfijef
      @nfijef Год назад +4

      same

    • @thomascorder6686
      @thomascorder6686 Год назад +8

      Yes! I once played a Sinatra song 68 times in a row! Neighbors were not pleased!

    • @vickiebernal7851
      @vickiebernal7851 Год назад +7

      I would. Then I'd ask about Rapper's Delight.

    • @luisem100
      @luisem100 Год назад

      Muy buena idea!! Haré lo mismo. Silenciare al suplicio de Bud Bunny.

  • @delightschwartz1469
    @delightschwartz1469 3 года назад +18

    My aunt taught school for 56 yrs, mostly kindergarten thru 2nd grade and she actually learned to double dutch with her students during recess. Kept her so young at heart, she was my second mother. She was so popular with students and their parents that I couldn't ever get in her classes. R.I.P. Martha, whenever I hear this song or see people doing Double Dutch or jump rope I think of you. Love you to the moon and back.

  • @KasimOwens-qj9re
    @KasimOwens-qj9re 3 месяца назад +3

    This song will never get old . 2024 May 1st the original hip hop rap music 🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎵 without curse words

  • @BladetheFox141
    @BladetheFox141 5 месяцев назад +1

    I remember my father would always play this song and we would jam along. I'm 26 now, and i still remember this song to this day. How the years fly by!

  • @djkingsolomon
    @djkingsolomon 8 лет назад +202

    "I got bad feet my corns hurt and to top it off I'm late for work"

    • @alicerose7298
      @alicerose7298 6 лет назад +10

      LMAO! It took me getting to this age to laugh about that line :)

    • @normanhartley6359
      @normanhartley6359 3 года назад +3

      Chuckling..so relatable ☺

  • @vernonnilesjr7910
    @vernonnilesjr7910 5 лет назад +247

    R.i.p Mr. Frankie Smith made this classic jam in 1981 timeless never gets old they don't make them like this no more 💯💯😭😢

  • @user-kb1cz9vz9w
    @user-kb1cz9vz9w 4 месяца назад +3

    I used to listen to this jam back in the late 70,s

    • @Alex-sr3ez
      @Alex-sr3ez Месяц назад

      This song didn’t come out until 1981. Even so, I agree with your sentiment.

  • @user-oh6db5ko8g
    @user-oh6db5ko8g 5 месяцев назад +1

    Frankie Smith is the best!!! He wrote this masterpiece & sang it too. Love you man❤

  • @rosaleeevangelista1688
    @rosaleeevangelista1688 Год назад +54

    This song never gets old. It's RAP, It's Soul it's R&B it's Pop. I can picture Let It Happen creating an amazing dance routine to this.

    • @StephenSantangelo-hh5ic
      @StephenSantangelo-hh5ic Год назад +1

      It's Real Rap! Today's Rap No Thank You! For The Most Part

    • @michaelharrison1969
      @michaelharrison1969 Год назад +2

      It's called FUNK

    • @StephenSantangelo-hh5ic
      @StephenSantangelo-hh5ic Год назад

      @@michaelharrison1969 and the music video is so wholesome. I Love How He Involves The Entire Neighborhood. I wish there were more pieces of Music like this

    • @barneyronnie
      @barneyronnie 10 месяцев назад

      Amen😅!

  • @muffs55mercury61
    @muffs55mercury61 Год назад +27

    Spent four weeks at #1 on the R & B (Soul) charts in 1981. Big hit.

  • @Alex-sr3ez
    @Alex-sr3ez Месяц назад +12

    Who else listened to this song in 1981 and is still listening to it in 2024?

  • @angdevona-henderson6195
    @angdevona-henderson6195 11 месяцев назад +2

    I was 13 or 14 when I fell into this song. I'm 56 now & still know every word. ❤

  • @patrickgallimore1656
    @patrickgallimore1656 8 лет назад +146

    It's impossible to hear this song and not start moving...One of the best songs of the 20th century, rhythmically and lyrically...This song is one of the most powerful "draw people to the dance floor magnets"!

    • @eliciajones3254
      @eliciajones3254 7 лет назад +6

      Patrick Gallimore l like the kids

    • @grizzlyer2200
      @grizzlyer2200 6 лет назад +1

      i didnt even realize i was moving my foot to the beat until i read your comment

    • @bobbiecabrera786
      @bobbiecabrera786 6 лет назад +1

      Patrick Gallimore so true

    • @musiccollector
      @musiccollector 5 лет назад +1

      Only one way to listen to it - L-O-U-D!

  • @catwhisperer9524
    @catwhisperer9524 Год назад +58

    I come here and watch this every so often just to feel happy again. This is magic ❤

    • @robertweir1856
      @robertweir1856 Год назад +1

      Will definitely make you smile. Old school will never die. Gotta have me some Atomic Dog too.

  • @melvinamills6764
    @melvinamills6764 2 дня назад

    ❤I still listen to this now this was my Grandma song may she rest in Heaven😔😔😔🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @fatbottombiker3038
    @fatbottombiker3038 3 месяца назад +1

    I absolutely went nuts when this song came out. I still jam to it when I need that cardio pick me up!

  • @rickyparrilla2426
    @rickyparrilla2426 3 года назад +25

    This was a huge hit summer of 1981. This song still Pumps today!!!

  • @eclair9
    @eclair9 7 лет назад +92

    You absolutely HAD to hit the dance floor when this song was played. What great memories!

    • @ltg6704
      @ltg6704 5 лет назад +1

      You are so right, Marcellus. Even tonight as I listened to it alone in my room, I couldn’t stop myself from turning it up and dancing!

  • @lulo7024
    @lulo7024 4 месяца назад +1

    I haven't heard this song or seen the video in such a long time. Brings back so many memories!

  • @DonnaElder-um2sr
    @DonnaElder-um2sr 2 месяца назад

    This song really stands out my baby and I cleared the dance floor when we all started dancing! He passed two years ago I miss him so much but I play these songs and puts, a smile on my face. RIP baby I love you I always will ❣️

  • @joeyvillanueva5596
    @joeyvillanueva5596 Год назад +34

    1981 most requested song 🎵 at Fm radio 📻 in philippines I still remembered the dance 🕺 step of this song 🎵

  • @georgedavey8631
    @georgedavey8631 3 года назад +88

    I first heard this song in the army when stationed in Germany 1981..my roommate had a kick ass stereo system. He used to play it over and over..loved it..

  • @kawirider_804
    @kawirider_804 Год назад +1

    Im only 31 and love this song. Unlocks many core memories

  • @juliealvarado5788
    @juliealvarado5788 3 месяца назад +3

    Love it still I'm 60

  • @lisaparsons4124
    @lisaparsons4124 Год назад +31

    Frankie Smith is a great singer and song.Back in 1981, when I was 15.🙂

  • @maryk446
    @maryk446 3 года назад +40

    In 1980 my then step-brother, about 10 years old, walked up to me and said "I got bad feet, my corns hurt, to top it off I'm late for work." I thought "what is this, some line from a new movie?" When I heard this song's lyrics I finally understood where he got that line!

    • @dgamer1654
      @dgamer1654 3 года назад +3

      Lmao

    • @suzpro8165
      @suzpro8165 5 месяцев назад

      This made me smile...and laugh!:)
      Beep beep! Everybody on board!:)

  • @ceooflurking
    @ceooflurking Год назад +2

    i'm only 26, but thanks to my mom, i knew this song plus many more others from the greatest era of music like i lived it myself. i heard this song and sang it so much with my mom when i was a little boy and while growing up. thanks mom for introducing me to such great music!

    • @StephenSantangelo-hh5ic
      @StephenSantangelo-hh5ic Год назад +1

      👍👍👍 Awesome Work Mommy! My Daddy did The same with Me. Take care, and keep Rocking!

  • @herbertlyles190
    @herbertlyles190 Год назад +2

    Fun classic big smile love my people ❤ clean music 🎶 good old days

  • @deemora4147
    @deemora4147 2 года назад +92

    My sister recorded this song off the radio for me when we were kids in the early 80s cause every time the song would finish on the radio i would cry cause i loved the song so much i was like 4 or 5 years old. She passed away in 2012 and everytime i want to go back to those beautiful days being a kid and having my whole fam around me i put this on and now i cry as soon as it comes on, i miss u ofelita mora 1970-2012 rest in paradise. We will see eachother soon.... but not yet.

    • @jeannie7469
      @jeannie7469 Год назад +2

      ❤️‍🩹

    • @michelledavis6335
      @michelledavis6335 Год назад +2

      I felt that.😢

    • @KP-hi1om
      @KP-hi1om Год назад +3

      It's amazing how music can shift our mood instantly. Hang in there. You will see her eventually.

    • @norrismulgrew859
      @norrismulgrew859 Год назад +3

      Sorry for your loss. Cherish the memories.

  • @michaeldickman2272
    @michaeldickman2272 Год назад +17

    Mr Smith, respect to you sir! You made a classic tune.

  • @DrJackisChannel
    @DrJackisChannel Год назад +1

    Give me a “hooo” if you got you funky bus fair 🤸🏿‍♂️ 💃🏿 🏃🏿‍♀️

  • @THEsimpleANDcool
    @THEsimpleANDcool 8 месяцев назад +2

    Understand that I was super punk rock in 81. But this song was so great! I loved playing it for my punk friends and watching their confused faces!
    What the heck? Oh… this is kinda cool!
    Great memories

  • @jilligain3409
    @jilligain3409 3 года назад +87

    I grew up w/ this music. The coolest days I’ll ever remember

  • @BlakeGildaphish76
    @BlakeGildaphish76 2 года назад +27

    When i was 16 in 2001, Frankie visited my school and performed this song in our auditorium. He later gave us an encore, performing a song called "Put the Guns on the Table".

  • @ajtowin
    @ajtowin 9 месяцев назад +1

    One of my Favorite songs of All time! It was part of my Upbringing

  • @carnellaustin7258
    @carnellaustin7258 3 дня назад

    Heard this song 43 years ago. First time seeing the video.