Pia Zadora - The clapping song (original video)

[DaveWollenberg]

Pia hit #36 in Billboard, 2-19-83. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx! Have a great week!

[xxblackxdahliaxilyxx]

my silly nana would sing this song i would think shes crazy and i looked it up and found this lol

[turbo1964]

she was riding the "total coelo", "bow wow wow" "toni basil" wave

[superbruce]

..the crapping song....The little kid dancing atop the desk at the beginning is the boss!

[superbruce]

..the crapping song....

[shmuli9]

And this was a remake of a 60s Top 5 hit by Shirley Ellis.  But I sure remember this, especially from AT40...

[PATRIOTICFLUFFEE]

WOW!! love this!! SO THRILLING AND FUN!! LOVE IT!! yethireeebob..its fanFUGGENTASTIC!! LOVE "MY MOMMA TOLD ME"" giggles....she should do more RAP STUFF!! giggles

[Renitamac]

Well that sucked for the entire 52 seconds I could tolerate it.

[DaveWollenberg]

hit #36 pop, #88 soul in Billboard. God bless!

[forloveoffilm]

With a D-cup and a bottle of peroxide, anyone can get a recording contract.

[marilynmanson25]

@forloveoffilm But...but...Pia Zadora was a triple-A cup!

[DaveWollenberg]

Later on, Pia teamed with Jermaine Jackson to sing, 'When the rain begins to fall'

[rin3guy]

This cool song reached #36 in 1982. The original was from 1965 by Shirley Ellis, & reached #8. (U.S., Billboard)

[Vortexghost]

i think she has the clap...

[heine71]

Was this video originally made in 1982 and shown on MTV at the time?

[Troyellaislove]

isnt arron lohr from the mighty ducks and rent in this video

[rckland]

no, he was in Deniece Williams's video for "Let's Hear it for the Boy," from Footloose, same year though!

[margotcoqote]

@Troyellaislove yeah aaron IS in it. He's 8 years old. He's the one dancing on the desk and he jumps at 2:37.

[hfxmusicman]

I'm sorry..but I love this song. memories from my teenage years for sure :)

[AllRequired]

Three, six, nine, the goose drank wine, the monkey chewed tobacco on the street car line; the line broke, the monkey got choked, and they all went to heaven in a little row boat. At least she didn't butcher this song; imagine how it would have sounded from someone else's mouth.

[p0pp4d4ddy]

I adored this song when it came out, played the 45 on repeat. Now that I'm no longer 14 years old, I can see that it may not have been the musical genius and killer hit that I was hoping for (and that it failed to become). But a perfectly serviceable version of a song that had been a perfectly good hit earlier on by a perfectly serviceable singer. I still enjoy listening to it, and was thrilled to find the video in today's search.

[pegleyjr]

Kind of a Bow Wow Wow vibe. Good.

[darkgardenia]

This video is so bad, it's good!! So basically, these poor school children sees their prim and proper Victorian school teacher become ravished by savage hunks!!Then she becomes a half naked Queen of the Jungle!! And the kids love it!!

[greuben]

I remember seeing Pia Zadora performing this song live with two muscle hunks on a makeshift stage at Revolver in West Hollywood. I loved this song when I heard it and I still remember watching her perform live as this video was shown on a big screen TV behind her

[tonyinnash]

I LOVE this song, have the original vinyl 45 from 1983!!! This should've been a huge top 10 hit, instead of reaching only #36. This song was in the Top 40 back in Feb of '83 with other great songs like "Tied Up" (Olivia Newton-John), "I Knew You When" ( Linda Ronstadt), "The Woman In Me" (Donna Summer) and "I Know There's Something Going On" (Frida).

[DaDaddySF]

I AGREE! This should have been a major hit on the dance charts at least. I was working in big clubs at the time and there were only a handful of DJ's that were even willing to play it.

Pia Zador was considered so un-cool back then that even the gay crowd wasn't willing to see it for its camp value. It is a great song, very fun and danceable. May also be that it did not mix easily with other songs of the era. Had it had Cyndi Lauper's name attached to it we would have heard it aplenty.

[rin3guy]

This song reached #36 in 1982-83; Shirley's version had reached #8 in 1965.

[rckland]

Thanks so much for this, it's fabulous! I remember listening to this in junior high but didn't know Pia at the time & didn't know it was her. I have her "I Am What I Am" cassette, amazing voice, she doesn't get enough credit--wish she'd come back to singing, plus she's so gorgeous. Oh, is that Isaiah Washington at 2:36? jk, it looks like him.

[DanielCartier1969]

WOWZA! This left me speechless. The Eighties were so nuts. By the way...what the hell is a "rubber dolly"? Sounds kinky. Rock on Pia!

[spongeworthyvideo]

Thanks for the posting! I had this 45 and some other Pia songs. I never knew they had made a video. Shame to hear that she's retired...I'd love to see her again.

[greyflap]

Wow, I never realized how hot Pia Zadora was! Probably because I was about 12 when this song came out. " My Mommy told me, if I was goody, that she would buy me a rubber dolly", that looked just like Pia Zadora and oh how the monkey did get choked.

[jxr215]

deep dark jungle!?!?!?! where are the black people

[irvinetustin]

Thanks for posting this video. I remember hearing about this video back in the 80's but it never got played on TV - at least from what I saw back then. This is the first time that I saw it so thanks for making it available.

[Martywt43]

I love Pia! There is a song she did back in 1989 called "Heartbeat Of Love", and the video was played a lot at the club my friends and I went to. The song was produced by Clivilles & Cole of C&C music Factory. I wish sombody had the video to post here. I do have a copy of the 12" vinyl. This is a great song!

[pianoman74]

Thanks for the tip - had no idea she released something notable 5 years after "When the rain begins to fall" (feat. Jermaine Jackson), this is the only song that I know of her.

[nancydup]

Shirley Ellis did this way back in the early 60's. Her version was way better, but this one sounds cool.

[leodresselli]

When was this made? I don't remember this! Love the song.....cool funky bass! Hot and sexy as ever back then!

[dambermont]

1983 I guess

[AllRequired]

"Three, six, nine, the goose drank wine, the monkey chewed tobacco on the street car line... the line broke, the monkey got choked, and they all went to heaven in a little rowboat." An Ally McBeal kickboxing class had this very refrain.

[thered41car]

impossible to find to download [even illegally!] she's retired [i read] she does'nt even have a web-site. i'd buy the cd [album] if i found it on amazon...but can't find it. thanks for posting this...i love it.

[MisterChirp]

I have the mp3 from the album on CD. Let me know your email if you want it.

[shinybear]

The Anna Nicole Smith who lived.

[VANITYHARRIS]

I had no idea there was a video, thank you sooooo much. I love Pia.

[jlmpz]

Wow that was a rare, awesome flashback. Thanks for posting it!!!! Love Pia, Great version of that song.

[infographistes3D]

yeah, sorry for the poor quality, couldn't do better.

[rckland]

nothing to apooogize for--thank you so much for posting this, this has got to be practically the only copy left in existence!!