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  • I have this on an old Decca 78 record!!

  • i love java sweet and hot

  • <33333

  • After listening to this, I immediately had to go and make some coffee

  • My grandma sang to me: "I love coffee/ I love tea/ I love you/ and you love me", and so I went hunting for "I Love Coffee" lyrics. Didn't know that there was a song called Java Jive out there. Heh.

  • I'm here because i have finals to study for, and i need coffee to do it.

  • Who knew Martin Luther King Jr. was part of the Ink Spots?

  • Fallout <3

  • i'm just here because i love coffee

    

  • 1:33 home cookin lol

    

  • Thumbs up if you mastered the manipulation of speed and time and are listening to this in 2421.

  • I don't want to set the world on fire. I just want to drink a cup of coffee.

  • Singing this in my chorus this year. :)

  • I remember when this was a real popular when I was a little kid.

  • 70 years and Ink Spots rest the best.

  • @EinsDaVinGaliDar fallout is lame.. there music doesnt seem to have much swing to it.. i first got into the jive about 07. when bioshock came out.. heard there swingin sounds while smoking some marijuana. and got hooked.. i have a big ol collection of jazz and blues hits from the 20s-40s. i tried playing fallout for the music and it was all bad. i think bioshock has way better music.. and gameplay of course.. im even an upcoming jazz trumpeter. but ya, i heard this on Sirius XM radio 40s on 4...

  • @JazzyBlues420 As much as it pains me to say this: were you also smoking some marijuana while playing Fallout 3? That could be a huge difference, obviously. Also, the "being black in the 40's" thing that the other guy said is pretty obvious...

  • @MyOwnSubmarine ? whats that supposed to mean? what does being black have to do with anything?

  • Thumbs up if it wasnt fallout that introduced you to the ink spots, but the shawshank redemption (the scene where andy dufresne is sitting outside his wife's lover's house with the whiskey and revolver)

  • The greatest invention of the latter 20th Century is the wedding of the alarm clock with a drip percolator. Imagine, it's ready for you before you're out of bed! The pinacle of western civilization. This is bigger than the transistor, bigger than the microchip! After all, if we weren't wide awake we'd never have invented those things. Early to rise impossible without coffee, and a coffeemaker/alarm clock combo is essentail. Nuff said...

  • I was ten years old in 1940 and my nineteen year old brother would stack the old 78’s by the phonograph and pay me ten cents to play them for him while he was getting ready to go out. Whenever I hear Java Jive I remember my big brother.

  • Music is meant to be heard, to make commonalities, to bring people together. So to start to discriminate based on when or where the music was heard is just ludicrous. It means that you don't respect the band, the genre, the person, or yourself. It shows that you are out to 'prove' something to someone (or yourself). I heard the Ink Spots on Fallout3 and I love them. I'm sorry that I was raised with young parents who like modern music.

  • Does anyone else hear that one like crazy guy in the background in some songs? especially in that cat is high whenever he scream DONKEYFUCK! im just like wth o.O

  • XD acabo de ver un capitulo (el 10) de Coffee prince donde cantan esta cancion, no me imagine que fuera cancion de verdad.

  • it seems like all the ink spots songs start the same, and always have that deep voiced guy at some point

  • it seems like all the ink spots songs start the same, and always have that deep voiced guy at some point

  • Is it just me or does the intro to this song sound almost identical to "I don't want to set the world on fire"?

  • i like the ik sopts, theyshould make this sing the into to fallout 4 or fallout online cuz it just has that atmosphere

  • Sluuuuurp! That's what I'm talking about.

  • how many songs do they have that start out with that same intro? lmao

  • @LucifersArms666 Everyone starts that way! I remeber driving around with grandpa listening to the Inkspots on his 8-track player, thinking the same thing! lmao

  • Pure voice song... gotta love it. Best instrument ever created!

  • ahhhhhh hear that Aroma :)

  • i just found this group like a few days ago and i loveit

  • im totally in love with 1920's-50's music its fucking incredible, might arrange a gig for it haha :D

  • My grandad used to sing this song all the time growing up and i thought he made it up. He passed away a couple of years ago and i stumbled across it and realised it was real lol. I know all the words because of him, always thought he was crazy singing about coffee. Now this just makes me smile all the time. lol

  • @reedyemma thats a cool story :) old people know way more than you think

  • I love how almost every song of the ink spots has that guitar windup sound at the beginning

  • coffee and tea

  • FUCKIN LOL @@@@@

    1:28

    *extraordinarily faint* "Yea!"

  • Strabucks, why won't you play this song more?

  • @ozerataoglu Only problem: It would scare away all those closed-mind college students.

  • @WhoWatchesVideos They do play some Ink Spots though.

  • @ozerataoglu Holy crap, I need to get to Starbucks.

  • My Nan and Grandad got me into this (well,I used to laugh at it when younger!) now I'm older,I listen to their music a lot more!Both passed now,but have such great memories of the Ink Spots!Love it.People say it's on a computer game.....I think that's good.....MORE people from a new generation can hear this beautiful sound!Jeez,I'm welling up!lol.Great upload,thanks!

  • I'm suprised Oracle doesn't use this song for Java software commercials.

  • thumbs up if Quazon bought you here

  • Another gem unearthed by Lady G, let's have coffee!

  • im doing my tap exam dance to this xD

  • The line "unless it's a cheery, cheery bean" has mystified many people since the song was first released. Some subsequent performers have sung "a chilli, chilli bean" or "a cheery, cheery coffee bean", but in fact it was intended to be a pun on a contemporary hit song with the Italian title "Ciribiribin", pronounced "cheery beery bean". The lead singer simply got the pronunciation wrong.

  • The band members provided their own backing on three tenor guitars (four-stringed acoustic guitars tuned like a tenor banjo) and a 'cello which was plucked and slapped like a jazz double-bass. Just thought you might like to know.

  • the ink spot always had the same intro

  • Personally, I got this music from "Coffee Prince" >__>'

    *Cough cough*

  • @EinsDaVinGaliDar *Cough cough* Me too.

  • @EinsDaVinGaliDar I got it from running man >.>

  • Thumbs up if it didn't take Fallout to know this music! =D

  • @EinsDaVinGaliDar then why are you mentioning it?

  • @EinsDaVinGaliDar

    Its no different if we found out about this wondrous music because of Starbucks, at least we found out about it.

  • @EinsDaVinGaliDar I found this music when I was 10 and surfing on the Direct TV guide and found the music channels... I visited Radio Disney (blah!) 90's on 9, 80's on 8, etc... and then I found 40's on 4... best channel choice I could've ever made :)

    I admit though, I took games like Fallout and Bioshock for me to discover one of my all time favorite 40's band... The Ink Spots! :)

  • @EinsDaVinGaliDar hipster much?

  • @somberlight Tots.

  • @somberlight You know, I would have to agree with @EinsDaVinGaliDar . However, I don't like to say so because I'm scared of being called a "hipster". Either listen to what is in the charts, or be called "anti-culture" (hint: there is no such thing as anti-culture, it is just conforming to a different group). I don't consider myself a hipster, but it feels like I'm being forced to either be as conformed as possible or be labelled as such.

  • @Ejay1001 to each our own ofc, the thing what amuses the living heck out of me is that something as trivial as that is suddenly a valid mark of existence for someone. do what you do, like what you like but you don't have to make a number of it like he did. "i found it via the way X ergo i am superior to you" is not a valid point, it's just a different way of saying up yours, i rule.

  • @EinsDaVinGaliDar Unfortunately, it did take Fallout for me to discover this music... but ever since then, I wish I had discovered it sooner.

  • @EinsDaVinGaliDar Wait, this song is in fallout?

  • @Blizzard964 I don't think so... but a couple other Ink Spots songs were. "I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire" was the big one.

  • @EinsDaVinGaliDar

    The Singing Detective for me...

  • @EinsDaVinGaliDar shut up hipster bitch

  • home Cookies!

  • lmao ! this song is awesome!!

  • I am honestly, first and foremost, a metalhead, I listen to heavy metal and all metal genres, and I have to say that this is better than even the most heart pounding songs by any band i have ever heard before thank you Fallout universe for showing us these wonderful songs

  • i'm 14,and i love this type of mus...STFU!

  • drop a what at 2:32

  • @TheAmateurFilmMakers it's "a nickel", don't worry :P

  • @TheAmateurFilmMakers Drop a nickel in the pot.

  • thats i never stop playing fallout 3. that game changes my life.

  • Waiter, waiter, percolator!

  • My sincerest apologies, love me that 40's music

  • Hahaha I got into Fallout 3 because I heard its whole soundtrack was The Ink Spots :D

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  • @supertraikern this is from 1940 :(

  • @supertraikern uh... 50s?

  • Slice of onion and a raw one... LOve this song!!! <3

  • I wonder how many takes it took? It's perfect.

  • do all of their songs start with that same little guitar riff?

  • @ktagseth Most of the latter ones, yes. The riff was put into action when the original singer, Jack Daniels became ill and was replaced by Bill Kenney, one of the greatest singers ever to... well, sing. He sang the song above, I think, though I'm not quite sure. Anyway, When Danielswas the frontman, they played mainly up-beat songs, like stompin' at the savoy and Christopher Columbus (I would recommend the first one, unless you are an incredibly Patriotic American. cont. next.

  • @ktagseth When he left and Kenney joined, however, they slowed the rhythm down and added that Iconic riff. The first song to ever use it was "If I didn't care", and became one of the best selling singles of all time, beating even the Beatles best. There were a few deviations of this theme, like the collaborations between Ella Fitzgerald and the ink spots, but many followed the Tenor Tenor Bass Tenor pattern that gave them fame.

    Edit: The original front man was Jerry Daniels, not Jack.

  • is it weird that i live in america and the first place i heard this was in korea???

  • i always sing this in shower.

  • i can't stop listening to this song. This is why I wish I could wake up tomorrow and it would be 1940 again

  • @disturbedrocks1996 I have the same dream that civilization will one day walk in it's glory

  • @disturbedrocks1996 Nothin' like the smell of Java, tea, and World War 2 in the morning!

  • @Pryysmite lol nice. People tend to forget conscription ;)

  • @disturbedrocks1996 Mmm, don't you just love that race equality!

  • @disturbedrocks1996 so you're pro segregation? .... alright. I just wish they still made music this amazing.

  • @impkane88 I am not trying to start a fight or anything I am simply voicing my opinion. I didn't write the comment as a pro segregation comment. I meant it as the 1940's were a simpler and better time. I didn't think about the segregation or anything or the sort when I wrote it.

  • @disturbedrocks1996 no worries i was just making a little comment. But just for the record .. the 1940's were far from simple and good.

  • @disturbedrocks1996 1940 = WW2... Not a good idea.

  • @disturbedrocks1996 Hahahahahaah well... defenetly you're not black!

  • any one notice him say woooo cookies.

  • @airzone ya fallout led me 2 these songs

  • PS > These songs rock. I'm glad the Fallout 3 syndrome allowed me to discover these marvels. d(^-^d)

  • Ok yes their songs are great, but they copy that opening riff so much it's infuriating!

  • love this song after hearing it in coffee prince ^^

  • mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........ coffee :)

  • Wake up in the mornin' gonna have some coffee,

    Put in the cream and the sugah!! and it tastes nice I hope

    Cause that's the way its supposed to taste,

    Down my throat and in my insides yeah

    Cause its the mornin' time, its the coffee time

    Time for coffee *guitar riff*

  • Thew worse is that fucking Bieber with his holy grail of shitty music Baby, has 4.000 times more views than this awesome music!

  • To those who associate this with "Fallout Music," check out other "A Capella" style songs. Basically same genre but the Spots were pioneers in the field.

    The Manhattan Transfer would be a natural transition. And then you can learn about JAZZ!

  • I sang this with my Jazz choir. One of my favorite songs I sang with them :-).

  • Wait, what'd he say? Drop a nigger in a whatnow?

  • @coregoon 'drop a nickel in a pot, joe' - that's what I get from it.

  • @ScorpiiBuscemi1822 Ah. Yes. That made much more sense.

  • @coregoon It probably doesn't, but I'll go with it - at least it keeps me from seeming like a racist when I sing along with my iPod.

  • my uncle had discs of this group. I began to listen to them and well. I loved it

  • If this is what GIs listened on on their R+R in 1940...is it any wonder Hitler and the Japs lost?

  • ok ive playd fallout but i started listening to the ink spots long before that and im only 15

  • SOooo Smoooth.

  • i live in java island...in indonesia xD

  • I used to sing this song when I was at school when I was like 13 or 14, I always remembered most of it and I kept signing it until now, I'm glad I've found a version of this song more similar to the rhythm the teacher reached it to us than the other versions I've found : )

  • Peter Kay says at 0:24

    Fuck off, fuck off, fuck off, fuck off, fuck off :)

    Made my day!

    Wonderful song

  • If people could listen to songs like this in 1940, no wonder Hitler was beaten!

  • Of all the great 30s - 50s music out there, which is a lot, the Ink Spots are the highlight of it all

    If music stayed like this the world would be a better place

  • he's called hoppy jones for a reason ya know

  • hmm same riff at beginning as "I dont want to set the world on fire"

  • @phelpsasnal yeah that same riff is in the beggining of almost all of their songs from the late 30s early 40s

  • i love it and it starts like i dont want to set the world on fire

  • @spurscitizen The Ink Spots much like Abba start every song with the same riff.

  • It just shows you if you play something enough others end up liking it. this is my favourite of all songs. I constantly sang it and played it on my mp3 player and now i have atleast 20 more of my friend liking it :P Best song in the world. Thanks for the post

  • im 32 yrs and my dad played this all the time....i used to hate it ..now i wanna hear it all the time

  • I remember listening to this when I was a child. I played it over and over on my little record player. That would haven in the 60's. Loved it then, love it now.

  • We're singing this in choir. XD When I heard the beginning, my first thought? "Oh my gosh, Fallout! I don't want to set the world on fire! Why does it have this title then?" I didn't even make the connection.

  • 75,094 views on Sept 19, 2010. I sent out links. Now the views are 75,128 within past hour. Tracking the views after dissemination of the link. Great stuff here. This goes into the archive of the Roots of American Music.

  • I love the jive talk. OOps Mr Moto I'm a coffeepot. Talking about the Japanese version of the Chinese detective Charlie Chan, Mr Moto was played byPeter Lorree.

  • i love coffe i love tea.....bella bella bella

  • I love this... and most of the stuff played on 91.5 cleveland.

  • that song is soo awesome... when i sing it my friends think im weird

  • Their best song! So beautiful melodic tones ahh so nice. Too bad I hate coffee and Tea.

  • all the ink spots songs that i've heard start the same with that guitar..? think it's a guitar, some sort of bass... anyway, havent heard one thats a different intro.. :)

  • @plonkerfest They start all of their songs with this riff but usually in different tones and at different tempo, sometimes with piano or guitar and even other instruments.

  • @SirCheezey the only song i can think of thats different is "slap that bass"

  • I like tea actually

  • i can remember sneekin out my moms old records you know thoughs round flat things wit da hole in the middle, & playin um at about 3

  • It's so rare for a song to put an instant smile on my face these days... but this one hit the spot perfectly!

  • The beginning is almost identical to I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire. Loollsss

  • @eilrahc700

    A lot of their songs begin with that guitar rif =P...

  • Thumbs up if Fallout changed your way of music to these beautiful songs!!!

  • @airzorne I grew up loving this music, 'cause my parents had good taste and I never listened to the radio.

  • i have loved this band for 10 years! and i am 14

  • i wish music like this whould come back

  • @DimensionKlown yeah.

    im thinking about getting my uncle or cousins and i to start singing this kinda

    music. to bring it back.

  • im 15 and i love this type music. and i have to admit Fallout 3 got me into this type of music =]. who says video games cant have positive effects.

  • @72metallicafan actually, Fallout 1 could've got you into it much more :P

  • @meccarian Not necessarily. I played the original game and part of the 2nd and none of them were anywhere near of inspiring me like Fallout 3 did.

    They are all good games, it just works differently for different people. I just don't get why Fallout 1&2 fans keep trying to force their isometric and turn based views on others.

  • @72metallicafan lol same

  • @72metallicafan Never played Fallout. Respect to all those who include good music into games nowadays.

  • I don't wanna set the wo- damnit! not again!

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  • I'm 19 so I didnt grow up on this, but it always reminds me of my grandad. He used to sing this all the time, so much so that both me, my brother and my sister know all the words. I didnt even realise it was a real song until he passed away and i stumbled on it. It always makes me smile

  • I listen to these all Sunday long. Love just sitting around with the aura of these great bands from way back when. Sometimes, I even imagine trying to go back. Such a simpler and better time (Thanks for posting these!!!!)

  • i could never figure out why this sounded so familiar to the fallout 3 song until now ,awesome song

  • 200 times better than Kesha.Am I right!

  • I love the fact that all of the songs have like the same intro, what an amazing songwritership.

  • iqam friends with the ink spots and the road manager they arwa  class act

  • It's a great song about the drugs of the age. These guys were just so stonned and cool.

  • i'm extremly happy i found this on a record i was looking for i dont want to set the world on fire but i dont care this is greaT!@!!!!

  • People give me the weird looks when I walk into Starbucks humming this song

  • why do they start all their songs with that same tune? im not complaining, i like it. but are there any songs that dont start that way?

  • @itsthelolocaust not really well most of the songs i have heard start like that.

  • love it. first heard this by Manhattan Transfer some twenty odd years ago. Either version is creamy smooth.

  • Fred Sanford mentioned ink spots during an episode of Sanford & Son

  • i listen to a variety of music that seems like rap screwed disco...

    my music collection is a mutt of blues, Elvis(strictly), country, rock(various kinds), techno, pop, remixed stuff that doesn't have a name..like this one remix of the phrase "this. is. SPARTA!!!!", the word pingas, and.. need i go on? i love all kinds of music!

  • Am I wrong or is this song about something other than coffee?