The Belle Stars - The Clapping Song video

[puffleypuff]

meant 0:26

[puffleypuff]

0:30 shes so pretty!!!

[parisbecker]

QUE RIDICULO !!! ?COMO PUEDEN TENER SAXOFONES Y PONERLOS A CHILLAR. NO TODO TIEMPO PASADO FUE MEJOR.

[Jonnyolga1]

like

[deathbyippon]

The original Clap Clap was recorded in the 60s fools-and this is just a copy, back to the future with the lot of you

[omar4zara]

The 80's was the best era with colourful songs like Bells Stars Clapping song..Clap Clap yeah miss the 80's hate the 21 Century,nothing but fat lazy kids playing on iphones and pc's and a dog eat dog World!...Too Much Plastic!!!! thanx for sharing malcmc129

[MyAruga]

lol 

[WinterHaven]

THANK GOD FOR GONORRHEA!

[MsYori123]

soooooooo strange.....

I LOVE IT!!!!! ;p

[triplewee10]

that mean auntie

[MIZHOG]

i dont give 2 shits about the noughties 'girl bands'...these are the ones that are class and remebered

[Uinta1964]

Rubber DOLLY = Dildo!!!

[tshirttime84]

@Uinta1964 lol not sure.

Not sure why a mom would give her daughter a dildo :p

[MerrIoI]

@tshirttime84 <---- Tell me, you are such an ass licker, it's beginning to be embarrassing! EVERY comment that you make boasts your stupid ego. Your tongue is so brown of your shits :-)))))))

Get a life, be a man, freak!

[tshirttime84]

@MerrIoI Cool it seems like i have a fan! You are following me on every vid I watch. You told me earlier to get a life or something, but you are the one who is stalking me. I know im cool and all that so i know you want to be me because thats obviously the reason why you follow me but hey you will get there someday.

Oh btw, reported and ignored :)

[iamthegame09]

This is soooo annoying! :(

[genisisarc]

My mamma told me if i was goodie that she would buy me a rubber johnny!! lol

[deanawade]

When i was a kid and i first saw this video, i never realized that the Belle Stars were a bunch of dikes !!!

[potgab7]

@deanawade

Not all mate, Miranda has a 13 yr old daughter and several others are mums too!

[JohanR888]

@deanawade they wouldnt need any rubber johnnys then.

[Enricom23]

Chers version sucks the big one.  Original is waaaaaaay better.

[idh3854]

@Enricom23 this is not the original either the original was by Shirley Ellis

[meeryxoou]

cher version is much better

[Jess4298]

I LUV THIS SONG <3

[Jess4298]

awesome my favourite SONG

[mollymaisyseren]

cher lloyds version was better :/

[adminelf]

@mollymaisyseren R U Bonkers?

[MrBlm11]

Cher was way better!! Clap clap! One Direction!-3xxx

[XmaggiexrobbieX]

i prefer chers version... :)

[Traxxful]

Girl Power !

[skatehaloCP]

cher lloyd was amazing at live tour hell yeah fit as

[668christina]

this song is slower than chers version

[rouens]

i was always concerned about the goose as he is never mentioned in the rowboat...

[iHayleyy]

@rouens "they all went to heaven in a little rowing boat" ?

[MrSvenNL]

I prefer cher's version

[TravisBlue1979]

@MrSvenNL I heard cher lloyd's version...she's an incredible singer but in my opinion, this version is better than cher lloyds...i didnt really like it.....I mean half way thru she burst into Missy Elliotts Get Ur Freak On..but that's just my opinion...u have your reasons for liking Cher's version and I have mine for liking this one 

[alanna545]

i love thia song lol

[mconstanta]

i usually prefer the originals more than the remakes but this is crap! and so is Shriley Ellis's version! maybe it's because they are both extremely old. Cher's ROCKS!! im addicted to that version! Thank you Cher!! #chersbrats

[1234weyman]

this brings back some memories, singer needs doing, no need for a rubber

[1983dragonlady]

I like this version better than Cher Lloyd's version.

[EenieMeanieLG]

Im 12. and i knew this song off by heart when i was six! becasue my mum used to sing it to me before i went to bed

[prettymuchcollabing]

CHER LLOYD<3'

[hael9991]

cher did this song a favour i mean its a bad song and then cher sang it!

[charlie26174]

i like chers version way better!

[Marsipanklumpen]

this is sooo cool! Without Cher I wouldn't know this song! Thank you Cher! x

[Cabess12]

Chers version is better♥

[Gstar1080]

Cher Lloyd compelled me to watch this video :)

[mrfrisk007]

@Gstar1080 exactly

[darmok8472]

Whats the girl in the white called doing the part singing and playing Sax ?

[rokusho63]

@darmok8472 the lovely miranda. i wonder what she's doing now...

[sam077088]

and... wait till you hear 'Friggin in the Rigging' by the 'Sex Pistols', ahahahaha

[sam077088]

reminds me of Bananarama with Fun Boy 3 - gr8 80's, gr8 memories!

[elsontrinidad]

Man, I barely remember this song from the '80s.

I can TOTALLY tell this song was a big influence on M.I.A.

[EzarikX]

3-6-9

the goose drank wine

the monkey chewed tobacco on the street car line

the line broke,the monkey got chocked.

and they all went to heaven in a little row boat <3

[MyPersonalVendetta]

They all look like Boy George.

[nuwavething]

one of my fave belle stars songs is ci ya ya.

[mickeydawson1]

THIS SONG SOLD OVER 2000 SINGLES IN 1983 AT NORTHCOTE PLAZA WHEN I DONE A BIT WRK THERE I WAS ONLY 13 WERE DRESS UP IN COSTUMES I DONT KNOW WERE TONY IS NOW BUT THIS SINGLE WENT THRO THE ROOF IN AUSTRALIA VICTORIA COME EVER 689 WHAO THE GOOZE DRANK WINE THE MONKEY Chubacka ON ST CAROLINE SLAP WHAO WHAT A SONG CROZZ IF WE LEFT HAND SLAP YOUR THIGH AND SING A LITTLE SONG WERE ALL THE PARTY ANIMALES OF THIS SONG THIS NEVER GETS OLD THIS CLASSIC ME MOTHER TOLD MI IF I WAZ GOODIE

[baldy1]

good alld1

[ddsharper]

thieves.

[Luraka1978]

Clapp! Clapp! c'est la Fiesta : )

[paradoxstate]

I've read loads of comments about a lot of the songs from the 80's, and about it all being a fashion disaster, that is more true now than it ever has been.

the 80's were a powerful era of music/politics/design/technolo­gy none before or since has come close to even equaling what happened then.

[GoblinsFriend]

@paradoxstate Yes! Yes! Yes! And the powers that be have spent the last two decades trying to discredit it and obliterate all legit memory of it. That period - really the late-seventies/early-eighties - was an accident; regular people were never meant to have so much fun and freedom, and end up gaining so much power (personal, monetary, cultural). The difference between the eighties and this past decade is like night and day. Sad!

[VictoriaAckles]

great song but i definitely prefer the shirley ellis version

[poinsy]

Great tune, great fun. A sign of the times :)

[SteffanLlwyd]

They could cut it really well as a live. No faking. Great unit.

[nettyj112233]

tlaxcalavicar what would you know about relaxing or having fun i am sure the girls didnt take it a seriously as you obviously are, This was created at acertain time in the history of my great country, we all needed to have fun in some very tough times

[mccluskey]

great great . geez where did all that go

[standingforcouncil]

Anyone else seen them live?

[rouens]

loved lesley on bass

[LuckyCharmVision1]

I love this Video.. it seems to be a lot of people enjoying themselves. Seems like so many have forgotten how to just unwind.... and play sometimes.

I love the beat.

Peace and Luv

[rokusho63]

miranda i still love you!

[tlaxcalavicar]

i see why they only had the 1 US "hit"- this is lame and derivative

[revistaespejonet]

Buena rola que según recuerdo la llegó a cantar parchís en una película. Esta la tengo grabada en mi casete 40. La encontré relativamente rápido.

[AllexTeixeiraa]

amazingg

[mark871162]

the moral here is wear a rubber johnny or you will get the clap

[fkel1]

lmao.....you're probably right! (about the song that is) ;)

[ByDursy]

@mark871162 this song is new version = watch?v=1ayNiuIUu_s

[tryandlisten]

@mark871162 LMAO fuckin classic

[purplecooki]

@mark871162 it says rubber dolly tho or is it a euphinism p.s i cant spell =)

[firstmusic00]

I remember these girls. They covered the Dixie Cups song "Iko, iko" in the early 80's.

[mattychapati]

I can tell you where Kaj is because i am playing drums with her this Saturday in Kings Cross,London,England.

Hare Krsna :~)

[ChyPie4865]

i like this one more then shirley ellis' original.

[Doodlebugdude]

It's a happy choon tho innit?

[Doodlebugdude]

Does anyone remember the original, now that was one of my favourites. This update is awesome.

[EmoForeverAlways]

i don't really like it

[ProspericPoison666]

3,6,9 the goose drank wine, the monkey chewed tabacco on the street carline, the line broke, the monkey got choked, and they all went to heaven in a lil row boat

[ObadiyahBlack]

CLAP!! CLAP!!! this would make a good Hip Hop song, if some one remade that hook.

[bemine676]

love this song its on danceing with stares and could not get the song out my head

[johnnyamorrison]

i hate it i like shirley ellis' version better

[XxBasslinexX]

that 80s were pure mad heds lol

wish i cud of experienced it lol

id of gna off my hed lol x

[bandaidl0ve]

Oh my god I used to listen to this when I was little. My mum had it on a cassette tape, it contained all the songs I owned at the time. Man this is a great random song of fun.

Now if only I could remember the others~

[conceitedperson78]

fun

[petsounds]

I went out with one of them. Got clap.

[typodaemon]

Wow, they really sucked all of the funky rhythm out of this one. Really, the drums in the Shirley Ellis original are great and here they're entirely flat. I wouldn't be surprised if they're a drum machine. :(

[DaftPunkRocks2010]

i like this song :o i think the aaron carter one is just as good. its a kinda better cuz it's faster..this one just drags on for me

[sadie4peeps]

heya

[lyamainu]

Probably weirdest song ever written...

[mmduhxxx]

aaron carter all d way!!!!

[thehatta555]

ditto...

aaron carter made the stuff up beat for all the kiddies out there!!!!

I'm not too Young, I'm not too old is one of my favs ^______^

[JWc2531]

awful... Just awful. "shakes head"

[dougiewhite778]

where they all lesbians?

[illhaveadouble]

Well, they were all women and proberly wouldnt shag you, so most proberly!

[teqwindotcom]

its like walk like and egyptian by the bangles

[onceawitkin]

The new version that Jennie from the Belle Stars has recorded with band 'Hot2Go' is awesome ... check it out, it's on youtube and itunes.

[luvhannibal]

OMG i love this song,takes me back. thanks for the memories and for uploading :D

[SailorMoonProduction]

the Aaron Carter version is 100% better

[tummielvr]

The Shirely Ellis (the original version) is one million times better than his

[69mudbogger69]

ma nefew loves this song ph yea i am gay

[deathbycanon]

I like the original better - published in the late 60's by Shirley Ellis in the US. That lady was ahead of her time.

[rtmnmk]

WOW!!!!!

I've never saw this video before!!!

I was only 7 when it was released.

I guess that eveyrything IS on YouTube, after all

[wesawebi]

compared to the original,,,,,,this sucks big time.

[brodel77]

man, the Bodysnatchers were much better. These songs are cheesy.

[Maestrojosh87]

Aaron Carter did a cover of this song, as well as "Iko Iko," by special coincidence.

[lightningsid]

yes dude, the 80's were great for that

[DaveDeShrubber]

We really do need more music videos that include a girl in a wetsuit.

[zwolfen]

So when are we all going to go outside and jump rope? I need this on my alarm clock...then I wouldn't need Starbuck's.

[blueberries2906]

lol. I remember this song when I was 6 or 7 and funnily enough, I was singing it with my 11 year old the other day. I will have to show her this now :D

[rislah69]

I sooo remember this...i was 12 years old!

This song popped into my head today...Thank god for Youtube!!

[felixshelton]

Yeah, great song, BUT...

"The goose drank wine.... "

what's THAT all about?! what goose is allowed to consume alcoholic beverages?

[kll510]

it's from a jump rope song. That's how I remember it anyway.

It goes:

3,6,9 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. My mama told me if I was good she'd buy me some candy, that's what she told me.

[theredpolkadots]

great song but the rotters clubs version is better

[darren1673]

remember thie words from this song for some reason reminds me of primary school, grange hill ,80s stuff etc although the song is class

[Sonicgurl20067836493]

This song still rocks!

[stubk007]

luv this is song to bits

[vegastun]

Love the song, but they weren't later known as Bananarama. Bananarama were Sara Dallin, Karen Woodward and Siobhan Fahey. The Belle Stars were Stella Barker, Sarah-Jane Owen, Miranda Joyce, Penny Leyton, Judy Parsons.

The girl on the sax is Miranda Joyce.

Again fab song though.

[Hirsute63]

cheers for the info!

[Brickwall142]

I dont like bananas

[rouens]

forgot lesley shone

[flyhalf2006]

Absolute gold! One of the first pop songs I heard. I was 12 back then.

[Hirsute63]

who's the girl on the sax doin the "rap"? She's yummy, looks like my ex.

[GLITTERPINKBUTTONS]

they were also known later as bananarama!

[tindrum]

I still love Miranda..

[GLITTERPINKBUTTONS]

Brilliant!!!!!!

[TornadoAnni]

Early 80's UK pop brilliance!!!

[menmax2007]

Luv dis song

[gumbet1961]

reminds me of wen i did kiss a soldier!

[lacviet]

great harmony. funky song with a mix of other styles infused.

[leilanibeepbeep]

this reminds me of when I lived in England...for 10yrs...I miss it

good song

[malcmc129]

Search for their Belle Issima:Sweet Memories CD - it's a double CD of all their singles, b-sides, album tracks and 12inches!

[Darkmidnightsky]

I loved the Belle Stars when I was a child. I have their album kicking about the loft somewhere. I need to look out for it if its on CD. Brings back sweet memories.

[horses4life101]

what the hell? nice :)

[EmHATESchriscrocker]

omg! this song reminds me of my childhood of me and my freind.we would always sing this

[JLSXXX]

good songxxxxxxxx

[lilkalanadiangirl31]

Oh the memories.......gotta love the 80's, I know I did because that's when I grew up (People born in the 70's are 80's kids.)

[lolabunny41378]

i was born in 78 :D ..lol

[melgina381]

The kids at school, where I work, love this. I am teaching them all the golden oldies.

[letstalkaboutmusic]

Good 4 them, u sound like a g8 teacher.

[Doddus]

This song goes off hard!

[tracie1967]

I remember buying this song lol

[HappinessIsDionne]

Yes, Belle Stars did "Sign of the Times", which was their big hit. This "Clapping Song" was also released by Pia Zadora, and was a Top 40 hit, back in 1982.

[RSLICKER]

i remember a song by them called sign of the times maybee 1983 am i right

[aramanth]

I love this period of music in England, early 80s with all the many mini-trends in music like ska, new romantic, and such.

Makes me think of an a female verson of Madness.

[beano1eye]

mmmmmm SJ

[igloorecords]

It's like a bunch of female Boy Georges

[XanArt21]

I wanted to say that haha!

[Faith906]

this was da last song mi dad put on 4 me while he was die'ng dats y its kinda ov one ov mi fav songs

[bunnyfist]

nice.

[OLDS98]

Thank you for adding and sharing! I enjoyed looking at this. I remember the theme song and others do too. It brings back fond memories. I added this to my favorites.

[rashid81]

Yeah Miranda's cool. I just recently bought their DVD of a concert they did in the 80's. You can buy it at amazon.

[sundaeg1rl]

A Miranda fan here. She is CUTE!

[demirpla]

Why the hell don't they have a website or something? I used to love Jennie McKeown.

[demirpla]

Now, finally, they have a website which you can visit at

WorldWideWeb DOT thebellestars DOT com

[malcmc129]

or you can check out my myspace page for more info!

WorldWideWeb DOT myspace DOT com/malcmc - Jennie Bellestar is on there too!

[soulstylist]

Terrific stuff. I used to love those gals. Would you believe they started out as a ska/2Tone band named The Bodysnatchers. They got themselves a new singer and became The Belle Stars in 1980. Didn't have any hit Singles 'til '82.