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"Wordy Rappinghood" is the debut single by American new wave band Tom Tom Club, from their 1981 self-titled debut album. It uses part of a traditional Moroccan children's song and game, " A Ram Sam Sam ", made popular by the 1971 Rolf Harris recording.
Tom Tom Club is an American new wave band founded in 1981 by husband-and-wife team Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth and as a side project from Talking Heads. [3] Their best known songs include the UK top 10 hit "Wordy Rappinghood" and the US top 40 hit "Genius of Love", both from their 1981 debut album, and a cover of The Drifters' "Under the Boardwalk" that reached the UK top 30.
On its release in November 1981, "Genius of Love" became a huge hit in clubs and on R&B and dance charts worldwide, soon earning the Tom Tom Club studio album a Gold Sales Award in 1982. In the U.S., the song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Disco Top 80 chart along with "Wordy Rappinghood", and also
Tom Tom Club is the debut studio album by American new wave band Tom Tom Club, released in 1981, containing the UK hit singles "Wordy Rappinghood", which reached No. 7 in June 1981 and "Genius of Love", which reached No. 65 in October of the same year.
Rolf Harris recorded the song in 1971 for Columbia Records with The Mike Sammes Singers, [5] including additional lyrics and a distinctive arrangement with backing vocals. The 1981 hit "Wordy Rappinghood" by Tom Tom Club uses the song as a basis. Wee Sing included the song in their 1989 music video Wee Sing in Sillyville.
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Born in Coronado, California, Weymouth is the daughter of Laura Bouchage and U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Ralph Weymouth (1917–2020). The third of eight children, her siblings include Lani and Laura Weymouth, who are collaborators in Tina's band Tom Tom Club, and architect Yann Weymouth, the designer of the Salvador Dalí Museum in Florida.