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The titular line of the song, "You can't ride in my little red wagon, the front seat's broken and the axle's dragging" is a reference to a popular call and response song in American children's camps. [1] The song's origins are difficult to trace, and there are many variations, but the song at least dates back to the 1970s.
The song was written by Portnoy and Judy Hart-Angelo, and performed by Portnoy in 1982. Shortly after the premiere of Cheers, Portnoy went back into the studio to record a longer version of the song that made the U.S. and British pop charts. The full-length version was made available on Portnoy's 2004 album Keeper.
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This is a repeat after me song (This is a repeat after me song) The Princess Pat (The Princess Pat) Light Infantry (Light Infantry) She sailed across (She sailed across) The seven seas (The seven seas) She sailed across (She sailed across) The channel two (The channel two) And took with her (And took with her) A Ric-A-Dam-Doo. (A Ric-A-Dam-Doo)
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The song's original music video, directed by Tim Cash, was shot in Oregon on a small budget. [5] A second video, directed by Scorpio 21, was shot at Red Bones Café in Saint Andrew in January 2015. [18] As the song began gaining worldwide success, a new music video for the Jaehn remix was commissioned. [5]
The song has been used to teach children names of colours. [1] [2] Despite the name of the song, two of the seven colours mentioned ("red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange and blue") – pink and purple – are not actually a colour of the rainbow (i.e. they are not spectral colors; pink is a variation of shade, and purple is the human brain's interpretation of mixed red/blue ...
It is also played as a secondary fight song at Columbia University. [1] Another version was created by popular songwriters Lew Brown (lyrics) and Harry Akst (music) for the 1934 film Stand Up and Cheer! starring Shirley Temple. It is the fight song of: Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky, [2] Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, [3]