My grandma used to sing this song to me when I was younger, and would use my name. Lol I thought it was the coolest thing ever. She's very much alive and this isn't meant to be sad, I just unlocked a childhood memory :)
1965 was made even more special because of this beloved little song. I fondly remember the kids at the local soda shop actually singing along with Ms. Ellis when she invites her listeners to sing along with the names: Tony-Tony-Bo-Bony... Billy, Marcia, and Nick. The kids would sing and have a good laugh at the same time. Thank you, Ms. Ellis! You brought a lot of joy into a lot of peoples' lives. Excellent video! Good synchronized hand-jiving ! Thanks for posting this!
Haven't heard this song in absolutely years, my dad used to play it around the house from time to time when I was little, I'm glad he raised me with the music he did! Great stuff.
Same here, but it was my mom. She loved oldies. I actually taught this song to all of the kids in my elementary school (a very small school) and we'd go around singing it all the time.
This hit by Shirley Ellis hit #3 on the Top 40 charts in February 1965. It also hit #4 on the Rhythm & Blues charts. My cousins had a large record collection and her other hit, The Clapping Song, was one of them.
So Many Memories Back Then. Sixties were good. Are you still listen to her. Songs 8 transistor radio. Riding my bicycle to the country roads in Northern California where I lived it. Along the Redwoods through the Redwoods. 100 North miles north of San Francisco.🤘🏾👍🏽🤙🏾🤟🏽🤚🏽👊🏽✌🏽👏🏽🙋🏽♂️😊😎
Thanks to my music teacher for teaching the whole school this song! This song is so CATCHY! My teacher gets irritated when we sing it!! #LOL NEVER GETS OLD! R.I.P Shirley Ellis
The Mixgician (Bigboscoe Productions) no youre a child. Cant believe you never heard this before that show. Must bevery young. I heard it by the time i was five in 1996
When I was 19 I started a very blessed and busy career as a studio singer. I was part of the Alan Copeland Singers on the weekly Red Skelton Hour. We had production numbers every week and one time we did The Name Game and they gave it to me as a solo! So fun. I wish somebody had that on video in the show’s archives somewhere
Red Skelton museum has a TH-cam channel with the Alan Copeland Singers on there go check it out hope you find what your looking for or brings back memories
OMMMMMGGGGGGGG~!!!!!!!!!!!!! i randomly came across this video, i remember this song soooo much my mom used to makes us my brothers and sisters listen to it as babys and kids this is soo crazy because we used to sing parts of the song but coulndt remember the rest! it was ingraved in our heads as babys and we never found the song again, until now!!!
Number one song back in 1963 !!! We miss you Shirley Ellis thanks for the good time music. Shirley Ellis was the first lady of rhyme... It's Joy !!!!!!!!!
Yeah, this song has incredibly catchy lyrics, but another reason it was such a huge hit originally is that the music itself is great as well. All the happy people in this scene on "Hollywood A-Go-Go" are able to dance to it, as you can see. That's another reason it still is being revived from time to time in the 21st century.
Awesome song and singer! This music is most excellent. The 60s was the best decade for good dance music and fun tunes! Thanks for posting, soulrocket! I love it, it's so cool! :)
We had to sing it a lot in the 90's/early 2000's as part of our daily activities. I can't say much for the generations after me, but I can't imagine that they would suddenly stop teaching it to the kids after I was gone. The same teachers are still there, after all.
It's just a fun song. I saw her in 1965 as part of one of those "Cavalcade of Stars Shows". She got a big reception. In the middle of the song she aske the audience to give her a name and everyone shouted out "CHUCK!" She shook her finger and said "No-o-o! We don't do Chuck around here." Everybody cracked up.
I found myself singing this song to my cats earlier this evening and was trying to remember where I heard the song. I've known it all my life but I still don't when or where I learned it. So I looked it up and found this video. It's a fun song to sing and you can use any name, your cats or dogs or anybody. The lady that sings this is really awesome at it too. I really enjoyed the video.
Shirley Ellis is a genius, a terrific singer, but notice that she is the only person of color on this video. That's the 1960s TV music scene--segregated while living off of black music.
My mom always said my name like Tanner tanner fee fi fo fanner be bi bo banner when i was a kid as a game and i just stumbled onto this song now 20 years later and it all makes sense now......
No other song drains my life force more than this song! Ever since I was a little kid. Ever since the age of 2 I was looking for the highest curb I could jump off of when this song came on
Well appreciate the original song! Glad American Horror brought you here so you can see who the original song was by. “Shirley Ellis” who had a huge hit with it before any one knew about an American Horror. Give credit where credit is due! No Shirley Ellis no cool song.
I had the pleasure of knowing the writer Lincoln Chase during my childhood so I also got the chance to meet Shirley. I was friends with his daughter Melody, and his son and I was in the same classes in elementary.
This is one of my all time favorites. A light-hearted, fun kind of song that you can really swing your hips to. By the way, do you remember when it first came out? I think that it was in the middle 60s sometime, but I forget when. I do know that I was in junior high at the time.
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My grandma used to sing this song to me when I was younger, and would use my name. Lol I thought it was the coolest thing ever. She's very much alive and this isn't meant to be sad, I just unlocked a childhood memory :)
Omg my dad sang me this.
Sarah Sarah bo bara fee fi for farah, Sarah!
That's what he'd sing!
Tell your Grandma HI, I also learned this song when it first came out when I was in Middle School.
Mine did too! This is one of the less questionable songs I was taught as a child ❤
@@geezermann7865 you’re an OG ^^
I’m sure you’ve a lot of wild stories you could tell ❤
try using the name richard
Lanabanana
Brasil?
+Eduardo A.Bennett yea
AHS season 2! YESSS
lana
??? is that your name???? that is kinda mine XDD
1965 was made even more special because of this beloved little song. I fondly remember the kids at the local soda shop actually singing along with Ms. Ellis when she invites her listeners to sing along with the names: Tony-Tony-Bo-Bony... Billy, Marcia, and Nick. The kids would sing and have a good laugh at the same time. Thank you, Ms. Ellis! You brought a lot of joy into a lot of peoples' lives.
Excellent video! Good synchronized hand-jiving !
Thanks for posting this!
I love this thank you for sharing that 🥹
Haven't heard this song in absolutely years, my dad used to play it around the house from time to time when I was little, I'm glad he raised me with the music he did! Great stuff.
Same here, but it was my mom. She loved oldies. I actually taught this song to all of the kids in my elementary school (a very small school) and we'd go around singing it all the time.
She sings like an angel, Jessica sang it so well too. But honestly AHS brought me here 😍.
Who's Jessica?
@@florjanbrudar692 Jessica Lange...
I couldn't believe that somebody could possibly not like this!!! It is so delightful, fun and she is so cute!
I used to love this some back in 65...I was 11 and it was a f
Great time.
This was a hit for Shirley in the UK in 1965, I loved it then and still do and it’s on my playlist of my top 50 best songs ever
This song and the memories from my youth, put such a smile on my face. Us kids would sing this in the streets of NY with such energy!
This is just brilliant!
Holy Crap! Sister Mary Eunice was at 1:10. She hated Jude that's why she's here LOL
Holy crap it looks like her the fuck!
+CJ Branson but it does!!! :O
+Emi Plenos !
+Emi Plenos Wow, I saw that too lol!
Wow, that's a little scary 😂
This hit by Shirley Ellis hit #3 on the Top 40 charts in February 1965. It also hit #4 on the Rhythm & Blues charts. My cousins had a large record collection and her other hit, The Clapping Song, was one of them.
I wonder if Shirley Ellis knew this was going to be a classic. I love the 60s go-go chicks doing the hand jive in the background.
This must be awkward if you're Chuck
***** chuck is after you
Or a Mitch...
Chuck, Chuck, bo-bhuck
Banana-fana fo-fhuck
Fee-fi-mo-mhuck
Chuck!
Mitch, Mitch, bo-bitch
Banana-fana fo-fitch
Fee-fi-mo-itch
Mitch!
Nick, Nick, bo-bick
Banana-fana fo-fick
Fee-fi-mo-mick
Nick!
So Many Memories Back Then.
Sixties were good. Are you still listen to her. Songs 8 transistor radio. Riding my bicycle to the country roads in Northern California where I lived it.
Along the Redwoods through the Redwoods. 100 North miles north of San Francisco.🤘🏾👍🏽🤙🏾🤟🏽🤚🏽👊🏽✌🏽👏🏽🙋🏽♂️😊😎
Why all the different coloured hands lmao?
I'm 65 years old so I lived thru these songs!
Thanks to my music teacher for teaching the whole school this song! This song is so CATCHY! My teacher gets irritated when we sing it!! #LOL NEVER GETS OLD!
R.I.P Shirley Ellis
American Horror story re-did this. Nothing beats the original, but AHS did a pretty damn good job.
Great song
The Mixgician (Bigboscoe Productions) no youre a child. Cant believe you never heard this before that show. Must bevery young. I heard it by the time i was five in 1996
You stupid 1996 child, he said the original is better. Learn how to read.
Huckle Berry there’s nothing wrong with being a child and hearing this song for the first time, even if it was from a show. Calm the fuck down.
Jessica Lange is awesome! Her version it's amazing!
i think ahs beats the original
She's fantastic!
The American horror show brought me here
DID ANYONE ASK WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE?
Mali Su child
Mali Su me too!¡ XD LOL Judy Judy boo booty banana fana fo fudy fee fi mo mudy
Me too
Same
Only here after AHS 😂
Carys Michael same
Carys Michael child
That's sad but I also don't like it
Me too
YOUR B.S.
I SO LOVE THIS SONG''''''''GOOD WAY TO LEARN ENGLISH''''''''''''''''''
Kit, kit bo bit bannana fanna fo fit, Fee fy mo Mit! ¡Kit!
Judy Judy bo budy banana Fana fo fudy fee fi mo mudy
1:10 Mary Eunice?
omg conspiracy theory that looks exactly like her
Augusto Motta OMG , it all makes sense.
Omg
Augusto Motta omg her looklike !
Hi Hillary. Too bad Shirley wasn't dancin' to this! :)
Pure fun. Everyone frugin' away like there's no tomorrow.
"I'm Lana, Lana Banana"
“Do you know your name?”
No your Lana Lana BoBana
I have so many years looking for this song that i hear when i was a kid.... Finally! Haha
When I was 19 I started a very blessed and busy career as a studio singer. I was part of the Alan Copeland Singers on the weekly Red Skelton Hour. We had production numbers every week and one time we did The Name Game and they gave it to me as a solo! So fun. I wish somebody had that on video in the show’s archives somewhere
Red Skelton museum has a TH-cam channel with the Alan Copeland Singers on there go check it out hope you find what your looking for or brings back memories
Cool, thanks for sharing that! I watched the Red Skelton show when I was a kid, it was one of my Dad's favorite shows when I was growing up.
Mitch! Mitch, Mitch, bo Bitch... OH FUCK!
Marta Barreda XD
Or Tuck
Chuck! Chuck! bo Buck... Bo-na-na fana fo fuck!
Guy: ummm what did you just say!?
@@Twenty_Five55 Best comment.❤❤❤❤😂
😂
OMMMMMGGGGGGGG~!!!!!!!!!!!!! i randomly came across this video, i remember this song soooo much my mom used to makes us my brothers and sisters listen to it as babys and kids this is soo crazy because we used to sing parts of the song but coulndt remember the rest! it was ingraved in our heads as babys and we never found the song again, until now!!!
Ha! Sweet
hope you had good memories :D
Number one song back in 1963 !!! We miss you Shirley Ellis thanks for the good time music. Shirley Ellis was the first lady of rhyme... It's Joy !!!!!!!!!
more like 1966 ish lol
Yeah, this song has incredibly catchy lyrics, but another reason it was such a huge hit originally is that the music itself is great as well. All the happy people in this scene on "Hollywood A-Go-Go" are able to dance to it, as you can see. That's another reason it still is being revived from time to time in the 21st century.
So much joy, & just plain togetherness back in the day.. is conjured up by this upbeat & whimsical music, which has such great syncopation & backbeat
The twang & Shirley was all about my sixty, favourite song and Artist, abig thank 4share this fabulous part of the 6os
Pepper!
Suso Herrero Pepper Pepper bo Bepper banana fanna fo Fepper fee fy mo Mepper
Pepper
Awesome song and singer! This music is most excellent. The 60s was the best decade for good dance music and fun tunes! Thanks for posting, soulrocket! I love it, it's so cool! :)
Tucker!
Tucker Tucker bo bucker
Bannana fana fo fu- oh wait
This is genius
LMAO
Genius
Omg lmao
I like to think of a kid (not me) wanting his name changed because of this.
Another classic that todays young crowd never heard of.Bring back the 60 s.
We had to sing it a lot in the 90's/early 2000's as part of our daily activities. I can't say much for the generations after me, but I can't imagine that they would suddenly stop teaching it to the kids after I was gone. The same teachers are still there, after all.
Objectively terrible idea, but go off oldie. If you're still around, that is. It has been 4 years...
She's fabulous...
I loved this song when it came out. I still love it today. What a unique song.The song just makes me smile
Now everyone knows where this game we play as children and with our children came from. Love this woman. :)
so they only named the characters lana and judy so they could use this song?
@KingoftheCastle no they use pepper and kid walker .
+antonio rod *kit...
+KingoftheCastle hahahahaha! you´re awesome
+KingoftheCastle The song says that you can use EVERY name to rime with this song. So it doesn't matter how the characters in AHS are called :D
AHAH
Chuck was the best name in my day.
I really had to say it
This brings me back to when I was a kid, and watched super Dave Osborne lol. I heard the song before that, but my memories are from the show 💚😅💚
It's just a fun song. I saw her in 1965 as part of one of those "Cavalcade of Stars Shows". She got a big reception. In the middle of the song she aske the audience to give her a name and everyone shouted out "CHUCK!" She shook her finger and said "No-o-o! We don't do Chuck around here." Everybody cracked up.
This was a favorite song in our family. Still love it.
2020 anyone?
Me
2021
Me 👀👀👀👀
Meee
This is a great fun song! d
Everybody sang this! So cool!
rapping before it was cool
Rapping when it was cool*
😂
That is an early rap song
@@sebastiannorrington3792 And I like it February 8, 2020
Proves there's NOTHING new under the sun! TH-cam "Moonwalk" 1932!
One of my favorite songs when I was a kid! #OriginallSungByShirleyEllis #Circa1965 #FunSong!
#FuckMeInTheAssBecauseILoveJesus
+SWGS yeas
I ❤️ Shirley Ellis, she’s so smart and beautiful
Gute Arbeit Originals hat mich hier her gebracht!
2023. Childhood days. This song still rocks. 👌
I found myself singing this song to my cats earlier this evening and was trying to remember where I heard the song. I've known it all my life but I still don't when or where I learned it. So I looked it up and found this video. It's a fun song to sing and you can use any name, your cats or dogs or anybody. The lady that sings this is really awesome at it too. I really enjoyed the video.
Chuckie Chuckie bo bucky bonana fana fo wait a minute
furrykef ACK! XD FIRST THE KILLING DOLL AND THEN A CURSE WORD XDD
furrykef why did you do that to me!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂
I think that is an Asian dish, soup perhaps....
@@markfoery9513 I think you mean fo. which is pronounced fuh
Shirley Ellis is a genius, a terrific singer, but notice that she is the only person of color on this video. That's the 1960s TV music scene--segregated while living off of black music.
well,if not it's for sure someone like you will always let us know.That's for damn sure
@@metrogoldwyn And what do you mean "someone like you"? Explain your words. No reply means you're incapable of taking responsibility for your slur.
@@HBlack-wf4nj some people get upset when you point out racism
@Just Some Dude Not of all. You're just trying to call someone else what you probably are.
@Just Some Dude shut up you idiot
I haven't heard this song since I was young. A lot of fun and brilliant to think up a name game!!
Fun Music~ LIfting~ And here in 2019 people are still getting this good ole stuff~ :D
My mom always said my name like Tanner tanner fee fi fo fanner be bi bo banner when i was a kid as a game and i just stumbled onto this song now 20 years later and it all makes sense now......
My damn good taste in music brought me here!
Congrats
Hayden Cross Thanks! ✌🏾
She’s an icon !
So funky....just wish I could I keep up...Shirley was unique..such a talent..
AWSOME!
Love this childhood singalong song. This song stuck in my head all day now June 2021🎶 ❤️ 🎤 💃🏼
No other song drains my life force more than this song! Ever since I was a little kid. Ever since the age of 2 I was looking for the highest curb I could jump off of when this song came on
Who thought this song would be a Tik Tok Trend some decades later...
it was a vine at first. everyone knows this song
I saw this on tik tok tried finding it and accidentally found some like porn show
it’s was on american horror story, then a vine so....
@@zac1024 you mean the original song, or the trend
Bruh this isn't just a tiktok song, me and my family have sung the name game for years, its not just from tiktok or a show or movie.
2023. Wow! Such a FUN song. I remember every word. Sing along. 🎶 😊
Never forget this Song we used to sing it n have fun Thanks
Lana Lana bana bo bana banana fanna fo fanna fi fy mo mana Lana!
Hector Cruz-Lefranc child
Lana lana bo bana banana fanna fo fana fee fy mo mana****
@@huckleberry4792 No, YOU are a child, until you have seen AHS, you nitwit.
Favorites as a kid were Chuck, Mitch, and Bart.
Judy Judy bo Budy banana fanna fo Fudy fe fi mo Mudy, Judy!
TY❤
What a fun song.
Lana Banana, American Horror Story melhor série ❤❤
achei meio triste asylum por causa da morte dá pepper
Leh Gonçalves child
Melhor 💜💜
I am glad i'm not called tucker
LOL
+Noobius Maximus omg....hahahahaha!!!!!!! that would be wild...
Haha 😅☺️👍😁
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Or chuck
Man, I was just a little kid around 5 years old when this came out.
Awesome!
Use to sing as kid😊
I LOVE AMERICAN HORROR STORY IT'S SO FUCKING GOOD!!!!!!!!
That song came on and I lost it. My kids were like holy cow it's a real song we thought you just went crazy.
Let's do Chuck! LOL
I get it 😂😂😂
Mike Sheng I see what you did there
LOL!!
Chucks sucks ducks
Chuck chuck bo Buck, banana fana fo Fuck, fi fy mo muck, chuck
Who’s here in 2021🤣🤣
Jonah Hill's interview about when he did a movie with Mogan Freeman brought me here 😂
I can remember singing along with this song whenever I heard it on the radio. #childhoodmemories
Both of the version (AHS and this) is iconic.
Well appreciate the original song! Glad American Horror brought you here so you can see who the original song was by. “Shirley Ellis” who had a huge hit with it before any one knew about an American Horror. Give credit where credit is due! No Shirley Ellis no cool song.
THATS MY FRIENDS AUNT !!!!!!
Amazing
Love it I miss the 60s
This song is lasting the test of time time bo-bime.
chuck! chuck chuck b-buck fofana nana f-fu- OH MY
1:10 Parece que Mary Eunice no se contento por haber muerto y no aparecer en la escena de "The Name Game" en Asylum que decidió salir aquí.
Que buen ojo
Love it brings back good memories!!!!
Man, they be dancing like bosses 😂 💃
I love this song
I'd like to see Jimmy Fallon do this with todays names, it would be humorous!!
This song is so fun, I came after watching AHS😆
Thomas Thomas bo Bomas
Banana fanna fo Fomas
Fee fy mo Momas. Thomas!
There ain't any name that I can't rhyme.
NIA :P
NYa Khutsishvili Nia would be an easy name to rhyme, but your last name would be very difficult :).
+Nia Nia nia bo bia
banana fanna fo fia
fee fa mo mia NIA!!!
What about Michaela.
Try Kah'Myah. (Kuh- mya)
I had the pleasure of knowing the writer Lincoln Chase during my childhood so I also got the chance to meet Shirley. I was friends with his daughter Melody, and his son and I was in the same classes in elementary.
Yeah it brought me here 2 love it ❤ 2023
This is one of my all time favorites. A light-hearted, fun kind of song that you can really swing your hips to. By the way, do you remember when it first came out? I think that it was in the middle 60s sometime, but I forget when. I do know that I was in junior high at the time.
I was also in Junior High when it came out, one of the first songs I learned and sang to.
I was 1 year old!