I remember singing this in elementary school, and being sent to the principal's office! Hey! I WAS JUST A KID, and I felt the tune was catchy! I thought a ding a ling was the way the phone rang!
I was a radio DJ when this was released. Fortunately the station manager didn't get the double entendre and so it made it to the Playlist. Too funny. I got a good chuckle every time it aired.
For some reason this song came into my head and I had to find it, just to get it out of my system. Haven't heard this since I was a little girl. It's still as I remember! I didn't fully understand the lyrics back then, not sure I do now ;)
It just popped into my mind when I seen Telephone Line by ELO! I had to see if it was on here and dammed if it ain't! I know when I heard it when I was a kid, I thought about the words in 2 different ways. LOL
How old were you at the time? I first heard it when I was between 13 and 14 and I remember being a little embarrassed by the double-entendre aspect of it.
When I was 8 and sang this in the school playground I thought it was a song about a telephone installation guy giving a woman customer options for her preferred positioning of a telephone in her home
I loved this song! The prominent thing about it for me has to be that bass line which perfect for practising clean playing and building finger strength. It's so sad that Meri Wilson tragically died in a car crash aged only 53. R.I.P. Meri.
I was 8-9 years old when this came out. I didn't know everything about the "birds and the bees" at the time, but when I heard her sing "I got it in the bedroom and I got it in the hall", it was pretty obvious that it wasn't about telephone installation.
I really & truly love that song ever since I was a teenager and today, I still do. May you rest in peace, Merry Wilson who's not to be confused with or related to the Supremes' very own Mary Wilson.
My aunt has this in her 45 rpm collection. I was a kid when it was a hit. I didn't realize how big it was in other countries. It peaked at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 here in the U.S.
This song and Chuck Berry’s “My Ding-a-ling” was our favorite songs in grade school back in the day. It’s 2024 and here I am again…. I think I have issues….😂
Well done ALAN CARR.....for having the balls to play this on Radio2 in 2019........top man. Please play Peter the Meter Reader next week.....you'll have Mel in stitches....
Hi William, yes I heard it too but believe it or not this reached #6 in the UK charts around this time of year back in 1977! Alan and Mel laughed their heads off, 'Oh I've never done anything like this before, sigh' lucky her! The guy in the video really did look like 'a telephone man', which British Telecom engineers copied immediately afterwards...!!!
My dad worked for the telephone company; he was an installer and repairman so he was in a lot of homes. When this song came out, I didn't know completely what it was about, but I was like oooohhhh, Dad! I don't think my mom appreciated the song or comments much.
This song is based on a true story. The singer claimed she was seeing a telephone man or dating him. I was 11 in 1977 when I heard this on the radio. They would only play it after 10 pm😅.
I sung this in the Liverpool centenary. My friend Janice and I where doing. THE HOUSE OF THE FUTURE. Dave, the man who had to stay behind the scenes was a bit deaf so this buzzing and ringing of appliances, incl. A slimpline trlephone NEVER went off according to plan so I had to shout yo him, DAVE in a falsetto voice, to ring dong buzz and ping. Microwave video radio telio. Etc. Then rent a crowd, my cousins, the beegees turned up with my Aunty Ada, their Mum, my Dad's sister. And we, me and Janice went into this dong. She had the 45 inch version. Barry stormed off, Robin and our Maurice where laughing, Aunty Ada loved me cos I am cheeky and a better singer, was better😂Some old bags got the idea that I was a juvrnile dilinquent. Nevermind. I rnjoyed it, as did Ada, Robin and Mo😂❤❤❤
00:43 Reminds me of Chuck Berry's live version of "Rockin' and Reelin'... "We did it in the kitchen. We did it in the hall. I got some on my finger so I wiped it on the wall!"
KBOX AM DALLAS TX.....I was but a wee cub. I do remember thinking tho that for some strange, unbeknownst reason at the time she sounded like a lot of fun. 🌲🐻🌲✌
Hysterical. Sounds like Toby Keith's "The Critic" I don't think I've heard this since it came out 38 years ago. I really don't need to hear it again for another 38. All set.
This song was on the radio quite a bit during the summer that I turned 13. My best friend and I used to make fun of it: “Why is there even a song about a telephone man? That is so dumb!” Neither of us had a clue what it really meant, the naïve little girls that we were! Fast-forward about 45 years: Memorial Day Weekend, 2022…I heard this on SuriusXM 70s channel, after literally not hearing it since its heyday! Of course, this time around, I completely understood what the song was REALLY about. And…I also quickly understood why the song is best kept at the bottom of the dustbin of forgotten songs. Yeesh!
I was in the car and this song came on on the radio and I was like WHAT IS THIS I was a kid and I just thought it sounded funny and me and my sister we Lip singing to it and laughing
I had just graduated from high school when I heard this at work. Thank God it was a construction company & all the men were gone. I was the only office girl because I would've crawled under the desk, I was so embarrassed. This is not "kid" friendly at all. Neither the other one with the meter reader!!! 😯😳🙃🤯
If only she had the opportunity to perform the song on an episode of “THE DUKES OF HAZZARD” just to payoff the fine on a speeding ticket compliments of Boss Hogg?!
The radio station I worked at the time banned us from playing this (too suggestive).We played AT 40 & our manager had us cut it out of the broadcast.If it was #37,we played #38 & then went to #36.Really?
Remember it being played on KFRC in San Francisco.The DJ was saying THIS IS A HIT IN U.K.!???He played sample of it,panning it badly. Those are terrible, lyrics!! We didn't know it was double entendre song! He didn't play entire song. LOL..We heard putting phone in bedroom, ..turns out SHE GOT IT in bedroom also! LOL! It reached #6 in UK and #18 in US billboard charts. Those numbers earned her a *Ding-a-ling* 😄
I remember singing this in elementary school, and being sent to the principal's office! Hey! I WAS JUST A KID, and I felt the tune was catchy! I thought a ding a ling was the way the phone rang!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I had the same reaction to Chuck Berrys "My Dingaling"...... I was only 12yrs old....My first caning......
Hahaha!!
😄😄😄😄😄
The 1970s answer to Aqua's "Barbie Girl!"
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who listened to this as a child
Used to have the radio on a lot in our house when I was a kid and I remember this song as clear as day. 👍🏻
I was a radio DJ when this was released. Fortunately the station manager didn't get the double entendre and so it made it to the Playlist. Too funny. I got a good chuckle every time it aired.
I listened to this also when I was a kid😊
For some reason this song came into my head and I had to find it, just to get it out of my system. Haven't heard this since I was a little girl. It's still as I remember! I didn't fully understand the lyrics back then, not sure I do now ;)
purplevamp666 mine too. 😂😂😂😂
What's there to understand?????
I was 6 when it came out. Lyrics definitely interpreted differently now.
It just popped into my mind when I seen Telephone Line by ELO! I had to see if it was on here and dammed if it ain't! I know when I heard it when I was a kid, I thought about the words in 2 different ways. LOL
same as, i loved it as a young lad, nice to meet you, hey ladi hey ladi . lol.
I have never heard this song before. Fun song. It's like Rocky and Bullwinkle, you enjoy as a kid, you enjoy more as an adult.
I remember hearing this when I was a child. The double-entendre was completely lost on me!
How old were you at the time? I first heard it when I was between 13 and 14 and I remember being a little embarrassed by the double-entendre aspect of it.
Same!
When I was 8 and sang this in the school playground I thought it was a song about a telephone installation guy giving a woman customer options for her preferred positioning of a telephone in her home
I think 2 girls actually auditioned by acting this out for our jr high talent show. Can't remember whether they made it--probably not.
@@garylizard So did I, but I was only about 9 at the time!
I loved this song! The prominent thing about it for me has to be that bass line which perfect for practising clean playing and building finger strength. It's so sad that Meri Wilson tragically died in a car crash aged only 53. R.I.P. Meri.
For no reason WHATSOEVER!
This has been running laps through my head for the last half hour.
Snap,same here
@@philipbeaman5697 Same here and don't know why
I dont remember this song 😂 but it makes me think of the AT&T technician that came to fix my landline about a year ago 😍 lol
I was 8-9 years old when this came out. I didn't know everything about the "birds and the bees" at the time, but when I heard her sing "I got it in the bedroom and I got it in the hall", it was pretty obvious that it wasn't about telephone installation.
Of course it was! She was giving the customer options!! LOL
So weird and whimsical, you gotta love it!
Loved that song. Everyone knew the lyrics and you couldn’t help but smile when you heard it.
My parents went ape s$%& when I brought this little 45 record home. 😂
😂 Different world then.
Remember this back in the 70's, it makes you smile.
Used to be my favorite song as a kid. 😂
So many songs in the 70s weren't as innocent as we thought
And then these old ass people talkin bout some "oUr gEnErATioN oF mUsIC wAs mOrE rEsPectFuL" or sum along those lines 🤷
I remember that song when it first came out ! Fits great with alot of tunes with its easy smooth beat and her sweet voice
I think that I (still) have the 45 somewhere...I was a real catchy song.
That bass groove is just perfect
I really & truly love that song ever since I was a teenager and today, I still do. May you rest in peace, Merry Wilson who's not to be confused with or related to the Supremes' very own Mary Wilson.
The confusion in the UK was not with Mary Wilson, but Mari Wilson who was around in the early 80's, still around as it happens ...
Lol um no.. not that Wilson.. they were black women silly. It was a Mari Wilson from the uk.
I haven't heard this for years 😊
😂 This week’s music police on Scott Mills. Haven’t thought about it until now. But yes, incredibly catchy. Can’t help but smile.
My aunt has this in her 45 rpm collection. I was a kid when it was a hit. I didn't realize how big it was in other countries. It peaked at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 here in the U.S.
It was a hit in the UK too back in May or June 1977.
Omg i used to listen to this on my uncles turn table when i was 5. Thanks for the upload!!!
Lol my mother use to play this song all the time 😂😂😂 I can't believe I found it 😂😂
This song and Chuck Berry’s “My Ding-a-ling” was our favorite songs in grade school back in the day. It’s 2024 and here I am again…. I think I have issues….😂
Well done ALAN CARR.....for having the balls to play this on Radio2 in 2019........top man. Please play Peter the Meter Reader next week.....you'll have Mel in stitches....
Hi William, yes I heard it too but believe it or not this reached #6 in the UK charts around this time of year back in 1977! Alan and Mel laughed their heads off, 'Oh I've never done anything like this before, sigh' lucky her! The guy in the video really did look like 'a telephone man', which British Telecom engineers copied immediately afterwards...!!!
Those unpredictable 70s!!
LOL - At 11 I had no idea that this was about anything other than getting a new phone!
I have known about this song since I was working for BT as an executive engineer in R&D.
My dad worked for the telephone company; he was an installer and repairman so he was in a lot of homes.
When this song came out, I didn't know completely what it was about, but I was like oooohhhh, Dad!
I don't think my mom appreciated the song or comments much.
Some naughtie lady may know aww, poor Mum. I bet that sparked an argument in the bedroom.😂😮
I worked for the phone company for 38 years and I never was able to hang it on the wall.... Too short....
What was too short?
What do you think I was taking about? I'm a man.
Wow. Takes me way back. Thanks!
I have that phone,I had forgot about this song. So funny!
This song is based on a true story. The singer claimed she was seeing a telephone man or dating him. I was 11 in 1977 when I heard this on the radio. They would only play it after 10 pm😅.
Used to be in the regular rotation on the Dr Demento show!
It made the top 40
Great song Great beautiful lady RIP....also back before radio station had to "edit " music
I love when she does the guy voice....so cute!
Rest In Peace, Meri. She was working on a song called Internet Man when she passed away.
The Internet Man made it onto her compilations. Turns out he was the Telephone Man so she got it everywhere. If you know what I mran great.
as someone who spent his career as a telephone man, I can say that there is more truth to this than people think ...
Well I think the song is brilliant
Get well soon.
I sung this in the Liverpool centenary. My friend Janice and I where doing. THE HOUSE OF THE FUTURE. Dave, the man who had to stay behind the scenes was a bit deaf so this buzzing and ringing of appliances, incl. A slimpline trlephone NEVER went off according to plan so I had to shout yo him, DAVE in a falsetto voice, to ring dong buzz and ping. Microwave video radio telio. Etc. Then rent a crowd, my cousins, the beegees turned up with my Aunty Ada, their Mum, my Dad's sister. And we, me and Janice went into this dong. She had the 45 inch version. Barry stormed off, Robin and our Maurice where laughing, Aunty Ada loved me cos I am cheeky and a better singer, was better😂Some old bags got the idea that I was a juvrnile dilinquent. Nevermind. I rnjoyed it, as did Ada, Robin and Mo😂❤❤❤
I spelt it wrong. Hell, bloody crap AI Hal. The teas maid didnt even work. My Aunty Ada was gasping for a cuppa😮
This takes me back, rest in peace Meri...sigh*
00:43
Reminds me of Chuck Berry's live version of "Rockin' and Reelin'...
"We did it in the kitchen. We did it in the hall. I got some on my finger so I wiped it on the wall!"
I am glad I found this song. I was told it was done by The Olympics. I can find no such recording. If anyone knows just reply. Thanks!
KBOX AM DALLAS TX.....I was but a wee cub. I do remember thinking tho that for some strange, unbeknownst reason at the time she sounded like a lot of fun.
🌲🐻🌲✌
I heard it after a long time, but it's a addictive song
Cute!
Hilarious I was in Kindergarten when this came out 😂
So funny! 😂
Love this song
Hysterical. Sounds like Toby Keith's "The Critic" I don't think I've heard this since it came out 38 years ago. I really don't need to hear it again for another 38. All set.
Never heard this before till now
1st heard this on Dr. Demento
R I P! I loved this song!
Forgot about this song.
She was dern cute.:)
The Queen of the Delivered Double Entendre!:)
Agh the memories lol the good old day's
Takes me back.............
She was a stunning looking woman
I was There Man ! :) QC
love this
HILARIOUS
A one hit wonder is a wonder.🤔 Just Wow.
RIP beautiful lady
I also have the Little and Large version of this in this playlist.
I need to hear that.
Sounds terrifying!!
I remember this as a little kid. Still hate it all these years later. I can't believe this was produced.
Best song ever
I always sing on job sites and just watch the reactions
She was my choral director in HS.... may she #RIH
You lucky dog...
OMG I remember this even tho i was a kid. It's very bizarre and didn't know it was rude....until now reading the comments 😂😂😂😂😂
The lip-sync job on this is really very well done. You'd think they mic'd the phone.
I remember it, as a kid I had no idea it was pure filth 😂🤣
So at least it was clean filth!
Dear BBC. This is utter filth.
Yours,
Mary Whitehouse,
Sanctimonious Hell.
Filth? Haha! Not even.
It's only filth if you see it that way.
This song was on the radio quite a bit during the summer that I turned 13. My best friend and I used to make fun of it: “Why is there even a song about a telephone man? That is so dumb!” Neither of us had a clue what it really meant, the naïve little girls that we were!
Fast-forward about 45 years: Memorial Day Weekend, 2022…I heard this on SuriusXM 70s channel, after literally not hearing it since its heyday! Of course, this time around, I completely understood what the song was REALLY about. And…I also quickly understood why the song is best kept at the bottom of the dustbin of forgotten songs. Yeesh!
All us kids were naïve about it; as we should have been.
On my 10th birthday this 45 was all I wanted and now 44 years later I still listen to it
Not quite a "forgotten song", it seems
I was in the car and this song came on on the radio and I was like WHAT IS THIS
I was a kid and I just thought it sounded funny and me and my sister we Lip singing to it and laughing
You were listening to America's top 40 with Kasey kassem? Same thing happened to me this morning.
manlyone23 yeah 😂
2021 and its my 1st time hearing this
OMG my Dad has the single on vinal crazy
I got a free copy when a local radio station was handing out free demos. Thought it was silly and silly now.
Wow
I had just graduated from high school when I heard this at work. Thank God it was a construction company & all the men were gone. I was the only office girl because I would've crawled under the desk, I was so embarrassed. This is not "kid" friendly at all. Neither the other one with the meter reader!!! 😯😳🙃🤯
Obscene😀
Comedy gold.
bruh this song is so nostalgic! I haven't heard it since I was like five 😍
If only she had the opportunity to perform the song on an episode of “THE DUKES OF HAZZARD” just to payoff the fine on a speeding ticket compliments of Boss Hogg?!
The radio station I worked at the time banned us from playing this (too suggestive).We played AT 40 & our manager had us cut it out of the broadcast.If it was #37,we played #38 & then went to #36.Really?
Brring lingabrrrring❤️😁
He used to be Peter my Meter Reader 😉
USA idea of a novelty record
And for the ding a long reference,?? Chuck Berry infamously got in first in 1972 and it got banned..It was only about a handbell you shook honest!
How could she call the telephone company if she needed the phone hooked up? Hehe ☺️
Back in the old days we'd call before moving...or from a neighbor's or friend's house phone.
Oh, the subtext!
Good old 70s smut.
I lmfao the first time I heard this
Tacky as Hell.
Always sounded like she got something else! They didn't have Red Bull or Mike's Hard Lemonade then, so ....WHAT A NUT!!
How was she able to call the phone company?
Remember it being played on KFRC in San Francisco.The DJ was saying THIS IS A HIT IN U.K.!???He played sample of it,panning it badly. Those are terrible, lyrics!! We didn't know it was double entendre song! He didn't play entire song. LOL..We heard putting phone in bedroom, ..turns out SHE GOT IT in bedroom also! LOL! It reached #6 in UK and #18 in US billboard charts. Those numbers earned her a *Ding-a-ling* 😄
José Arturo she also recorded a song called “Peter, the Meter Reader.” Never heard it. I can only imagine.
So sad she died young .
If she needed a phone putting in, how did she phone the phone company?
1. From a neighbor's, friend's, or family member's home.
2. From a pay phone (they were on every street corner and at every gas station back then).