I was a senior in high school when this came out in 1972. Everyone was playing this song and the girls were just eating it up and laughing their buns off. My what a fun time we had back then. We took it all in with a grain of salt. What memories...Chuck sure gave us all one to remember. Priceless!
@@degsbabe My senior class of 1972 just had their 50th year reunion. Cannot believe 50 years have gone by. Thank goodness I was born in the 50's to be able to experience the birth of Rock & Roll, the British invasion of the 60's starting with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. How the 60's ended with the grandest Rock & Roll festival 'Woodstock' back in (1969) ever!.What is not to like?
Man... What happened to America.. It's full of sensitive, men DRESSED as women, and women thinking they are a man, mentally unstable, WOKE liberal softies now!!! "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN"
This was Chuck's first gold record. There's a long session where he teaches the audience to sing. The boys sing "Ding A Ling." The girls sing "I want you to play with my." You can hear it fairly clearly on this recording.
This was a very popular song. I had an album with this song but my grandmother heard the song and broke the album in half. So not everyone loved the song but it still makes me smile.
I remember when I was young and this song came out. We giggled at it. It's actually only a bit dirty in your mind. Listen to the first verse again. It explains what it is.
Hay, you two, I just watched your video staring that crazy man, Chuck Berry. I am a sixty six year old grandmother now, but, when Chuck Berry released that song in 72, I was 16. We teens loved it, it was so funny, and of course the grownups was horrified. Lol! That song was censored back then, so I'm having a good time listening to it again. Ha ha ha, so much fun!
There's a longer version of this song that has him talking to the audience at the beginning and you will be laughing for a long time. You should check it out...Also check out his song"Reelin` and Rockin`",You will love it.
I was just a little kid when this song came out in 1972, but I can remember it well and thought it was hilarious, which it is. The amazing thing about this song though is that I am really surprised it was played on the radio!😀
I remember this song when I was kid. Everyone thought it was hysterical. FYI- it’s a cover. Chuck Berry did not write this. It was originally recorded in the 50s by another artist.
When I was a little girl every time that song came on my mom with turn the radio up and tell me and my brother the same and she would laugh hysterically
He did this when he came to my college Frostburg State in 1968. He blew us away. One of the best concerts I have ever been at. He was such a great song writer and performer. An original.-Never to be duplicated.
I saw Chuck perform this when I was 17 at a summer concert on Lake Erie in the resort town of Port Dover, Ontario Canada. It was quite a concert. Chuck was full of energy and fun. He would do this after the crowd was a bit more relaxed. Inuendo to the max. Cheers from Canada
I remember we had this record at home. when my mam played it for us, we were so shocked cos it was rude But it was sooooo funnny. We used to sing it at school, so all the other kids would laugh. We'd get into trouble if the teachers heard us though.🤣🎶🤣🎤🤣🎼🤪
Big thumbs up! I knew you would love this and waiting for your reactions was so much fun! You two simply brighten my day! Mr. Berry was such an incredible artist to see him just having fun, what a performer he was, a gift.
Chuck covered this 50's song in1972, and I remember many radio stations banned the song. We young people still managed to find stations on which to hear it though, and it always made us laugh. Crazy that with everything Chuck did, this was his only #1 single. ...
Growing up in the 80s, The Best Of The Best Of Chuck Berry was one of our road trip cassettes, my dad was a big fan. This was one of my favorites songs since I was like eight!
I'm 70 now and saw Chuck Berry around 1969 or 1970 in Long Beach California. Me and a friend hitchiked there and panhandled the $2.00 to see him. It was a trip; he had alot of energy!
I’ll be 48 next month and I remember singing this song when I was 6 or 7 years old. I taught it to my kids too and they love it. They will probably teach it to their kids too.
The BBC didn't actually censor this song - although there was a campaign to get it banned - but didn't play it on their stations .... which helped to make it a number one in the charts!!
I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard it the first time: what a great comedian he was besides his outstanding music talent that I was aware of! It’s fucking hilarious
Chuck's only #1 hit believe it or not. This came out in 1972(recorded live in London) 18 years after his first hit "Maybelline" came out in 1954. I think he had one more Top 40 after this with "Reelin' And Rockin' " also 1972.
It was weird with all the fierce competition early on in his career that he never hit #1 until My Ding-a-ling... He was #2 on several occasions though...but rarely out of the top 10...
💕 H A P P Y N E W Y E A R !!! 2 0 2 2 💕 ⭐️ This song NEVER gets old. Seeing the live video for the first time today, made me laugh even harder than all of the times I’ve EVER heard the song, and I was twelve when this song came out!!! ⭐️ Loved your reactions, you made me laugh, even more, Shawn & Mel! 💕With much love always, ~ Laura💕⭐️ ❤️ 🥰❤️ S and M SQUAD IS THE BEST!!! ❤️🥰❤️
You guys are so great I haven't laughed this hard from a reaction and song in a long time. I forgot about this song loved it as a child but you better not be caught singing it.
Such a fun song! Ty guys! Happy New Year to ALL! 🤗💖🤗 PS if you get a chance watch the full version where he gives the audience instructions on how to participate! Hysterical!!!
I love Chuck Berry .... my uncle used to play his records all the time in the '60s .... but this song reminds me of my late Mum who loved this song especially because thry tried to ban it here - so she went & bought it!! Chuck Berry is an icon to me ..... loved your reaction guys :)
I've actually got this on an old '45... listened to it so much when I was a kid I'm surprised it still plays... but it does... and it's still just as funny!
This particular clip is from Chuck's show at Lanchester Polytechnic Arts Festival, Coventry, England in June 1972, a week? long event featuring all kinds of music, from classical to Elton John. The audience is largely British students at the Poly (now a University). His show was filmed and recorded and instead of all his classic rccknroll numbers, THIS was the hit of the show. Pye Records released it as a single and it gave Chuck his first and only UK number One, it even kept Elvis' "Burning Love" off the top of the British chart. Before this he recorded essentially the same song as "My Tambourine" on his 1968 Frisco album, presumably because the record company didnt like the "rude" TingaLing lyrics. Ironically Ting a Ling was hated by the British rock n roll fans, the Teds etc, as they thought he wasn't staying true to his 50s RnR roots. But that's Chuck for you, always an entertainer, and never afraid to upset people.
I was a high school freshman when this was popular. I was in the band and we rode a bus to ballgames with the cheerleaders. There were always sing-a-longs to and from the games and this was the most requested song to sing! hahahahaha
I was in my early twenties when this came out. Those were fun, enjoyable open and progressive days. Days when we could speak and express freely without fear. How the humaneness has been removed from human life is a total mystery to me. I am so happy that you enjoyed this, although with a touch of shyness and a sense of embarrassment. Thank you for sharing dears. For me, Chuck Berry will always be the godfather of rock and Sister Rosetta Tharpe the fairy godmother of rock. All music is wonderful, but I am blessed to have grown up in the most musically magical times. Greetings from India.
Chuck is the man...
He didn’t say anything dirty. It’s all in “your” mind. 😄
Exactly,I remember this well we were all singing it
That's right!
Mel remembers that what it was called as a little girl!😂😂
This is comedy gold
Oh I forgot to tell this was in England and the Queen was in attendance.
Then she went home to play with Philip's ding-a-ling.
Bet the queen was the loudest my
I was a senior in high school when this came out in 1972. Everyone was playing this song and the girls were just eating it up and laughing their buns off. My what a fun time we had back then. We took it all in with a grain of salt. What memories...Chuck sure gave us all one to remember. Priceless!
Yes I was already out of High School in 1972 and was in South Vietnam then in 1973 in Thailand and this song was a big hit
@@degsbabe My senior class of 1972 just had their 50th year reunion. Cannot believe 50 years have gone by. Thank goodness I was born in the 50's to be able to experience the birth of Rock & Roll, the British invasion of the 60's starting with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. How the 60's ended with the grandest Rock & Roll festival 'Woodstock' back in (1969) ever!.What is not to like?
Man... What happened to America.. It's full of sensitive, men DRESSED as women, and women thinking they are a man, mentally unstable, WOKE liberal softies now!!!
"MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN"
I was a senior in high school too and have always loved and laughed at this song.
This was in England! They had a great sense of humor. 😂
This was Chuck's first gold record. There's a long session where he teaches the audience to sing. The boys sing "Ding A Ling." The girls sing "I want you to play with my." You can hear it fairly clearly on this recording.
It was also his only hit to make it to #1.
😂
Just silliness and fun. Got to love it.
The man was a genius. He could sing and play the hell out of his guitar.
my grandmother used to laugh and let us listen as kids. damn, this made me choke up.
RIP Chuck, thanks for the memories. 🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸
It was a fun song and we all enjoyed it. Kids, parents, and grandparents enjoyed singing.
I remember singing this back in the day 🎸🇬🇧 R.I.P MR BERRY
This was a very popular song. I had an album with this song but my grandmother heard the song and broke the album in half. So not everyone loved the song but it still makes me smile.
🤭🤭🤭🤭
Sometimes I laughed at how our parents thought in their days
Australia 💕 Christina
I was heart broken when your grandmother broke the record in half.
That's how you knew it was a good record!
I remember when I was young and this song came out. We giggled at it. It's actually only a bit dirty in your mind. Listen to the first verse again. It explains what it is.
Chuck Berry to cool man !
Hay, you two, I just watched your video staring that crazy man, Chuck Berry. I am a sixty six year old grandmother now, but, when Chuck Berry released that song in 72, I was 16. We teens loved it, it was so funny, and of course the grownups was horrified. Lol! That song was censored back then, so I'm having a good time listening to it again. Ha ha ha, so much fun!
ikr it is a funny song.
There's a longer version of this song that has him talking to the audience at the beginning and you will be laughing for a long time. You should check it out...Also check out his song"Reelin` and Rockin`",You will love it.
I was just a little kid when this song came out in 1972, but I can remember it well and thought it was hilarious, which it is. The amazing thing about this song though is that I am really surprised it was played on the radio!😀
It was #1 for 4 or 5 weeks in the UK.
The 70s were absolutely amazing. It didn't matter where you were from, there was always room for one more at any event.
You are so correct...and Lord do I miss it!
I wish you had gotten the video with the set up where he was teaching them their parts. It's so funny.
We used to sing this song on the school bus on the way to school every morning even the bus driver joined in, Love Chuck berry !
I remember this song when I was kid. Everyone thought it was hysterical. FYI- it’s a cover. Chuck Berry did not write this. It was originally recorded in the 50s by another artist.
My Tamborine , I think, Still Chuck works an audience as a showman
When I was a little girl every time that song came on my mom with turn the radio up and tell me and my brother the same and she would laugh hysterically
Love Chuck Berry. So handsome with a twinkle in his eyes.
Fun fact or tragedy?
He did this when he came to my college Frostburg State in 1968. He blew us away. One of the best concerts I have ever been at. He was such a great song writer and performer. An original.-Never to be duplicated.
I saw Chuck perform this when I was 17 at a summer concert on Lake Erie in the resort town of Port Dover, Ontario Canada. It was quite a concert. Chuck was full of energy and fun. He would do this after the crowd was a bit more relaxed. Inuendo to the max. Cheers from Canada
Sweet. See you on Friday the 13th.
Hello. I'm from the other side of lake erie. Hello from Cleveland. Wishing everyone a happy new year
We loved CHUCK BERRY's dingle a ling up here in the cold north too, greetings from Norway.
I've been waiting for you guys to do one! Thanks.
Just another example of his skill as a performer. This reconfirms the fact that music is suppose to bring joy.
I remember we had this record at home. when my mam played it for us, we were so shocked cos it was rude But it was sooooo funnny. We used to sing it at school, so all the other kids would laugh. We'd get into trouble if the teachers heard us though.🤣🎶🤣🎤🤣🎼🤪
Haha! I had this reaction when my dad played Bertha Butt Boogie! 😛
I laugh out loud every time I hear this song. Love it!!
The only sad thing about this song is that it was his biggest hit!!!
Chuck Berry was great ! He had it rough in the 60’s because he was black he kept right on going what a musical genius. Love you bruh RIP !!!
Such a fun song.
His first and only Number 1 song from the 50’s to the 60’s and finally to 1972
I absolutely love it laughed so hard tears were comming
Omg! I haven't heard this in years!!
Big thumbs up! I knew you would love this and waiting for your reactions was so much fun! You two simply brighten my day! Mr. Berry was such an incredible artist to see him just having fun, what a performer he was, a gift.
It's only half of the original video. Here is proper link.
Chuck Berry; "My Ding A Ling, Live" {10:56} 1972
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I love Chuck Berry, the R&R King! This is the cutest little dirty song ever! 😂😂😂😂❤️❤️❤️❤️
Chuck covered this 50's song in1972, and I remember many radio stations banned the song.
We young people still managed to find stations on which to hear it though, and it always made us laugh.
Crazy that with everything Chuck did, this was his only #1 single. ...
This is my favorite song of the True King of Rock and Roll.I first heard him when I was in grade school back in the fifties.
I love watching people react to this for the first time.
Such a funny one! Chuck had a bit of perv in him if you read up on him,lol
Y’all in for a treat!!!! Another good fun song is Wildwood Weed by Jim Stafford. 😂😂😂😂
Also Spider and Snakes and My Girl Bill.
Growing up in the 80s, The Best Of The Best Of Chuck Berry was one of our road trip cassettes, my dad was a big fan. This was one of my favorites songs since I was like eight!
Saw him in '72 and we sang this as loud as we could. Unforgettable. Thanks for memory lane!!
ABSOLUTELY LOVED your reaction to Chuck Berry's 'My Ding-a-ling'! Especially Shawn's!! Too funny!! You guys are great!
You should check out the full 11 minute version
He had a magnificent stage presence
Chuck Berry, the real King of rock and roll.
I'm 70 now and saw Chuck Berry around 1969 or 1970 in Long Beach California. Me and a friend hitchiked there and panhandled the $2.00 to see him. It was a trip; he had alot of energy!
I love Chuck berry. Hes so entertaining.
Number 1 hit!! Oh boy!
Surprisingly this was his only number one hit.
I’ll be 48 next month and I remember singing this song when I was 6 or 7 years old. I taught it to my kids too and they love it. They will probably teach it to their kids too.
I had the pleasure of seeing Chuck Berry live in concert.
Chuck berry was one of a kind. I sure miss ole chuck. RIP 🙏🙏
I owned this record and saw Mr. Berry in 73. Best concert. Had a blast. I am loving you two hearing this for the first time.
Saw him in concert when he was in his 80's. He was so good. Rest in peace..
The BBC didn't actually censor this song - although there was a campaign to get it banned - but didn't play it on their stations .... which helped to make it a number one in the charts!!
Chuck Berry is one of the greatest performers to ever live. He is one of the founding fathers of rock & roll.
you know it sounds from the accents of the crowd that this was recorded in the UK.
Recorded at the locarno ballroom Coventry west Midlands England on 2 February 72 as part of the lanchester music festival
…we had rolls of laughter growing up to this Chuck Berry’s Classic 🤣😂🤣❤️❤️
Lmao........we used to play this every chance we could on the jukebox at the pool.......funniest song and performance
I can't believe no one knows him. He was a genius....... I think this was filmed in London. We loved him over here.
loved the song i remember it from the 70,s it still brings a smile to my face and i,m 60 lol.
So much fun! We used to love singing to this song.
I went out and bought this single, when this was number one in the UK charts.
Best reaction yet...Chuck had the world laughing singing 🤣.
The Grandfather of Rock and Roll's ONLY USA #1 Billboard hit.
The shocked look on Shawn's face is priceless.
Uses to walk around in jr high singing this. This and Mac Davis HARD TO BE HUMBLE
I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard it the first time: what a great comedian he was besides his outstanding music talent that I was aware of! It’s fucking hilarious
He explains at the start what his ding a ling is, so any innuendo is in the mind of the listener
Any Americans watching this might like to know u can see the whole show on Chuck Berry at the BBC 1972 .it's on line to view. All the best.
Fun stuff!! :)
Chuck's only #1 hit believe it or not. This came out in 1972(recorded live in London) 18 years after his first hit "Maybelline" came out in 1954. I think he had one more Top 40 after this with "Reelin' And Rockin' " also 1972.
It was weird with all the fierce competition early on in his career that he never hit #1 until My Ding-a-ling... He was #2 on several occasions though...but rarely out of the top 10...
Thanks Chuck. This one’s a keeper. It was bleeped on the radio every time he sang ding a ling. Thank God we had him.
💕 H A P P Y N E W Y E A R !!! 2 0 2 2 💕 ⭐️ This song NEVER gets old. Seeing the live video for the first time today, made me laugh even harder than all of the times I’ve EVER heard the song, and I was twelve when this song came out!!! ⭐️ Loved your reactions, you made me laugh, even more, Shawn & Mel!
💕With much love always, ~ Laura💕⭐️
❤️ 🥰❤️ S and M SQUAD IS THE BEST!!! ❤️🥰❤️
Chuck was years beyond his time.
And no one ran for their safe space.
Chuck was one of the most talented people in the world.
Lmao. I’ve never heard this song in its entirety. I had no idea Chuck Berry did it.
Excellent.
Fun Fact : This was Chuck Berry's ONLY number one hit
that's a shame. He composed so many great ones that almost became standards. But this is fun.
What a shame
It never stops being funny!🤣
You guys are so great I haven't laughed this hard from a reaction and song in a long time. I forgot about this song loved it as a child but you better not be caught singing it.
I’ll always remember listening to this in college, 1972!
Oooh, I really hope you went back and heard this from the beginning. Its gold. ❤🎶🎸
The first time that I ever heard this song was back in the late 80's while seeing Chuck Berry in concert. Love this reaction.
Such a fun song! Ty guys! Happy New Year to ALL!
🤗💖🤗
PS if you get a chance watch the full version where he gives the audience instructions on how to participate! Hysterical!!!
I love Chuck Berry .... my uncle used to play his records all the time in the '60s .... but this song reminds me of my late Mum who loved this song especially because thry tried to ban it here - so she went & bought it!! Chuck Berry is an icon to me ..... loved your reaction guys :)
I've actually got this on an old '45... listened to it so much when I was a kid I'm surprised it still plays... but it does... and it's still just as funny!
Father of rock n roll.
I loved your reaction, I first time I heard this song was when I was about 5 in 1974. Your reaction just made me smile 😃 Thanks I needed it.
This particular clip is from Chuck's show at Lanchester Polytechnic Arts Festival, Coventry, England in June 1972, a week? long event featuring all kinds of music, from classical to Elton John. The audience is largely British students at the Poly (now a University). His show was filmed and recorded and instead of all his classic rccknroll numbers, THIS was the hit of the show. Pye Records released it as a single and it gave Chuck his first and only UK number One, it even kept Elvis' "Burning Love" off the top of the British chart. Before this he recorded essentially the same song as "My Tambourine" on his 1968 Frisco album, presumably because the record company didnt like the "rude" TingaLing lyrics. Ironically Ting a Ling was hated by the British rock n roll fans, the Teds etc, as they thought he wasn't staying true to his 50s RnR roots. But that's Chuck for you, always an entertainer, and never afraid to upset people.
Reeelin and rockin should be your next chuck berry song
I was a high school freshman when this was popular. I was in the band and we rode a bus to ballgames with the cheerleaders. There were always sing-a-longs to and from the games and this was the most requested song to sing! hahahahaha
I was in my early twenties when this came out. Those were fun, enjoyable open and progressive days. Days when we could speak and express freely without fear. How the humaneness has been removed from human life is a total mystery to me. I am so happy that you enjoyed this, although with a touch of shyness and a sense of embarrassment. Thank you for sharing dears. For me, Chuck Berry will always be the godfather of rock and Sister Rosetta Tharpe the fairy godmother of rock. All music is wonderful, but I am blessed to have grown up in the most musically magical times. Greetings from India.
I saw Chuck Berry in concert at Madison Square Garden in the early 70's. It was a Dick Clark reunion concert with 10 other acts.
Chuck is a great way to start off the new year ,with a smile. Have an amazing 2022 !