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20 issue of Billboard listed the song at No. Phil Sweetland, writing for the New York Times stated that at 'age 62 and 43 years after 'The Twist,' Chubby Checker has once again comes up with a top-five single: a hip-hop-flavored version of another of his 1960's hits, 'Limbo Rock.'' Sweetland also states that 'the Dec. In 1995, the song was covered by the cast of Mickey's Fun Songs in the episode, 'Beach Party at Walt Disney World.'Ĭhart performance All-time charts Chart (1958-2018)Ĭhubby Checker released a remix of the song in 2003, titled 'Limbo Rock (Remixes),' produced Mike Rogers and Gary Lefkowith and featuring Inner Circle. It also appeared on the compilation album, The Stars of Discovery Music and in the 1993 video, The Rainy Day Adventure. In 1991, Joanie Bartels covered the song, releasing it as a single from the album Dancin' Magic. In an incredible performance, Checker danced the Limbo on stage while simultaneously performing the song on The Ed Sullivan Show. Checker's witchy laugh is heard a few times in the sequel 'Let's Limbo some more,' the nursery rhyme 'Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jumped over the candlestick,' is altered with the line: 'Jack go under Limbo stick.' There is also a drum riff between some of the verses and choruses, including the one that ends the song, too. They are: 'Limbo lower now (2x) / How low can you go', and 'Don't move that limbo bar / You'll be a limbo star / How low can you go.' A male chorus sings the 'La la' chorus between the second and third verses. Checker does a couple of monologues between the first and second verses, as well as the third verse and the final whistling chorus. The song is noted for Checker's high pitched witchy laugh, which is heard between most of the choruses of the song. Thinking it was a mistake, he telephoned BMI to ask about it and was told that the check was indeed his money, earned from the Champs' and Chubby Checker's renditions of 'Monotonous Melody' under the title 'Limbo Rock'. Some months later, Strange was amazed to receive a royalty check from Broadcast Music, Inc. A few months later Chubby Checker's manager Kal Mann asked Strange if he could record the song with different lyrics that became 'Limbo Rock'. As a joke he sang the 'What a monotonous melody' song. Whilst later doing a recording session for Ricky Nelson, Strange was asked if he had a song for recording. Strange pulled out a note pad and came up with the tune in under five minutes, with the only lyrics being 'What a monotonous melody' for every line, and pocketed the money. His friend produced a hundred-dollar bill from his wallet and bet him he could not. Strange sneered that he could write a better song in five minutes. In 1960 session guitarist Billy Strange and a friend were listening to a song on the radio.

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