Tom Tom Club Wordy Rappinghood (1981)

Wordy Rappinghood is the debut single by American new wave band Tom Tom Club, from their 1981 selftitled debut album. It uses part of a traditional Moroccan children s song and game, A Ram Sam Sam, made popular by the 1971 Rolf Harris recording. In the United States, the song topped the Billboard Disco Top 80 chart along with Genius of Love. Chart performance (19811982) UK Singles (OCC) 7 US Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100105 US Billboard Disco Top 801