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Friday, January 6, 2017

Information About And Multiple Examples Of The Children's Song "A Pizza Hut"

Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest revision - July 9, 2023

This pancocojams post provides multiple examples of the children's song "A Pizza Hut" (originally known as "The Fast Food Song"). That song is modeled after the children's song "A Ram Sam Sam".

"Ram Sam Sam" is modeled after a Moroccan (North African) folk song. "A Pizza Hut" has the same tune as "A Ram Sam Sam" and is sung while performing motions that are supposed to suggest the names of the fast food restaurants. Some versions of "A Pizza Hut" also include references to Star Wars movie characters and/or mildly put-down references to Boy Scout or Girl Scout (Girl Guide) divisions.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/01/information-about-examples-of-childrens.html for a link for a companion post on the children's song "A Ram Sam Sam".

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Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.

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COMMENTS ABOUT AND TEXT EXAMPLES OF "A PIZZA HUT"
These comments and/or lyrics are given in no particular order.
Comments/lyrics #1
From PIZZA HUT [FAST FOOD SONG]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Food_Song
"Fast Food Song" is a song made famous by the British-based band the Fast Food Rockers, although it existed long before they recorded it,[1] as a popular children's playground song. The chorus was based on the Moroccan folk tune "A Ram Sam Sam". It mentions the fast food restaurants McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut.[2]

It was released in June 2003 as the lead single from their album It's Never Easy Being Cheesy. The song was highly successful on the UK Singles Chart, reaching number two in the official charts. The song also achieved chart success worldwide and reached number twenty-four on the Irish Charts and number fifty-six on the Australian ARIA Charts. The song was co-written and produced by Mike Stock. The lyrics were mildly controversial for supposedly promoting the excessive consumption of fast food by children, which is why some UK-based radio stations will not play the song when it is requested...

DJ Ötzi version
A version recorded by Austrian artist DJ Ötzi was released in July 2003 titled "Burger Dance". It reached number-one in Germany, peaked at number 3 in Austria, and at number 7 in Switzerland.

The song is largely based on "Fast Food Song", also using samples of "A Ram Sam Sam" and some sections of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" particularly "Glory Glory Hallelujah"...

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Comments/lyrics #2
From http://drjean.org/html/lyrics/lyricsJustForFun.pdf Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut, Pizza Hut, (Arms out in a circle.)
Kentucky Fried Chicken (Flap arms like a chicken.)
And Pizza Hut.
Pizza Hut, Pizza Hut,
Kentucky Fried Chicken
And Pizza Hut.
MacDonald’s, MacDonald’s, (Hands together in front and then up and
Kentucky Fried Chicken over like an arch.)
And Pizza Hut.
MacDonald’s, MacDonald’s,
Kentucky Fried Chicken
And Pizza Hut.

Burger King and Taco Bell (Make crown with hands on “King,” and
shake head on “Bell.”)
Dairy Queen and Arby’s (Pretend to milk a cow on “Dairy Queen” and
twirl hand in the air like a lasso on “Arby’s”.)
Red Lobster and Wendy’s (Hands like pincers on “Lobster” and make
piggy tails with hands on side of head for “Wendy’s.”)

Activities: Invite children to make up additional verses using other restaurants.

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Comments/lyrics #3:
From http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=91948
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Kid's rhymes: Big Mac, Coca Cola & more
From: Little Robyn
Date: 04 Jun 06 - 08:04 PM

"It's all here Ram Sam Sam http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=67001 "Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Ram Sam Sam (from Rolf Harris)
but we have different movements -
Ram sam sam - stamp your feet
Gooli gooli - arm twiddling (like thumb twiddling but with the whole arm)(same as 'This old man came rolling home')
Arafi - raise your arms in the air as you stand up and then sit down again.
At least, that's the way we do it.
For the Pizza Hutt version -
Pizza Hutt - make a roof shape with your hands
Kentucky fried chicken - make wing flapping movements, with hands under your armpits
McDonalds - make the big M shape - either drawing it in the air or hold arms up with hands curved over and fingertips touching."

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Comments/lyrics #4
From http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/pizza-hut.html Pizza Hut
(Actions in brackets are to be done every time that line is sung.)
A Pizza Hut (make a square in the air)
A Pizza Hut
Kentucky Fried Chicken (flap your arms like you're doing the chicken dance)
And a Pizza Hut
A Pizza Hut
A Pizza Hut,
Kentucky Fried Chicken
And a Pizza Hut

McDonalds McDonalds (use two hands-make an "M" in the air, starting in the middle)
Kentucky Fried Chicken
And a Pizza Hut
Mc Donald's, Mc Donald's,
Kentucky Fried Chicken
And a Pizza Hut

A Jabba the Hut*
A Jabba the Hut
Luke Skywalker
And a Jabba the Hut
A Jabba the Hut
A Jabba the Hut
Luke Skywalker
And a Jabba the Hut
Darth Vader Darth Vader
Luke Skywalker
And a Jabba the Hut
Darth Vader Darth Vader
Luke Skywalker
And a Jabba the Hut

A Burger King (mime eating a burger)
A Burger King,
A Taco Bell (mime ringing a bell)
And a Burger King
A Burger King
A Burger King,
A Taco Bell
And a Burger King
Red Lobster, Red Lobster, (make claws)
A Taco Bell
And a Burger King
Red Lobster, Red Lobster,
A Taco Bell
And a Burger King"
-snip-
*The "Jabba the hut" verse features characters from Star Wars movies.

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Comment/lyrics #5:
From http://www.scoutorama.com/the-fast-food-song-version-1205-song
The Fast Food Song
Lyrics

A pizza hut,a pizza hut,
kentucky fried chicken and a pizza hut,
a pizza hut,a pizza hut,
kentucky fried chicken and a pizza hut,
mcdonalds,mcdonalds,
kentucky fried chicken and a pizza hut,
mcdonalds,mcdonalds,
kentucky fried chicken and a pizza hut.

A burger king,a burger king,
long john silvers and a burger king,
a burger king,a burger king,
long john silvers and a burger king,
red lobster,red lobster,
long john silvers and a burger king,
red lobster,red lobster,
long john silvers and a burger king.

A jabba the hut,a jabba the hut,
luke skywalker and a jabba the hut,
a jabba the hut,a jabba the hut,
luke skywalker and a jabba the hut,
darth vader,darth vader,
luke skywalker and a jabba the hut,
darth vader,darth vader,
luke skywalker and a jabba the hut.

A bingo hall,a bingo hall,
a little old lady in a bingo hall,
a bingo hall,a bingo hall,
a little old lady in a bingo hall,
arthridus**,arthridus,
a little old lady in a bingo hall,
arthridus,arthridus,a little old lady in a bingo hall.

Comments:
I am a boy scout from Troop 323 in Land O' Lakes FL, some of my friends taught me this song and we sang it on a camp out and everyone loved it. So Enjoy! :-)

Contributor :Steven Collins
-snip-
*arthridus = arthritis (disease)

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Comments/lyrics #6
From https://www.boyscouttrail.com/content/song/show-songs-tiger.asp

A Ram Sam Sam
Intended for:   All Scouts

Lyrics:    A ram sam sam, a ram sam sam
Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam
A ram sam sam, a ram sam sam
Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam
A rafi, a rafi,
Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam
A rafi, a rafi,
Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam

Alternate Lyrics

A Pizza Hut, a Pizza Hut
Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut
A Pizza Hut, a Pizza Hut
Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut
McDonald's, McDonald's
Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut

A Burger King, a Burger King
Long John Silvers and a Burger King
A Burger King, a Burger King
Long John Silvers and a Burger King
Red Lobster, Red Lobster
Long John Silvers and a Burger King

A Dairy Queen, a Dairy Queen
Chucky Cheese and a Dairy Queen
A Dairy Queen, a Dairy Queen
Chucky Cheese and a Dairy Queen
Roy Rogers, Roy Rogers
Chucky Cheese and a Dairy Queen

Actions:

Pizza Hut: Make shape of hut in air
Kentucky Fried Chicken: Flap elbows up and down
McDonalds: Put hands on top of head for arches
Burger King: Put hands on head with fingers up to make crown
Long John Silvers: Mimic sword play
Red Lobster: Hold up arms and bring fingers down on thumbs like lobster claws
Dairy Queen: Mimic milking a cow
Chucky Cheese: Mimic throwing a pizza in air
Roy Rogers: Mimic riding a horse.
-snip-
All of these names except for "Chucky Cheese" refer to fast food establishments in the United States. "Long John Silver" sells fish dishes and has a pirate motif. "Roy Rogers" was an actor who portrayed a cowboy before he opened those eateries. "Dairy Queen" primarily serves ice cream products. "Chucky Cheese" is a United States based chain of entertainment centers that caters to young children and also serves pizza.

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS

Example #1: Noah and the Pizza Hut Song



Ed Rychlick, Uploaded on May 8, 2010

Noah and his preschool at their May 2010 Spring Sing Event sing the "Pizza Hut Song".

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Example #2: DJ Otzi-Burger dance



Darek Sz Uploaded on Feb 4, 2011

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Example #3: The Pizzahut song: Fast Food Dance 2012 (Eric Dikeb and the Letsshare team)



Letsshare, Uploaded on Nov 24, 2011

Eric Dikeb came to the Philippines and was part of the Letsshare.tv team for several weeks. We traveled from island to island with the Letsshare disco show. Meanwhile we played the song on the islands and they loved it because of the funny dance. As it is right now Letsshare.tv is touring the Philippines and the song is getting big over here. Everywhere we go people go bananas about it. So we film it on the road. Want to see this song getting big in the Philippines: the Letsshare real reality show daily on www.ltshr.tv !

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Example #4: Fast Food Rockers - Fast Food Song


FastFoodRockersVEVO, Dec 7, 2018

Music video for Fast Food Song performed by Fast Food Rockers.

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Example #5: Fast Food Song, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell & Burger King.



Jay Cruise Published on Sep 23, 2012

Four children sing a fast food song. Really cute

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