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"A Ram Sam Sam (A rum sum sum)" is a popular children's song and game which originated in Morocco. Play . In certain later recordings, other variants were used like "Aram" instead of "A Ram" and "Zam Zam" instead of "Sam Sam". "A Ram Sam Sam (A rum sum sum)" Song Contents Written Morocco Writer Traditional

1 Lyrics and movements

2 Pop culture usage

3 See also

4 References

Lyrics and movements

The song's lyrics are usually:

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 rafiq, a rafiq Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam A rafiq, a rafiq Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam

When not played as a game, this song can also be (and very frequently is) sung as a round.

The game is played by a group of children. The song is sung by the group leader and the participants should perform several actions during certain lyrics, usually:

A ram sam sam - pound fists, right over left, then left over right. Guli guli - pull hands apart gesturing as if something were gooey A rafiq - spin index fingers on either side of the head (like someone is crazy), ending with the fingers pointed up.

Pop culture usage

Rolf Harris recorded the song in 1971 for Columbia Records.[1] Diskoteka Avariya, a well-known Russian band, used the song in their composition "Modnyi Tanets Aram Zam Zam" (In Russian "Модный танец Арам Зам Зам" English title "A Ram Sam Sam: The Trendy Dance") in 2009. Donikkl und die Weißwürschtl recorded a German version "Aram Sam Sam" that charted on the German charts in 2009. Gracey released a Dutch language version in 2011 that reached #75 in the Netherlands Lorenz Büffel made a version entitled "Aramsamsam" that is found on Après Ski Hits 2011 double CD.

Sampling

Tom Tom Club used part of the "A Ram Sam Sam" lyrics in their song "Wordy Rappinghood". This song is found on their self-titled debut album from 1981. Chicks on Speed did a cover version of the song "Wordy Rappinghood" by Tom Tom Club on their 2003 album 99 Cents. Uffie recorded a cover version of Tom Tom Club's "Wordy Rappinghood" in collaboration with DJ Mehdi.

Parodies and adaptations

The US scout movement adapted the song using new lyrics: A good Cub Scout / A good Cub Scout / A new Tiger Cub and a good Cub Scout... Fast Food Rockers recorded a version in 2003 under the title "The Fast Food Song" with new lyrics sampling on the refrain and mentioning fast food companies, notably Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and McDonald's DJ Ötzi recorded a very similar version in German language titled "Burger Dance" in 2003, mainly being an enumeration of the same fast food companies as that of the Fast Food Rockers Pizza Hut used it in commercial campaigns with amended lyrics Die Außenseiter used it in some parts of their first music video, "Aram Sam Sam" being a comic parody of the song with additional lyrics in German language and a symbolic use of English lyrics in "Jump, jump, motherfucker".[2]