# bawitdaba cover used in Cain **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bawitdaba-cover-used-in-cain/809980 "2018-03-03T22:16:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pither](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@Pither](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pither)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bawitdaba-cover-used-in-cain/809980/1 "2018-03-03T22:16:49Z")
I’m trying to track down a cover of Kid Rocks Bawitdaba I happened accross a while back. There was a brief scene in one of the early episodes of the short lived Jimmy Smits tv show Cain that featured a speedboat racing across the screen to the distinctive lyrics “Bawitdaba, da bang, da dang diggy diggy, diggy, said the boogie, said up jump the boogie” sung in a very distinct stacato version. I’ve been googling around but can’t find who sang it or where I can hear this version of the song. Anyone know what I’m refering to or how to track it down? Much appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bawitdaba-cover-used-in-cain/809980/2 "2018-03-03T22:22:26Z")
[Gift Giver - Bawitdaba](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsyGD0juUyE) is the only cover of that song that I know but it’s from last year, not 2007. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bawitdaba-cover-used-in-cain/809980/3 "2018-03-03T22:30:44Z")
I found that there a handful of other acts that have covered the song: [The Rock Heroes](https://www.whosampled.com/cover/520992/The-Rock-Heroes-Bawitdaba-Kid-Rock-Bawitdaba/), who may also be known as Southern Rock Heroes, from 2012. [Music Box Mania](https://www.whosampled.com/cover/406219/Music-Box-Mania-Bawitdaba-Kid-Rock-Bawitdaba/) from 2015. I had to look up that show (it’s _Cane_, btw) and I just don’t know of any covers that date back to 2007-2008. ---
**Author:** ![Pither](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@Pither](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pither)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bawitdaba-cover-used-in-cain/809980/4 "2018-03-04T03:30:29Z")
Ha! Well it’s definitely not the music box mania version… somehow that doesn’t pack the same punch. Thanks, but still looking. Interestingly, in hunting down that version I found out that that riff was actually inspired by a similar riff in the Sugar Hill Gangs Rappers Delight. Edit: I think I may have just found it. I remember it had a Caribean vibe to it. I ran the lyrics through google and found a similar search on [allthelyrics.com](http://allthelyrics.com) from 2009. I think the clip they used for that scene was from “Cobrastyle” by the teddybears. Stacato version of that riff with a Caribean vibe… ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2018, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bawitdaba-cover-used-in-cain/809980/5 "2018-03-04T04:23:31Z")
> [@Pither](#): > > I’m trying to track down a cover of Kid Rocks Bawitdaba I happened accross a while back. > > There was a brief scene in one of the early episodes of the short lived Jimmy Smits tv show Cain that featured a speedboat racing across the screen to the > distinctive lyrics “Bawitdaba, da bang, da dang diggy diggy, diggy, said the boogie, said up jump the boogie” sung in a very distinct stacato version. > > I’ve been googling around but can’t find who sang it or where I can hear this version of the song. > > Anyone know what I’m refering to or how to track it down? > > Much appreciated! I dunno, but it might help a little (or not) if you got the name of the show right. It was Cane, not Cain, about sugarcane growers. edit:I see Bo already mentions that, whoops