# Lyrics question - Popcorn song Apollo 100

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**Created:** [December 20, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-question-popcorn-song-apollo-100/220123 "2003-12-20T05:12:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-question-popcorn-song-apollo-100/220123/1 "2003-12-20T05:12:14Z")

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I have a really old tape copy-of-a-copy of an obscure version of the well-known Popcorn song (originally written by Gershon Kingsley) by Apollo 100. At least I believe the band’s name is Apollo 100 (or maybe it’s the album name by Hot Butter?) Anyways, what is unique about it is that it is a vocal, not merely an instrumental piece. The lyrics aren’t quite determinable unfortunately.

What was the backstory on this verison and the lyrics?

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**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-question-popcorn-song-apollo-100/220123/2 "2003-12-20T08:47:00Z")

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That’s interesting.  
The group that had a hit with the instrumental “Popcorn” was Hot Butter (1972)  
Apollo 100 had a hit with “Joy,” released 1971.  
They were both done with the Moog synthesizer, which you probably knew. I’ve never heard a vocal version of “Popcorn.” What’s the origin of your tape? Could the lyrics be foreign?

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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-question-popcorn-song-apollo-100/220123/3 "2003-12-20T17:35:46Z")

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If Popcorn was the “song” I think it is, I’d say the lyrics are-

POP pop POP popopopop  
POP pop POP popopopop  
Pop pop POP popOpopoPOpopopoPOpopopopopop…

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**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-question-popcorn-song-apollo-100/220123/4 "2003-12-20T18:40:31Z")

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A disco singer named Pattie Brooks sang a medley one one of her LPs that included “Popcorn,” but the Popcorn section she left instrumental; she only sang over other parts of the medley.

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**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-question-popcorn-song-apollo-100/220123/5 "2003-12-20T23:48:45Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Ellis Aponte Jr. \*  
> \*\*That’s interesting.  
> The group that had a hit with the instrumental “Popcorn” was Hot Butter (1972)  
> Apollo 100 had a hit with “Joy,” released 1971.  
> They were both done with the Moog synthesizer, which you probably knew. I’ve never heard a vocal version of “Popcorn.” What’s the origin of your tape? Could the lyrics be foreign? \*\*

I copied the tape from a tape my parents have, so I don’t have the original. The lyrics are in English.  
One sounds sort of like “when the sun is shining through”