# Name the "Stripper song"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-stripper-song/75489>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 8, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-stripper-song/75489 "2001-08-08T19:27:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-stripper-song/75489/1 "2001-08-08T19:27:44Z")

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We’ve all heard it a thousand times, on TV and such, it’s that song that people strip to, I’ll try to hum it:

“Baa-da-da-DAA BAH-da-bum-bum…  
(then later…)  
BUM! bum! BUM! buh! etc…”

(Well, that will surely help 😉 ) It’s usually played on brass of some kind (trombone?).

What’s the name of it? Do or did people every actually use it for stripping?

Ideas?

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**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-stripper-song/75489/2 "2001-08-08T19:36:18Z")

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Not surprisingly ;), the song is called _The Stripper_, and it was composed by [David Rose](http://www.spaceagepop.com/rose.htm).

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**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-stripper-song/75489/3 "2001-08-08T19:40:09Z")

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I think the song you’re refering to is called “The Stripper” by David Rose. He composed it in 1958 for a television show called “Burlesque” and in 1962 it was a chart topper when a DJ got ahold of it and played it a lot.

I never stripped to it, but I suppose someone, somewhere has.

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**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-stripper-song/75489/4 "2001-08-08T19:51:52Z")

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Yup - “The Stripper.” Here’s a link with a sample:

[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000047J0/ref=ase\_obscursongsfromt/104-0365683-7684700](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000047J0/ref=ase_obscursongsfromt/104-0365683-7684700)

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**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-stripper-song/75489/5 "2001-08-08T20:00:15Z")

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Wow, thanks guys… This board just rocks…

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**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-stripper-song/75489/6 "2001-08-08T21:20:35Z")

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