# The Hanky Panky **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 5, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hanky-panky/479930 "2009-01-05T11:16:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bravo\_Romeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bravo\_Romeo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bravo_Romeo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hanky-panky/479930/1 "2009-01-05T11:16:30Z")
Does anyone know of an instrumental piece of music called the Hanky Panky? It’s played on a radio station here and my dad would like a copy of it. I’ve tried Googling it and there are a few other songs by the same name, but the one I’m looking for has no lyrics. That’s all the information I have to go on, having not heard it myself, and my dad doesn’t exactly possess amazing descriptive powers. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hanky-panky/479930/2 "2009-01-05T11:35:52Z")
[http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb\_ss\_gw?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=Hanky+Panky](http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=Hanky+Panky) There are probably instrumentals for karaoke out there somewhere…maybe in here. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hanky-panky/479930/3 "2009-01-05T13:54:22Z")
Is it a jazz tune with sax and trumpet? Could be “Hanky Panky” by Dexter Gordon from his album _Clubhouse_. Listen to a sample [here.](http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7389025) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hanky-panky/479930/4 "2009-01-05T15:47:21Z")
It’s not [The Stripper](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=H5GdTV3qIG4) is it? (safe for work) For some reason that song popped into my head when I heard “hanky panky.” ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hanky-panky/479930/5 "2009-01-06T02:54:40Z")
Are you talking about “Hanky Panky” by Tommy James and the Shondells?: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ujO8ZalI37A/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCZrJxWFy3umlSS2aSNLhb8eZMjaQ "COPYRIGHT OVERLORD GUTTER FISH over run even tommy james and the shondells they want money") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujO8ZalI37A) This is the clearest version on Youtube, but it misspells the title of the song. This isn’t an instrumental song, but you may have heard someone else’s version of this song that had no singing. ---
**Author:** ![Bravo\_Romeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bravo\_Romeo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bravo_Romeo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hanky-panky/479930/6 "2009-01-07T13:20:06Z")
Thanks for all the replies. I’ll get my Dad to have a listen when he gets home this week and post some feedback. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![Postariti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Postariti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Postariti)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hanky-panky/479930/7 "2009-01-07T15:50:50Z")
You can also try calling the radio station and ask who performs that version of the song. If it’s a small station they’ll probably be glad to help you.