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What song will you find on Lyrics Playground today? Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore It was an itsy bitsy, teenie weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini That she wore for the first time today An itsy teenie weenie yellow polka-dot bikini So in the locker she wanted to stay Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell ya more She was afraid to come out in the open And so a blanket around her she wore She was afraid to come out in the open And so she sat bundled up on the shore Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore It was an itsy bitsy, teenie weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini That she wore for the first time today An itsy teenie weenie yellow polka-dot bikini So in the blanket she wanted to stay
The Hyland version reached number one on the Billboard Hot , selling a million copies in the US, and was a worldwide hit. The song has been adapted into French as " Itsy bitsy petit bikini " and into German as " Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Honolulu-Strand-Bikini ", reaching number one on national charts in both languages. Several versions of the song have proved successful in various European countries. The story told through the three verses of the song is as follows: 1 the young lady is too afraid to leave the locker where she has changed into her bikini; 2 she has made it to the beach but sits on the sand wrapped in a blanket; and 3 she has finally gone into the ocean, but is too afraid to come out, and stays immersed in the water — despite the fact that she's " turning blue " — to hide herself from view.
Added by CarlDennis. Bikini written by Mario Kinel Croatian. Itsy bitsy teenie weenie Honolulu strand bikini written by Robert Adler Dutch. Pezzettini di bikini written by Gian Carlo Testoni Italian.