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Cleanup

Does someone want to tackle a clean-up of this article? It's disorganized, poorly written, and nearly undreadable. Moncrief 00:13, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)

More information is needed on the origin of the sample, with full credit to Roger Miller's "Whistle Stop" recording, possibly mentioning the repeated airplay a version of it received on the Dr. Demento show in 2000, beginning in August, and several times since 2000.

My God, what a poorly-written, disorganized, jumbled, unhelpful article. Help! Moncrief 17:50, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)

I could try cleaning it up Mark77711 (talk) 23:29, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just rearranged the info into a more logical arrangement. I didn't add anything new but made it easier to work with. Also, could we get an image of the hamsters new look, this could put in the history area and would be usefull to show the reader how they look now. Lastly, could we try to stop putting random links to articles, I found that someone had linked the word television. Please only link if it would be helpful to the reader. Mark77711 (talk) 23:49, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I removed sixsixfive.com from the external links, as it almost certainly not the "Creator's page." Neither the site itself or Google suggests any kind of connection, and the author of Hampster Dance was apparently a woman anyway. Revert if you know better. -- Anonymous

See Spot Run

This article should note that the Hampster Dance remix was featured in the soundtrack of the movie "See Spot Run", which I for some strange reason wasted over an hour of my life watching. -- 4.254.113.191

The current Internet Archive link has broken images, whereas this version doesn't. Maybe we should use the latter instead? jareha 22:51, 22 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It was changed twice already. The problem seems to be variable reliability of the Wayback Machine. I know the version that was there originally worked. --Dhartung | Talk 08:49, 23 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

UK Chart position

pretty sure this reached number 1 in the uk singles chart, not #4 as stated...

nope, only number 4, read it and weep. Cliff Richard, Westlife, and I think Bob the Builder all had a hand in keeping it down... though it beat off 35 other songs in that chart! :) (whilst we're at it, can we ditch the 'citation needed' bit off the mainpage, that is a bit petty as i've usually seen it as a statement of 'prove it or we will assume you are lying'.. the position is historical fact, but tracking down chart archives is a bit more difficult, so can we just leave it?)
I've got a wierd feeling it was the B side to that "you and me baby aint nothin' but mammals" song which the band later became famous for. Whoever they where. Or did they do a cover? 89.31.50.92 (talk) 11:14, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Argh. Wiki-inaccuracy at it's finest. I may come back and fix the article later, but I have other things to dash off and do... So, in short.
The song that went to #4 in the UK (Christmas) Chart was "Cognoscenti vs Intelligentsia" (C vs I), by the Cuban Boys, a knowingly jokey and sample-heavy bit of dance music. It was a single all by itself with two completely different B-sides of its own. As far as I can tell, it predated the Hampton version by quite a bit, which was a cash-in following the unexpected and out-of-nowhere popularity of C vs I. The Hampton version advertised itself as "The Real Hamster Dance" (with CvsI knock-off cover graphics no less), as whoever lashed it together managed to get clearance for the ACTUAL Whistlestop sample - though AFAIK the original Cuban Boys version also used this sample (in early versions played e.g. on the John Peel show MONTHS before release, which created the fan clamour for it's eventual appearance), they were unable to get the "official" sound cleared (via hamsterdance.com, then disney, then the original artist, etc) - at least in time for a Christmas release - despite the presence of all the other old film clips in the record, and so relied on a re-recorded facsimile of it featuring one of the band members.
Bloodhound gang have nothing to do with it. Hampton has nothing to do with it, and is arguably a rip-off of the original, whose origins lie in a humour-led band making it for a bit of fun rather than to make money. And it did get to #4, which was a considerable coup for something so annoying and repetitive that first saw the light of day on the John Peel show.
Source - long standing fan of the band from first hearing them on said show around late 98/early 99 (remember playing a tape of some of their radio-sourced stuff in a car borrowed from my mother on the way to school, which plants the event in early 99), through the appearance, development and release of C vs I, bought the single, bought other singles, bought the album, followed the solo projects / follow on bands after they split, etc... Though their own identities remain obscured, they always had good fan communication about the actual music and what they were doing, over the radio and the internet. They're reportedly put out, but understanding about the hampton copy.
That'd be, for one thing, www.cubanboys.co.uk (should it still exist) and www.myspace.com/cubanboys. also Spray. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.46.180.56 (talk) 14:19, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Virtual band?

anyone else think that the hampsters should be considered a "virtual band?" woulds have to look up their discography, but I think I have a source.

Robin Hood song

Not sure how many people actually realize it, but the Hamster Dance song is the beginning part of the song the Rooster is singing at the beginning of Disney's "Robin Hood". It's been sped-up, of course, but it's the same song. Probably explains why RadioDisney is playing the HamsterDance song so much.  :) --Undrhil 07:14, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well, apparently, I didn't read closely enough. Yes, it's already in the article.  :) --Undrhil 07:15, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
not the now ones, look the music on the start of hampstersong2.com site, on the old music the hampster song "ti ti ti ta ti ti tou tou ti..." and the new ones is "ti ti ti ta ti da dou dou ti..."

I find it a bit ironic that the original song was taken down for copyright infringement, while the Robin Hood film that had the original song also includes an uncredited performance of Happy Birthday to You, which is famous for the huge fees the copyright owner charges for public performances. JohnWhitlock 00:12, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

speed of hampster

how much faster the hampster song is compared to the robing hood song, its not 2x (tested), its less, but I don't know how much.

My guess is that it is a record played at a faster speed than it was recorded. Since the record speeds are 33⅓, 45, and 75 RPM, then some good candidates are 1.35x or 1.67x. It was a lot of fun to play records this way when I was a kid, and with the right setup you could record the faster version to cassette tape, or even to the audio input of your sound card. JohnWhitlock 00:01, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hampster Dance Band?

Should we make an article about the fictional hampster dance band? --AAA! (AAAA • AAAAAAAA) 10:35, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling

It's spelt "Hamster" by the way, lol. Janipewter 01:53, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but its intentionally spelled hampster. DemonWeb 01:56, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sample Origin

When I first saw the Hampsterdance site, my impression was that the music loop was taken from the beginning of a techno track called 'Bad Base' by B.T.B., off of Best of Techno Volume 2, published by Profile Records. The intro of this track has an identical sped-up, repeating loop of the Robin Hood song. Best of Techno Volume 2 was published in 1992, and the track itself in 1991. 4.246.36.147 01:34, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Video?

On YouTube there's an animated music video of sorts depicting four hamsters visiting America, Australia, England, India, and Egypt in that order. What's the story on this? It doesn't look fan-made and says "LPB Productions" at the end. - Kooshmeister

You would probably have more luck asking the person who posted it to YouTube. (This page is for discussing improvements to The Hampster Dance article.) --Dhartung | Talk 18:27, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If its anything like the video I'm imagining, it's probably a fan-created one combining a song with seperate clips taken from the Hamtaro cartoon show... and though there's obviously good planning and intent behind it, the execution isn't quite spot-on.
That's (as far as I know) the official music video for The Hampsterdance Song, as when it was popular here in Australia it was played almost every week on Video Hits (music video show) for about two months, and there was an official album release that came with it which had the same hampsters in the video and on the original Hampster Dance website. Donniedarkofan2006 10:21, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect origin date

I am absolutely certain that the origin date listed, August 1998, is incorrect. I had already graduated high school by then, and I remember the first time I saw this was when I was in my high school library, doing research for a paper that was due. Unfortunately I have no proof of this, but someone should look into this.


--- Y'know I too would have thought it was earlier from what i remember first being aware of it. maybe nearer to 96. 97 or earlier?

Rrose Selavy (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 23:57, 14 January 2009 (UTC).[reply]

The "Hampton and the Hampsters" website at hampsterdance.com claims it is copyright 1997-2011. 173.35.212.151 (talk) 06:05, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed merge

Someone proposed merging in Hampton and the Hampsters Single - The Hampsterdance Song. I say go for it. Mdotley 14:42, 18 August 2007 (UTC) I think this is a great idea. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.9.8.21 (talk) 17:13, August 30, 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hampsterdance is credited to Hampton the hamster

I went to radio disney's website, looked in songs you could request, and found this:

Hampton the Hamster, "Hampsterdance Song"

The song "Sing a simple song" can also be credited to Hampton. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.89.251.243 (talk) 16:20, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Infringement

Does anybody have a source on the infringement part? Was there a court case? I'm speculating that it was taken down as a result of pressure from Disney alleging infringement. Any source pointing one way or another would be appreciated.--Ernstk (talk) 18:33, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rabbits?

As of now the description of the site says it has dancing hamsters and rabbits. To my knowledge, there are no rabbits, only hamsters, so I'm editing accordingly. If one of them is actually a rabbit, or if there's some other reason for including rabbits in the description, feel free to change it back but please include some justification on the talk page. Greatersam (talk) 05:06, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hampster/Hamster

There seems to be some confusion in the article as to whether this is Hampsterdance' or Hamsterdance, since it switches from one to the other. Could someone who knows something about this fix it? DJ Clayworth (talk) 15:22, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yahoo photos

I believe yahoo photos featured 4 hamsters dancing as their 'waiting cursor', showing the text 'please wait while our hamsters perform this task'. Since Yahoo photos is now Flickr this may not be on the site anymore. Someone may whish to research a reference and add this. --Blonkm (talk) 18:41, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jesus & Mohammed Dance

Did you guys like delete all the knock offs? I mean, isn't that like this sites whole claim to notability : It gan an enormous amount of attention briefly, appeared in some TV ad, and started a long running silly internet meme? You should mention the various knock offs, I only remember jesusdance and mohammeddance, but I know there are tons more.

Confusing paragraph

I am having trouble figuring out who did what in this blurb:
"LaCarte failed to register the Hampsterdance name, and for some time the hampsterdance.com domain was owned by humor business Nutty Sites. Initially, hamsterdance.com was used, and later hampsterdance2.com. hampsterdance2.com was registered and by 2002 had sold the rights to Abatis, Inc. which later acquired control of the first domain."

Here's how I interpret this, drawing on surrounding info on the page:
[LaCarte wanted to move her GeoCities page to its own domain. However,] LaCarte failed to register the Hampsterdance name, and for some time the hampsterdance.com domain was owned by humor business Nutty Sites. Initially, hamsterdance.com was used for LaCarte's site, and later hampsterdance2.com. By 2002 LaCarte had sold the rights and hampsterdance2.com domain to Abatis Inc., which later acquired control of hampsterdance.com as well.

So if someone tells me they agree with my understanding, I can edit the paragraph to read as above, with or without the GeoCities text in brackets (I think it's helpful to connect the dots there, assuming it's even correct). --Iritscen (talk) 17:39, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is this about the Meme or the hampsterdance.com?

The original meme is something unrelated to hampsterdance.com, though the website is obviously meant to piggyback off the meme's success. I recommend that discussion of the website, its characters and discography be moved to a separate article.--Catch153 (talk) 05:12, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Erin Andres the voice of Hampton

Howcome nowhere here does it mention that Erin Andres (born 1938) was the voice of Hampton the Hamster? She can still confirm it if one wishes to get in touch with her. Eric Ramus — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.195.166.103 (talk) 12:45, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure what this is about. The original voice is Roger Miller sped up. Where does Erin Andres fit in?--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 18:18, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The original vocals in the song 'come on everybody now here we go, it's the brand new version of the docy do just stomp your feet and clap your hands..." etc was Erin Andres. For that, Erin's voice was not spead up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.195.166.103 (talk) 21:25, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In fact, that was one of the few times that Erin's voice was not spead up, she only provided Hampton's voice a couple times and provided the voice of a news anchor in another Hampton the Hamster song "even hamsters fall in love"


Eric Ramus

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