Tiptoe Through the Tulips

Tip Toe Through the Tulips with Me
by Joe Burke & Al Dubin
Genre Popular song from the 1929 film Gold Diggers of Broadway
Publisher M. Witmark & Sons (New York)

"Tiptoe Through the Tulips", also known as "Tip Toe Through the Tulips with Me", is a popular song published in 1929. The song was written by Al Dubin (lyrics) and Joe Burke (music) and made popular by guitarist Nick Lucas.

Recording history

"Crooning Troubadour" Nick Lucas topped the US charts with "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" in 1929, after introducing the song in the musical "talkie" film Gold Diggers of Broadway. Lucas's recording held the #1 position for 10 weeks.[1] Other artists charted with the song in 1929, including Jean Goldkette (#5), Johnny Marvin (#11), and Roy Fox (#18).

The song was used in Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the first Looney Tunes cartoon short, in 1930. It is also heard in the opening scene of the 1945 film Confidential Agent.

The song was revived in 1967 by the California rock group The Humane Society and in 1968 by Tiny Tim, whose version charted at #17 that year, becoming his signature song, which he would continue to perform throughout his career. The song was also later covered by The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.

The song is sung by Dr. Smith and again by the Robot in the Lost in Space episode "Space Circus"[2]

The song is mentioned in the 1997 book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.[3] Vernon Dursley hums the song while boarding up small cracks around the front and back doors of his house so he can stop letters from Hogwarts reaching Harry.

Comedian Otto Waalkes sang a version, similar to that from Tiny Tim in his program Otto[4]

In The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the phrase "I like to tiptoe through the tulips" is one of Geralt's speech options for the pass-phrase to enter the Putrid Grove in Novigrad (though not the correct one).[5]

In the 2011 film Wrecked, the song is played on the radio.[6]

The song is featured in the 2010 horror film Insidious.[7]

References

  1. ↑ CD liner notes: Chart-Toppers of the Twenties, 1998 ASV Ltd.
  2. ↑ "Lost in Space Memories | Episodes". Pythononline.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  3. ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, p. 34, Scholastic Corporation, ISBN 0-7475-3269-9
  4. ↑ "Otto Waalkes "Tip Toe through the Tulips" 1973". YouTube. 2013-10-28. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  5. ↑ "ChristopherOdd "Let's Play The Witche r 3: Wild Hunt - Part 43"". YouTube. 2015-06-19.
  6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGu8YwQa8no&list=PLC2C9BFC77856C976&index=145. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ http://whatculture.com/film/10-great-but-unexpected-uses-of-music-in-movies. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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