Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus (Official Music Video) 

Who's still listening to this in 2024?...I SURE AM!

My mother in this video 🔥 she was 13teen at the time R.I.P Mommy We Miss You So Much😇🕊️🕊️

We can thank this man for the "izzle" and "eezy" phenomenon in Hip-Hop lingo! I'm sure Snoop Dogg and E-40 loved this song growing up.

Who else listened to this song in 1981 and is still listening to it in 2024?

I’m still listening haha 2024😂🤣💪🏽

RIP Frankie on March 8 2019 He was 79 Didn't say the cause. Song peaked at #30 on the billboard hot 100 in 1981 in USA

I grew up in Philly, roller skating and listening to Double Dutch bus. When I had kids, in an effort to share my love of old school music with my kids, I made them CDs and included this song. One day while walking into the grocery store, my then 4 year old son grabbed ny hand and said, "Mom, do you have any funky bus fare? Ho"!!!!

Hands down, the most undisputed roller rink jam of all time. Classic.

No hair weaves, no wigs or lace fronts 🗣 No sagging pants, nor sexually explicit anything. I can dig it! 🥳

This song was in my head for years and I finally found it 😅 what a relief

No wigs, no weaves ❤

I'd rather hear him than Drake.

Back from the day when "Gimmie a ho," had an entirely different meaning.

Such an innocent, sweethearted song.

People just dont realize how much Philly had an impact on popular culture in the 70s.. Philly soul... some of the best disco... big labels... all gone.

I sang with Frankie in a church choir in West Philly after his Double Dutch bus fame. Seriously and honestly, one of the nicest guys I've ever met.

In the projects in the early 80s...this song reminds me of all my freinds i made...no color or race...just good music and kids having fun....

This was the jam in 1981. It makes me want to get up and dance.

This song got the party started at my wedding and I gotta say we made our parents proud with this one.

This song was played at my Father's funeral. He really loved this song and the whole family was jamming together at the end :)

AS MOST YOU PROBABLY KNOW BY NOW,FRANKLYN LEON SMITH,AKA FRANKIE SMITH PASSED AWAY BACK IN MARCH OF 2019.RIP BUDDY,REST IN PEACE.

No obscenity or violence. Just fun for everyone, of all ages.👏👏👏🎵🎶🎵🎶

remember kids dont trust strangers unless they lay some funky beats

My mom used to play this song whenever there's no school or even Saturday morning 🌄 ... Who's listening to this like I am..

My father played this record when we were growing up….I will always have those fond memories. I miss you Daddy!🙏🏽

This song is TIMELESS! And to think back in 1980 he was rapping to the track when rap wasn't that popular. Some people are just way ahead of their time. Thank you Frankie Smith for a classic that I still jam to this day. Rest In Peace (1940-2019).

"I got bad feet my corns hurt and to top it off I'm late for work"

A wonderful song from past and Now 2024

STILL LISTENING THIS MUSIC 2024

I'm sixty now, and I still love this song as much as I did when I was twenty-one. For me it's timeless!

This was the vibe right before crack crept in and ruined our childhood and communities. CLASSIC!!!!!

ME I WAS IN A DOUBLE DUTCH TEAM THIS WAS OUR SONG I WON 1ST PLACE FOR OUR TEAM IN 1982 THE BEST YEARS

snoop dogg needs to shout out Frankie Smith for that shizzle lingo

Just taught my students how to double-dutch and it was the time of their lives today.

I love how this music video is basically a bunch of random people dancing in front of a bus with no choreography. And I wouldn't change a thing lol

Great classic song from the year 1981. Frankie Smith, what a fantastic singer & a wonderful dancer who recently died unfortunately in 2019. But something about this unique song first off make you feel so good & super happy because of the wonderful beats of this very special song with those splendid instruments by the great musician artist playing them. Just a marvelous JOB all around by the fabulous Frankie Smith. RIP Sir & God bless you in heaven.

I wish things could be this simple and fun again!

This song brings back so many great memories of a great and carefree childhood and teenage Era. I'm so shocked I still sing every word when I haven't heard this song in like 4 decades. Wowza

Fun fact ,he made song after denied the job to drive the buses for Philadelphia public bus system

Tempos bons era esse...É eu ouvir e dançar....amo dançar passinho. Estou ouvindo dia 29/03/2024. Quem curte da um jóinha ❤

I fully expect my upstairs neighbours to come and thank me for playing this song 10 times on repeat since 7 am

The no-vocals part from 2:31 to 3:01 makes me happy because to me it is the pure sound of a warm summer afternoon.

WHO'S STILL LISTENING IN QUARANTINE 2020????? 👎🏿

What an odd, fun, and funky ass song. I love it. There is truly no other song like this

Look at my people having fun, no disrespect, no mean mugs, all smiles!

This song will never get old

Good Lord this is great. I've never seen this before. The people in this just seem more real and down to earth than people do now. Those days are gone forever - that is too bad.

I am a '70s and '80s kid, and I remember all of us kids singing this on the school bus on the way to school. I was about 7 years old. The world was so beautiful and peaceful back then. People actually had respect for each other and their country. People were proud of being a girl or a boy. If I am not mistaken, I went to my first Jacksons concert at Market Square Arena. 🥰If only I could build a time machine.

Back when music was happy and fun and not about money, your girlfriends, cars, guns and sadness.

This one is for you dad. Rest in peace old man😭

This song sounds as good as it did back in 1981.

Tengo 51 años... JAMÁS había escuchado esta canción, pero RU-vid hizo su magia y ya la bajé para disfrutarla eternanente ♥️♥️♥️♥️

Thank you Frankie Smith for putting the fun in funk with this song... RIP

I'm 49 yrs old and I still love this song

Who's still wigglin' to this inThe Double Dub

Quien mas lo escucha 1 enero 2024..❤

Most people didn't realize this song was supposed to be about jump rope popularity

He's dancing pretty well for a guy with bad feet and corns😄

Essas músicas nós fazem lembrar de uma época boa, onde a juventude sabia curtir . Hoje vemos tanta violência e a juventude não sabe aproveitar. Sinto falta dessa época.

I was a kid growing up in the 70s in NYC area, wore bell-bottom pants, listened to all these old school songs. Fast-forward to the present when kids in their 20s hear old songs from the 80s, 90s that are remixed, they try arguing it's a new song and how do I know some of the lyrics? I have to let them know to look up the originals on RU-vid, cause the songs came out before they were born. 😆

I swear these kids these days don't know what they missed

God I loved this song as a child. Still do, nearly 40 years later!

"Bip, bomp, bam alakazam But only if you're grooving With the Double Dutch Man"

All folks that bleed red. Welcome!

Call me an old fart I don't care but I vividly remember when this song was first released. I was dancing to it then and still dancing to it now in 2018. Old skool will never grow old.

1981 most requested song 🎵 at Fm radio 📻 in philippines I still remembered the dance 🕺 step of this song 🎵

We're all in quarantine dancing to this.

YESSSS!!!! I still love this song as I did back in 1981

I come here and watch this every so often just to feel happy again. This is magic ❤

It's impossible to hear this song and not start moving...One of the best songs of the 20th century, rhythmically and lyrically...This song is one of the most powerful "draw people to the dance floor magnets"!

Listening to this on the 1st day of 2020..

Same

I am 18 and in college! This is my theme song!! This is way better than todays' shitty music.

This is "feel good" music. Don't you just feel good listening to it?

This was the jam!

Essa música marcou história!! Cadê nossa turma???🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

Watching old shit like this gives me anxiety cuz it's a window to a better time that I can never get to.

How have 8000 people disliked this song? They obviously need to improve their double Dutch.

I was 18 when this song came out in 1981, and I still love it. RIP Frankie Smith.

I was in 6th grade when this song came out. I bought it as a 45 and it was the very first record I ever bought with my own money. Needless to say I played that record to death!

In 1980 my then step-brother, about 10 years old, walked up to me and said "I got bad feet, my corns hurt, to top it off I'm late for work." I thought "what is this, some line from a new movie?" When I heard this song's lyrics I finally understood where he got that line!

My sister recorded this song off the radio for me when we were kids in the early 80s cause every time the song would finish on the radio i would cry cause i loved the song so much i was like 4 or 5 years old. She passed away in 2012 and everytime i want to go back to those beautiful days being a kid and having my whole fam around me i put this on and now i cry as soon as it comes on, i miss u ofelita mora 1970-2012 rest in paradise. We will see eachother soon.... but not yet.

Back when music was actually music...

Franklyn Leon Smith (January 29, 1940- March 8, 2019) was an American funk musician and R&B/soul songwriter. He was best known for his 1981 hit single "Double Dutch Bus". Frankie Smith Born January 29, 1940 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Died March 8, 2019 (aged 79) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Smith went to college in Tennessee for elementary education with a minor in music. He became a writer for funk and soul artists such as the O'Jays and The Spinners. In 1972 he would record for Paramount, releasing a single called "Double Dutch" under the name Franklin Franklin, but it failed to become a hit.He was also influential in the careers of the rappers Tone Loc, Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg. With his 1981 single "Double Dutch Bus", released by WMOT Records,[4] Smith popularized a nonsensical form of slang (from his song "Slang thang", 1981 WMOT, Records), in which "iz" is placed in the middle of a word (for example, the word "place" becomes "plizace"), or the last letters of a word are replaced with "-izzle" ("sure" becomes shizzle). A type of infix, it found greater popularity later on in hip hop and rap with its usage by Snoop Dogg Albums 1981: Children of Tomorrow 2006: Frankie Smith and His World Wide Party Crew Singles 1980: "Double Dutch Bus" (#30, US) 1980: "Double Dutch" 1981: "The Auction" 1981: "Teeny-Bopper Lady" 1982: "Double Dutch Bus II" 1982: "Yo-Yo Champ (From Mississippi)" 1985: "Slapp Ya Thigh" 1985: "Congratulations for Graduating"

WE ALL NEED TO SEE A "WHERE ARE THEY NOW" Documentary on these kids in this video ITS NOW 2020

Damn. My mom had such a good childhood music wise. Omgggg. I’m jealous. I’m 25 and I wish I grew up during this time. 😢🥺. Everything was new and our people was shining 😩🥺. Music trash now mainstream wise.

FRANKIE: Hilzi, gilzirls! Yilzall hilzave t' milzove ilzout the wilzay silzo the gilzuys can plilzay bilzasket-bilzall (Hey girls! Y'all have to move out the way so the guys can play basketball) GIRLS: I say wizzat? Nizzo-izzo wizzay! (Say what? No way!) FRANKIE: Yizzall bizzetter mizzove! (Y'all better move!) GIRLS: I say wizzat? Willze illzain't millzovin'... (Say what? We ain't movin!) FRANKIE: Shillzu-gillzar! ....., bilzzaby! (Sugar! .....baby!) GIRLS: Willze illzare plizzayin' dizzouble dizzutch! (We are playin' double dutch) FRANKIE: Millze cillzan sillzome ....plilzay dilzzouble dilzutch! (.....play double dutch!) GIRL: Hilzzoo? (Who?) FRANKIE: My gizzirl! (My girl!) GIRL: Brillzing her izzin! (Bring her in!) FRANKIE: Izzo kizzay! (OK!) GIRL: Izzall rizzight... (All right...) FRANKIE: Izzo kizzay! (OK!)- translation- railynnelson

01:56 "SHILLZU-GILLZA" -- is that Bill Cosby?

This song makes me really miss my mom. She would put this record on and we would dance and sing. RIP JOANN 😢💔😭 dance

A certain type of early Innocence in this, brilliant.

Those were the good old days, I can still hear this song the way it was played throughout my neighborhood back in the 80's

You absolutely HAD to hit the dance floor when this song was played. What great memories!

This is easily the most creative song ever , from the lyrics to the rhythm and beat

2021 and my Dad passed away on the 27th of Dec 2020.. this song reminds me of him! Good times dancing with him

Love it still I'm 60

Summertime, girls jumping double dutch, riding our bikes and playing with spinning tops, shooting marbles, frozen cups............man this song brought back some great childhood memories.

The girls were so pretty.. Natural hair❤❤

This song never gets old. It's RAP, It's Soul it's R&B it's Pop. I can picture Let It Happen creating an amazing dance routine to this.

If we could only go back to these days!!! The era when everything was peaceful among everyone!!! I grew up in this era!!

En venezuela le deciamos " el autobus loco" y todavia aun la sigo esta extraordinaria cancion qu es demadiado buena