You are therefore a year older than me, as I am 54 and would have been just four here! Bernard Cribbins narrated the programme, which I remember a few years later.
This is what I used to love about the 70's. What were deemed as novelty acts could have a successful record and everyone would accept them as being just part and parcel of what made up the charts and go along with the overall frivolity. No-one, (except the few music snobs), went out of their way to dismiss them, and went along with the fun involved, chanting the main chorus line.
but underneath it's well crafted pop so it stands up still whether it's a novelty act or not, written by Mike Batt who also wrote Bright Eyes, someone who can get Art Garfunkel to sing for them must have some talent
Still have the compilation album that was given to me around 1974.....great memories of a great time to be a kid and there's NOTHING simplistic about those songs......
I was born in 1970 and used to watch the Wombles growing up. Here I would have been just four and so Play School age. Bernard Cribbins, the voice of the Wombles, has just died at 93!
And you've got to keep these memories alive as them days will never come back . We're stuck with this H&S , PC existence where you get pulled up for breathing wrong these days . Mike Batt was ahead of the game . He copyrighted all the songs so they can't be changed or altered by anyone doing cover versions. .They stay as they are and rightly so
Fond memories of it in New Zealand. Now living in Australia, begun singing it for some reason this morning, had to find and show the video to my partner and daughter to prove I wasn't going mad. Ah, the 70s, great times :)
Back in the day my dad, who was a teacher of English in Germany, brought back a LP with songs from the Wombles from his school exchange travel to the UK. Me and my little sister, both primary school of age, were immediately flashed by this song from our first listen, and from then we played it day and night. Nobody else in our small German town, except from our family, had ever heard of the existence of the Wombles. Thanks for the upload! Brings back my memories ...
We didn't know Jimmy Savile was a pedophile back then, and yes, it was good times for us as we didn't know Jimmy personally thank goodness so he didn't wreck our lives, though finding out what he was like does tarnish things a bit I still think of the great music we had to takes us back to a time when my dad and my grandparents were still alive.
Andrew Dexter. I know. I used to watch Jimmy back in the 90s on Jim'll fix it. He sure did fix it for a few kids lol. I miss the wombles as well. That and the teletubbies
No internet in 1976...I am flying to Istanbul...the music onboard..yes they made you pay for headsets...anyway...this song came on...I was hooked...this would have hit bit in the US if there was internet at the time...a great fun song!
I’m an American who just discovered the Wombles, through an interview with Mike Batt on the Rockonteurs podcast. I love it, so joyful. If I’d heard this as a kid I would’ve been totally into it!
Hi. I'm Eliot Wien from NYC. I remember when Columbia Records in the USA released Remember Yo're A Womble album. I was a curious kid and purchased the album without listening to it. Remember, we didn't have computers or the internet or UA-cam back then. I was really into this song, and the Beach Boy style Wombling Summer Party song when I played the album. I still have it in my collection, and as I got older, I'm still listening to it today!
I reside on wimble street and Womble along quite nicely thankyou very much - till I have to bend down to pick up litter. Guess there's whole tribes of Wombles in Wimbledon and elsewhere creaking away - cheers to all the Wombles were ever you are!!!!!!!
i was born 49 years ago and i dont remember this song and i was a little older and heared this lovley remember your a womble richard thank you mike bat
I'm 62, and love this, too! Mike Batt has never made a recording that I haven't loved. I never got to see the Wombles in action here in the USA--so glad to find this here!
These guys could win Eurovision, and remember The Wombles were the very first eco warriors and they were the first band to have three singles in the charts since The Beatles.....
i got to meet the wombles in Middlesbrough, they opened the shop my sister worked at after the nightclub next door caught fire ....i was cool about the wombles then i got to meet them and it freaked me out well the old womble did then that french womble sorted me out with a pack of spangles and tudor crisps = me sorted.....
I was a student in the UK when the wombles were at their highlight and iI've always wondered since why have they never crossed the channel : I'm sure kids all over Europe and beyond would just love the Wombles!!
Remember I was dancing to this in 1974 at university discos after a few pints of Newcastle Exhibition - I doubt that today's students can experience such fun
❤ I love this song when I was age 5 to 10 my dad was stationed in England for 5 years and I was a huge fan of the children's TV show and the band. For some strange reason I was thinking of the song and I decided to see if it was on UA-cam or it existed and I'm so glad it did😂
Thank you to someone special posting this up. I was only three when this was released, but it seems like yesterday and to think it was only listening to it now brought back such fond memories!!!
I was a big fan of the Wombles. tv series & when they released their songs Mike Batt was the creator of the Wombles. very rare to see the Wombles when they were on top of the pops can't believe that was 50 years ago
So, I'm reading through 'The Rolling Stone Record Guide" (published 1979) that I bought at a flea market. It's a rreal treasure trove of long fortotten album titles from way back when, and I came across The Wombles; which piqued my interest And now here I am. UA-cam never ceases to amaze me.
I’m 55 years old and I’m still a womble, and will always be a womble 🤓 Not heard this in years, this was a trip down memory lane 👍🏻👍🏻
And unashamedly sang along??
I sang along to this on a train not so long ago. The weird looks I got made me smile but so funny
You are therefore a year older than me, as I am 54 and would have been just four here! Bernard Cribbins narrated the programme, which I remember a few years later.
I'm 60 and love the wobbles. Had a womble bag on my 9th birthday. Great days
@@jenniferjones188 good to be young at heart
@@Keithbarber It certainly is
That reminds me. I'm a womble. Completely forgot. Explains a lot.
😆
We all knew. We're wombles too.
AWESOME SONG
@@squinkque same
My mum is a womble for life
This is what I used to love about the 70's. What were deemed as novelty acts could have a successful record and everyone would accept them as being just part and parcel of what made up the charts and go along with the overall frivolity. No-one, (except the few music snobs), went out of their way to dismiss them, and went along with the fun involved, chanting the main chorus line.
Everyone, used to be ready for Top of The Pops, on a Thursday at 7.30. Everyone, in the family had something!!!!
So much facts
but underneath it's well crafted pop so it stands up still whether it's a novelty act or not, written by Mike Batt who also wrote Bright Eyes, someone who can get Art Garfunkel to sing for them must have some talent
The Wombles are the best ❤😂
@@mimilion6072 music and the rest in the music media used to tune in to what in the chats? and who number 1 2 3
I'm an American now but listening to the Wombles takes me back to being a kid in 70s Britain.
American now? Nah, come back!
Don't forget us!
I'm so glad I lived through the 70's, I was only a child but still have excellent memories from those times
Still have the compilation album that was given to me around 1974.....great memories of a great time to be a kid and there's NOTHING simplistic about those songs......
I was born in 1970 and used to watch the Wombles growing up. Here I would have been just four and so Play School age. Bernard Cribbins, the voice of the Wombles, has just died at 93!
And you've got to keep these memories alive as them days will never come back . We're stuck with this H&S , PC existence where you get pulled up for breathing wrong these days . Mike Batt was ahead of the game . He copyrighted all the songs so they can't be changed or altered by anyone doing cover versions. .They stay as they are and rightly so
I love the fact that everyone joined in. Can't be many countries where adults would chant 'remember you're a womble' in perfect time. Fantastic!
Fond memories of it in New Zealand. Now living in Australia, begun singing it for some reason this morning, had to find and show the video to my partner and daughter to prove I wasn't going mad. Ah, the 70s, great times :)
@@gerrygreen1624 same and fragil rock days, ahhh if only we had them days back indeed.
The chorus of this just suddenly entered my head. So now I'm here.
#metoo
I have no idea how I wound up back here again but I regret none of the decisions that led me to watching this video 🥳
Back in the day my dad, who was a teacher of English in Germany, brought back a LP with songs from the Wombles from his school exchange travel to the UK. Me and my little sister, both primary school of age, were immediately flashed by this song from our first listen, and from then we played it day and night. Nobody else in our small German town, except from our family, had ever heard of the existence of the Wombles. Thanks for the upload! Brings back my memories ...
the 70's was an extraordinary time....
ha ha yes the 70s were fab
They were awesome Blue H, I often think about those times !!!
Blue H yeah it was! The BBC let a pedophile get away with sexual assault! Good times.
We didn't know Jimmy Savile was a pedophile back then, and yes, it was good times for us as we didn't know Jimmy personally thank goodness so he didn't wreck our lives, though finding out what he was like does tarnish things a bit I still think of the great music we had to takes us back to a time when my dad and my grandparents were still alive.
Andrew Dexter. I know. I used to watch Jimmy back in the 90s on Jim'll fix it. He sure did fix it for a few kids lol. I miss the wombles as well. That and the teletubbies
Even the wombles are better than today’s bands
What do you mean EVEN the Wombles.. the wombles are class
They never played live for some reason
Ayo man we are trying our best
That's because there was actual talented musicians behind the music they produced.
A pile of shyt would have a better hum than the crap today.
Remember your a Womble - go on admit you went looking for them 😂😂😂
Love the way everyone in the audience looks like they are having such a great time.
They are all just happy that it wasnt Jimmy Saville presenting that week.
@@michendo1 and then without evidence they claim he touched them up, like so many presenters back then
It makes me cringe seeing teenagers having an arm around Noel or one touching his back.......I mean Noel isn’t one of those guys so
And no drugs ? Erm ? Ooh 😮 ?
My dad called my sisters friend a womble and he told me to search this up. I don't regret doing that now
I nearly wore out my record player with this record as a kid. Still like it.
Remember You're A Womble was the first album I ever owned
You don't understand how much I love the wombles
One of greatest bands of all time
Fact!
Right up there with 'Aaannnniiimaaaaaal!! & Co from the Muppets, but far better musically. Can sing it in my sleep
Until Yoko broke them up...
Mike Batt's a great writer.. The fiddle hook in this and the brass one in The Wombling Song are both brilliant.
I know about the fiddle, because three years after the song came out, I started to learn the instrument at junior school!
Madame Cholet is a top fiddle player 😀
No internet in 1976...I am flying to Istanbul...the music onboard..yes they made you pay for headsets...anyway...this song came on...I was hooked...this would have hit bit in the US if there was internet at the time...a great fun song!
Exercise is good for you, laziness is not
I’m an American who just discovered the Wombles, through an interview with Mike Batt on the Rockonteurs podcast. I love it, so joyful. If I’d heard this as a kid I would’ve been totally into it!
Need to pass song around Ur family friends kids start a womble trend over their in states. I'm from UK one of favourites my grankids love them.
M8 they were huge in the 70s ,Mike Batt is responsble for many famous TV Themes too .Ive still got my 1970s Womble annual somewhere
I'm fifty years old and I think I like to see the wombles and I think I will remember that for many years Richard McGeechan ❤
Very well done and very happy with the wombles for the singing and the song that I like a lot of this is what I call it excellent Richard McGeechan ❤
Remember youre a 70s child i was 6 when this gem floated onto our screens here in ireland oh god to go back just for one day ❤
I would have been therefore two years younger than you, as I was just 4 and Play School age here!
Ah - great memories as a kid in the 1970's, those Wombles could really rock n roll.
In 57 back in the 70s I was massive Womble fan I had a Womble pillow case and. My very own Womble I still love this song
Chris, you are a year older than my brother Anthony and four years older than me! We are 57 and 54 respectively.
Hi. I'm Eliot Wien from NYC. I remember when Columbia Records in the USA released Remember Yo're A Womble album. I was a curious kid and purchased the album without listening to it. Remember, we didn't have computers or the internet or UA-cam back then. I was really into this song, and the Beach Boy style Wombling Summer Party song when I played the album. I still have it in my collection, and as I got older, I'm still listening to it today!
I reside on wimble street and Womble along quite nicely thankyou very much - till I have to bend down to pick up litter.
Guess there's whole tribes of Wombles in Wimbledon and elsewhere creaking away - cheers to all the Wombles were ever you are!!!!!!!
i was born 49 years ago and i dont remember this song and i was a little older and heared this lovley remember your a womble richard thank you mike bat
My mum used to sit me on her knee and sing this to me ,bouncing me on her knee .I miss you mum ❤️😢
Me too m8 ,.when being a kid wasnt so bad eh :/
@@mcfcguvnors Yes mate good times back then ,I would go back in a heartbeat
my dad the same for me and my sister i love that this lasted
I'm 62, and love this, too! Mike Batt has never made a recording that I haven't loved. I never got to see the Wombles in action here in the USA--so glad to find this here!
Great kids songs memories of my childhood being a gd little wombble. Awsome
These guys could win Eurovision, and remember The Wombles were the very first eco warriors and they were the first band to have three singles in the charts since The Beatles.....
Noel Edmonds thought he was a babe magnet in the early 70’s. The fact was he was a beardo making a fool of himself.
I couldn't ever forget I'm a Womble, even at my age.😂❤ 1:26
i got to meet the wombles in Middlesbrough, they opened the shop my sister worked at after the nightclub next door caught fire ....i was cool about the wombles then i got to meet them and it freaked me out well the old womble did then that french womble sorted me out with a pack of spangles and tudor crisps = me sorted.....
Thank you mum for recommending this I love it and not even alive when they were a thing❤❤❤❤
IT IS ABOUT TIME HITS FROM THE 70s WERE RE-RELEASED
Things that the everyday folk leave behind...
oh my. This was my favorite song as a 4 or 5 year old. And now just ran into it again at age 41.
For me, it's the Wombling Song. :)
I was a student in the UK when the wombles were at their highlight and iI've always wondered since why have they never crossed the channel : I'm sure kids all over Europe and beyond would just love the Wombles!!
Remember I was dancing to this in 1974 at university discos after a few pints of Newcastle Exhibition - I doubt that today's students can experience such fun
I don't know, as I was only four then - and didn't go to university (my era would have been the late 80s!)
i am 53 left england in november 74 for the usa. what a classic i was just telling my wife about the wombles. nice one Cyril.
❤ I love this song when I was age 5 to 10 my dad was stationed in England for 5 years and I was a huge fan of the children's TV show and the band. For some strange reason I was thinking of the song and I decided to see if it was on UA-cam or it existed and I'm so glad it did😂
Too bad , kids don’t have wombles.
I remember watching this on Top of the Pops. The Wombles was my favorite cartoon. I must of been about 5 years old.
This is a great record the chorus is remember your geordie
Respect to the Wombles, the most successful chart group of '74. Great days.
I remember dancing around the house with my grandmother. Miss you Man, it was fun.
Chris Sped...I mean Wellington playing his signature Flying V. Looks like the same one he used on Bryan Ferrys Let's Stick Together
Ah....Chris Spedding. The Wombles and The Sex Pistols. My two fave bands of the 70's.
My brother and I used to play this at 45 rpms instead of 33 - changing the speed to 1.25 does the same thing
much more fun
So did i lol
I think it was equally as fun to play the single version at 33⅓ rpm and pretend they were all sleepy.
Great
Nice bit of sax in the middle there!
In my childhood I used to stay up late into the night recreating the classic 80's quiz show Blockbusters with my wombles. True story.
WOW I didn't know there was a whole show named after me!
my last name is also womble!
As a 24 year old. my parents got me into the wombles 😊
It was great fun, everyone to the Wombles and the other novelty acts for what they were. Just having a laugh and making a few quid while at it.
I really like your music and i am dancing and singing to it you the best band in the whole wide world.❤
THE BEST GROUP IN THE HISTORY OF BRITISH POP MUSIC!!!!!
The Womblen cousins drop all the beer cans...
You just put a big smile on my face thanks for the memory
Steeleye Span in the Womble suits....
Check out the furballs bringing the groove.
Props to whoever was in those suits for being able to play instruments
It was all mimed ?
Phil Collins was asked to go on totp ? They said he had to mime ? He sent 2 words back !he appeared when he got to no 1
It was Mike Batt himself and his session musicians including legend Chris Spedding on guitar
Chris Spedding was Wellington and Mike Batt was Orinoco
I’ve still got the record
LP
I've still got the Wombles game at. Loved them, especially Orinnoco
ABBA. So Long.
Thank you to someone special posting this up. I was only three when this was released, but it seems like yesterday and to think it was only listening to it now brought back such fond memories!!!
A sad day for Wombles everywhere!
I used to watch the wombles when I was young gosh how times have fly
I've only watched this video because I absolutely LOVE The Vicar of Dibley!!!😊
Still a banger
Funny enough your name is so similar to Mike batt
Was it Bay city Rollers in disguise 🤣
I had testicle surgery last year, now every one sings to me ‘remember you’re a one ball’
😬👍
I was a big fan of the Wombles. tv series & when they released their songs Mike Batt was the creator of the Wombles. very rare to see the Wombles when they were on top of the pops can't believe that was 50 years ago
Yes, the last 50 years has gone by so fast like a ride on the London tube, scary!
The first record I bought 😂 o the memories ❤❤🎉
This is still my Favourite Childhood Favourite Christmas!!!
This was in the charts in 1974 when abba won the eurovision song contest with waterlooe
Fashanu, Gayle, Fear, Jones, Kimble, Segers, Holdsworth, Wise.... best damn Wombles ever
This song gets stuck in my head at least 6 times a month
Still stuck there
my junior school had the Wombles as a guest appearance around this time, I think I was a 1st year
What fun . Thank you Mike batt and the lovely bernard cribbins bring back novelty records
I HAVE ADOPTED 2 GERMAN SHEPHERDS AND THE FEMALE SO REMINDS ME OF A WOMBLE AND I SING THIS TO HER ALL THE TIME SHE JUST LOOKS AT ME AS IF I'M DAFT LOL
I think that's a perfect wake song
Now this is what they call "real music"
Gotta love Steeleye Span.
OOOOh the 70's I love em! I used to sing "Rewomble you're a Member" Streaking through the studios.......we don't need that Noel do we?
Can anyone out there remember the TV series the wombles I can utilise was years ago
It was shown on the TV years ago I remember the TV series
@@elaineslater6647 there is a new reboot coming to TV and my dad remembers the old series
I remember the TV series it was years ago that is the wombles
@@elaineslater6647 yes but check out the new one
My American boyfriends just found out what a womble is. 😂
I hope he. Remembers
I like the wombles
Saw them open for deep purple in '76 it was carnage
This really takes me back! I had the 8-track when I was a kid!
So, I'm reading through 'The Rolling Stone Record Guide" (published 1979) that I bought at a flea market. It's a rreal treasure trove of long fortotten album titles from way back when, and I came across The Wombles; which piqued my interest And now here I am.
UA-cam never ceases to amaze me.
Had this on a childrens tape as a child! Remember that it had a load of kids songs on it including My Boomerang wont come back by Charlie Drake
During the Xmas special one of the wombles was touched up in Jimmy Saville's dressing room, Orinoco was never the same again.
i’m 17 and fucking jamming to this
Out of the haze of my early life comes this song. Yes, I remember.
Is that one Womble seriously playing a mandolin as a fiddle? That’s punk as hell.
It's quite appropriate as one of the Wombles (Chris Spedding, on guitar and in the blue hat) produced the first demos for the Sex Pistols in May 1976!
Love WOMBLES, they are the best. rock on.xxx
Buildbase?
Banger!
Happy tune of the day-dig the crowd participation!
I know these guys each and all have talent
i'm 12 yrs old and i LUV THE WOMBLES!!!!