Omg! I grew up to these guys! Right here in Fort Smith, Arkansas! Now in sharing them with my kids! I loved going to their shows out at Harry E. Kelly park. At 41, I still LOVE this music!
I heard this song sometime in between 1997-2002....and I can still say the Roman numerals to this date! Glad I found this gem to make sure I didn't lose my touch!
I was teaching my kids about Roman Numerals and this song came to mind. It was fun to sing along and remember it still from years ago. Thanks for posting!!
🏆 One of our favorites on xm kids maaany moons ago. Its been 9 years, and I still remember listening to this song when my mathy twin sons were kids- they had placemats with roman numerals and loved that bit, but the entire song always cracked them (us) up ❤️👏👏👏
I remember seeing these guys in...what was it? The late '90s in King of Prussia, PA, I think. Now in our mid-thirties, my sister and I can still count in Roman Numerals! XD
Oh, there's 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 wheels on a big rig! 'Okay, everybody now!' (Much louder) Oh, there's 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 wheels on a big rig, and they're rollin', rollin', rollin' rollin', rollin', rollin' 'Might fine, good buddy! Let's back the big rig, we're goin up!' Oh there's 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 wheels on a big rig. And they're rollin', rollin', rollin' rollin', rollin', rollin' 'Now let's count just the even number wheels!' Oh there's 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 wheels on a big rig. And they're rollin', rollin', rollin' rollin', rollin', rollin' 'Let's go to the other side of the truck and count just the odd number wheels.' Oh there's 1 3 5 7 9 11... 13 15 17 wheels on a big rig! 'Sounds like ya might have a flat, I don't know...' 'Okay, if you're so smart, try singing them in roman numerals.' 'Okay, I will... in just a second...' Oh, there's I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVI...I...I wheels on a big rig, And they're rollin', rollin', rollin' rollin', rollin', rollin' 'Top that will ya?' 'I will now attempt to divide the wheels of a big rig by pi to the square root of Somewhere over the rainbow' Oh, there's 3.143125679 Somewhere over the rainbow on a big rig, And they're rollin', rollin', rollin' rollin', rollin', rollin'
one of my favorite songs to listen to when i was a kid listening to Radio AAHS! :P the only thing i never understood is that he says he is going to divide the wheels on a big rig by pi...but then he just starts to list the numbers of pi (though he got it incorrect). shouldn't he be singing 5.7295779513 (18/pi)?
On a studio version, from their album "Mine!", they joke about a flat tire after they do the odd numbers. And every time I hear the "1 wheels on a big rig" I think it sounds like something you might see at a circus or something. "Come one, come all and see the worlds only unirig! And pi would be 5.72957795131 wheels on a big rig. Others they could have done: Roman numerals backwards: (Heywood Banks did this on his later versions.) XVIII, XVII, XVI, XV, XIV, XIII, XII, XI, I, IX, IIIV, IIV, IV, V, VI, III, II, I (Although I think Roman numerals backwards would actually be this. "IIIVX IIVX IVX VX VIX IIIX IIX IX X XI IIIV IIV IV V VI III II I",like saying the alphabet backwards) Multiply the wheels by two: Oh there's 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36 wheels on a big rig. Divide them by two: Oh there's 0.5, 1 , 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9 wheels on a big rig. Prime numbers: Oh there's 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17 wheels on a big rig. Prime numbers, backwards: Oh there's 17, 13, 11, 7, 5, 3, 1 wheels on a big rig. Binary numbers: Oh, there's 1 10 11 100 101 110 111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 10000 10001 10010 wheels on a big rig. Binary numbers, backwards: Oh, there's 01001, 10001, 00001, 1111, 0111, 1011, 0011, 1101, 0101, 1001, 0001, 111, 011, 101, 001, 11, 01, 1 wheels on a big rig.
I just want to take Ezra home & play with him! I assume he's married. And yes, the fact that he's singing children's songs is a little awkward, but OMG!
Now try to count the wheels on a big rig in octal. Oh, there's 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 wheels on a big rig... even though that's kind of too many but whatever. You'll have fewer if you do it in duodecimal, though. Well, alright then. Oh, there's 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ⵒ Ɛ 10... Is that how it's pronounced, "doh"? So do one, do two, do three, do four, do five, do six wheels on a big rig, and they're rollin' rollin' rollin', rollin' rollin' rollin'. Because do is short for dozen, so that's a dozen and a half of rubber doughnuts.
While the song is catchy they did not do what they said he said "I will know divide the number of wheels of a big rig(18) by pi(π) to its 10 place somewhere over the rainbow" when you divide the number of wheels on a big rig by pi, you get 5.72957795131 etc.. they started with 3.14 which is the start of pi but they dont even finish pi right by saying 3.1415932562712 pi is 3.1415926535897 etc. This has always frustrated me and If I am thinking about this wrong and they are using some other equation someone please tell me but like WHY NOT DO IT RIGHT.
Yes. this is my childhood. except they weren't so gray when i was little. I can still sing the roman numerals to XVIII as quickly as they do here.
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Omg! I grew up to these guys! Right here in Fort Smith, Arkansas! Now in sharing them with my kids! I loved going to their shows out at Harry E. Kelly park. At 41, I still LOVE this music!
Had this song in the Super Simple remix on my Alexa Playlist. Absolutely love it.
I love how both the kids and the adults are having so much fun in the audience
I heard this song sometime in between 1997-2002....and I can still say the Roman numerals to this date! Glad I found this gem to make sure I didn't lose my touch!
I probably heard it in 2006 or 07 on the Bob and Tom show when I was driving to work one morning
I was born in 2,000, or should I say MM because the letter M means 1,000 in Roman Numerals.
I was teaching my kids about Roman Numerals and this song came to mind. It was fun to sing along and remember it still from years ago. Thanks for posting!!
Totally underrated.
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One of our favorites on xm kids maaany moons ago.
Its been 9 years, and I still remember listening to this song when my mathy twin sons were kids-
they had placemats with roman numerals and loved that bit, but the entire song always cracked them (us) up
❤️👏👏👏
i remember listening to kids fm radio years ago so this brings back a lot of memories 😊
Pure magic! Thanks, Keith and Ezra!
My great nephew who is soon to be six loves this song I hope he sings it to his parents one day
I remember seeing these guys in...what was it? The late '90s in King of Prussia, PA, I think. Now in our mid-thirties, my sister and I can still count in Roman Numerals! XD
I absolutely LOVE this song. lol....Oh, and so do the kids. :D
Oh, there's 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 wheels on a big rig!
'Okay, everybody now!'
(Much louder) Oh, there's 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 wheels on a big rig, and they're rollin', rollin', rollin'
rollin', rollin', rollin'
'Might fine, good buddy! Let's back the big rig, we're goin up!'
Oh there's 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 wheels on a big rig.
And they're rollin', rollin', rollin'
rollin', rollin', rollin'
'Now let's count just the even number wheels!'
Oh there's 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 wheels on a big rig.
And they're rollin', rollin', rollin'
rollin', rollin', rollin'
'Let's go to the other side of the truck and count just the odd number wheels.'
Oh there's 1 3 5 7 9 11... 13 15 17 wheels on a big rig!
'Sounds like ya might have a flat, I don't know...'
'Okay, if you're so smart, try singing them in roman numerals.'
'Okay, I will... in just a second...'
Oh, there's I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVI...I...I wheels on a big rig,
And they're rollin', rollin', rollin'
rollin', rollin', rollin'
'Top that will ya?'
'I will now attempt to divide the wheels of a big rig by pi to the square root of Somewhere over the rainbow'
Oh, there's 3.143125679 Somewhere over the rainbow on a big rig,
And they're rollin', rollin', rollin'
rollin', rollin', rollin'
One of my highschool substitute teachers had this song on a cassette tape.
hey this was performed in Arkansas!!!!!!!
What if Drew Carey and Ryan Stiles sung it? That would be something cool
+jasminne mcdonald that would be good.!
jessica chapple LOL Great!
Whoever is turning 18 years old should watch this
This version is a lot slower than the album version (available on iTunes) but I still love this song so much!
one of my favorite songs to listen to when i was a kid listening to Radio AAHS! :P
the only thing i never understood is that he says he is going to divide the wheels on a big rig by pi...but then he just starts to list the numbers of pi (though he got it incorrect). shouldn't he be singing 5.7295779513 (18/pi)?
Yesss!!!! How come no one else remembers radio Disney?? My station was also radio aahs (I thought it was oz tho🤷🏾♀️)
I'm Impressed!
Very fun!!
REACH MISSION TRIPS THO
I saw this in math class today
On a studio version, from their album "Mine!", they joke about a flat tire after they do the odd numbers.
And every time I hear the "1 wheels on a big rig" I think it sounds like something you might see at a circus or something.
"Come one, come all and see the worlds only unirig!
And pi would be 5.72957795131 wheels on a big rig.
Others they could have done:
Roman numerals backwards: (Heywood Banks did this on his later versions.) XVIII, XVII, XVI, XV, XIV, XIII, XII, XI, I, IX, IIIV, IIV, IV, V, VI, III, II, I (Although I think Roman numerals backwards would actually be this. "IIIVX IIVX IVX VX VIX IIIX IIX IX X XI IIIV IIV IV V VI III II I",like saying the alphabet backwards)
Multiply the wheels by two: Oh there's 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36 wheels on a big rig.
Divide them by two: Oh there's 0.5, 1 , 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9 wheels on a big rig.
Prime numbers: Oh there's 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17 wheels on a big rig.
Prime numbers, backwards: Oh there's 17, 13, 11, 7, 5, 3, 1 wheels on a big rig.
Binary numbers: Oh, there's 1 10 11 100 101 110 111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 10000 10001 10010 wheels on a big rig.
Binary numbers, backwards: Oh, there's 01001, 10001, 00001, 1111, 0111, 1011, 0011, 1101, 0101, 1001, 0001, 111, 011, 101, 001, 11, 01, 1 wheels on a big rig.
Just watched this is class lol
I’ve never watched the video I just listened
So who did this first: Trout Fishing or Heywood Banks?
Heywood Banks 😊
That Whiskey breath...
Probably not the best version of this song, but still good nontheless.
If you like this song, listen to a barbershop version of it GVHS Alumni Barbersop Quartet-18 Wheels on a Big Rig
My dad song with one morning my mom said No!! Before he could but he did anyway
Does Heywood Banks know you stole his song?
I'm sure they got his permission to play and record it. It even mentions in one of their albums.
They really need to give him credit.
I just want to take Ezra home & play with him! I assume he's married. And yes, the fact that he's singing children's songs is a little awkward, but OMG!
He said pi wrong.
thats the joke
Apple used Roman numerals 2 years straight
iPhone *X*
iPhone *X* S
iPhone *X* S Max
iPhone *X* R
Why isn’t this a meme
i dont know, but it should be because it is a masterpiece
Now try to count the wheels on a big rig in octal.
Oh, there's 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 wheels on a big rig... even though that's kind of too many but whatever.
You'll have fewer if you do it in duodecimal, though.
Well, alright then. Oh, there's 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ⵒ Ɛ 10...
Is that how it's pronounced, "doh"? So do one, do two, do three, do four, do five, do six wheels on a big rig, and they're rollin' rollin' rollin', rollin' rollin' rollin'.
Because do is short for dozen, so that's a dozen and a half of rubber doughnuts.
I asked Amazon Alexa to play the most annoying song it knew.
I'm not even kidding it started playing this.
another great reason to not use Alexa
Photoshop brought me here!
While the song is catchy they did not do what they said he said "I will know divide the number of wheels of a big rig(18) by pi(π) to its 10 place somewhere over the rainbow" when you divide the number of wheels on a big rig by pi, you get 5.72957795131 etc.. they started with 3.14 which is the start of pi but they dont even finish pi right by saying 3.1415932562712 pi is 3.1415926535897 etc. This has always frustrated me and If I am thinking about this wrong and they are using some other equation someone please tell me but like WHY NOT DO IT RIGHT.
so dum
This is for children. Lighten up. Kids learn from songs, m'kay?
MMMDCCCLXXXVIII is 3,888 in Roman Numerals.