This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Jimi Hendrix played a brief cover of the song on the live recording Mr. Pitiful, released in 1981 in Germany only. Hyland's version hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 8, 1960, [5] and sold over a million copies in the US. [6] [7] It also made the top 10 in other countries, including #8 on the UK Singles Chart. [8] It also reached #1 in New Zealand. [9] Ownership controversy [ edit ]

In 1984, Dutch singer John Spencer made a Dutch version called 'Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Rood Wit Blauwe Monokini' (meaning 'Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Red White and Blue Monokini') [58] Eurochart Hot 100 Singles – 1990" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.7, no.51. December 22, 1990. p.36 . Retrieved July 20, 2020. a b " Band Zonder Banaan & Albert West – Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Rothaar, James (2004). "Bikinis Exposed: Happy 60th Anniversary!". JustLuxé. LuxeMont. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007 . Retrieved September 13, 2019. Itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini / Lill-Babs" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1960 . Retrieved May 13, 2011.The song is also used in the films Aparna Sen film 36 Chowringhee Lane (1981), Sister Act 2 and Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise. The song was released on Carpet Records, a subsidiary of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group. Lloyd Webber later admitted that he had produced the song because his wife had bet him that as a composer of musical theatre, he would not be able to make a pop song that was a big hit. [37] The band name "Bombalurina" was taken from the name of one of the characters in Lloyd Webber's musical Cats. [34] On the other hand, there are the one-piece bathing suits with cut-outs around the waist. These types can allow you to highlight your waist by shaping it perfectly. These models will visually nip your waist.

Another cover version was "El Cohete Americano", a Cuban propaganda song sung by Las D'Aida in Album de la Revolucion Cubana (2000). In 1987, it was sung in Greek by Polina ( Πωλίνα), with the title "Το ροζ μπικίνι" (English: "The Pink Bikini"), in her album Πάμε για τρέλλες στις Σεϋχέλλες ( Pame gia trelles stis Seychelles).Pitzonka, Bill (2001). "The Cuff Links and Street People". In Cooper, Kim; Smay, David (eds.). Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth. Los Angeles: Feral House. pp.61–62. Dutch singer Albert West collaborated with original singer Hyland on an updated version in 1988, which reached number 43 on the Dutch singles chart. [31] In 2003 West recorded another version of the song with Band Zonder Banaan which reached number 36. [32] Charts [ edit ] Albert West & Brian Hyland version [ edit ] Chart (1988) Swedish-American group The Mamas released a cover version in 2021 with new arrangement and some changes in the lyrics. At a time when bikini bathing suits were still seen as too risqué to be mainstream, the song prompted a sudden takeoff in bikini sales. It is credited as being one of the earliest contributors to the acceptance of the bikini in society. The early 1960s saw a slew of surf movies and other film and television productions that rapidly built on the song's momentum. [4] In Germany, the song was renamed "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Honolulu-Strand-Bikini" and with German lyrics written by Rudolf Günter Loose. It was recorded by Club Honolulu, an alias for French-born Italian singer Caterina Valente and her brother Silvio Francesco, [28] and reached number one on the West German charts. [29]