Do the Flap

"Do The Flap" is a song from Big Red Car about doing a flap dance. It was adapted from The Cockroaches song: You Got the Drop.

1995 Version

 * Music: Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, John Field, Tony Henry
 * Lyrics: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, John Field
 * Music Arrangement: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, Dominic Lindsay
 * Lyrics Arrangement: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Original Idea: Greg Page
 * Music and Lyrics Adaptation: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, John Field
 * Adaptation Percussion: Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, John Field
 * Publisher: EMI Music Publishing
 * Copyright: Control

2006 Instrumental

 * Music: Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, John Field, Tony Henry
 * Music Arrangement: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, Dominic Lindsay
 * Music Adaptation: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, John Field
 * Publisher: EMI Music/Wiggly Tunes
 * Copyright: Universal Music Group

1995 Version

 * Lead Vocals - Greg Page
 * Backing Vocals - Jeff Fatt, Greg Truman
 * Character Voices - Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field
 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Electric Guitar - Terry Murray
 * Drums - Andrew Bignell
 * Organ/Keyboard Trumpet - Jeff Fatt

2006 Instrumental

 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Electric Guitar - John Field
 * Acoustic Guitar - Anthony Field
 * Organ - Jeff Fatt
 * Piano - Jeff Fatt
 * Drums - Tony Henry
 * Trumpet - Dominic Lindsay

Lyrics
Greg: Here's a dance called the flap. Let's do it together. Here we go.

(singing) First you put your hands up

Then you put them down

You put them up again

And you shake them all around.

Let's go high (High)

Let's go low (Low)

And guess what?

Everybody: What?

Greg: We're doing the flap now

We're doing the

Everybody: F L A P

Greg: We're doing the flap

Everybody: Doing the flap

Greg: We're doing the flap

Everybody: Doing the flap now

Greg: We're doing the flap

Everybody: Doing the flap

Greg: We're doing the flap

Everybody: Doing the flap now

Greg: You put your hands up

Then you put them down

You put them up again

And you turn all around.

Let's go high (High)

Let's go low (Low)

And guess what?

Everybody: What?

Greg: We're doing the flap now

We're doing the

Everybody: F L A P

Greg: We're doing the flap

Everybody: Doing the flap

Greg: We're doing the flap

Everybody: Doing the flap now

Greg: We're doing the flap

Everybody: Doing the flap

Greg: We're doing the flap

Everybody: Doing the flap now

Greg: Oh, Dorothy?

Dorothy: Yes?

Greg: Are you flapping over there?

Dorothy: Flapping good.

Greg: How about you, Henry the Octopus? Are you having a flap, too?

Henry: Oh, I can't stop flapping. Oh!

Greg: Uh, Captain Feathersword, are you flapping over there?

Captain Feathersword: Ho-ho, I'm flapping me heartie.

Greg: Alright, let's all flap. The Wiggles are doing the flap, too. How about you?

Everybody: F L A P

Greg: We're doing the flap

Everybody: Doing the flap

Greg: We're doing the flap

Everybody: Doing the flap now

Greg: We're doing the flap

Everybody: Doing the flap

Greg: We're doing the flap

Everybody: Doing the flap

Greg: Let's roll our arms up now

Till we roll them down.

Roll them to the side

Then roll them all around.

You roll high (High)

You roll low (Low)

Then guess what?

Everybody: What?

Greg: We're doing the flap now

We're doing the

Everybody: F L A P

Greg: We've done the flap.

Video Performances

 * Big Red Car
 * Here Comes the Big Red Car

Album Tracks

 * Big Red Car
 * Here Comes the Big Red Car

Trivia

 * Drummer Andrew Bignell recorded two snare drum tracks. One is heard on the left channel while the other is on the right channel.
 * The song was written in 1995.
 * This song gives thanks to Terry Murray for the guitar work and Greg Truman for the backing vocals.