"Down Down Baby" (also known as "Roller Coaster") is a

clapping game A clapping game (or hand game) is a type of usually cooperative (i.e., non- competitive) game which is generally played by two players and involves clapping as a rhythmic accompaniment to a singing game or reciting of a rhyme, often nursery r ...

played by children in

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. In the game, two or more children stand in a circle, and clap hands in tune to a rhyming song. It has been used in various songs and media productions since the mid 20th century. As with most hand-clapping games, there are many variations. Modified versions of the song have appeared in

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's "Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko Bop",

Nelly Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, actor and entrepreneur. He embarked on his music career with the hip hop group St. Lunatics in 1993 and signed to Universal R ...

's "

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's "Hotdog", The Damned's " New Rose",

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' "Let's Go Surfing", Cayucas' "Jessica WJ", Usher's "OMG",

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's "Watching the Big Apple Turnover",

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and

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's " Contagious Love", the film ''

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,'' EXO's " Ko Ko Bop", and Kyle's "YES!"

References

External links

The British Library - Video recording of Down Down Baby, 2010
{{Hand games Clapping games English nursery rhymes Children's games English children's songs English folk songs Traditional children's songs