Hokey Cokey facts
While investigating facts about Hokey Cokey, I found out little known, but curios details like:
The children's song 'The Hokey Cokey' is only called this in the UK, Ireland and the Caribbean, while it's called 'The Hokey Pokey' in the US, Canada, Australia and Israel as 3 similar songs were released within an 11 year period with no one knowing who originally wrote the song we know now
It's the "Hokey Pokey" in the US, Australia, Canada, and Ireland, but the "Hokey Cokey" in the UK and New Zealand
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 5 of the best facts about Hokey Cokey I managed to collect.
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The "hokey pokey" dance is called the "hokey cokey" in the UK, the "hokey tokey" in New Zealand, the "boogie woogie" in Denmark, and the "boogie boogie" in the Philippines and its origin can be dated back to 17th century.
