Denise LaSalle 💓 "(Don't Mess With) MY TOOT TOOT" (1985) TOTP Live TV Show UK '80s

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"My Toot Toot" also popularly known as "Don't Mess with My Toot Toot" or "(Don't Mess with) My Toot Toot" is a song written by and originally performed by Sidney Simien, under his stage name Rockin' Sidney. In 1985, "My Toot-Toot" was certified platinum and won the 1986 Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording.

WHAT IS A "TOOT TOOT"?
Writer-singer Rockin` Sidney Simien laughs in answer:

''That`s the thing about the song,'' he says. ''I get calls from all over, and now even people who know what a toot-toot is aren`t sure what it is anymore. Because it can be anything you want it to be.
''Some people think when you say `toot-toot` you`re talking about the body.
And some people are saying it`s cocaine, drugs."

In French-influenced Cajun Louisiana, where the 47-year-old Simien lives, ''toot'' is a corruption of the Gallic word ''tout,'' meaning ''all.''

''From the old Cajun (language), a toot-toot is something special, maybe your best girlfriend, your all, your everything,'' Simien says. ''I got the idea from hearing my grandmother and the older folks use the word quite a bit. Especially when they saw a newborn baby. They`d pinch the baby on the cheek and say, `Isn`t she--or isn`t he--a sweet little toot-toot?`

''And I used to hear older guys call their girlfriends toot-toot. Plus there was an old song--I never really heard the record, but I used to hear different bands play at house parties when I was a kid, and they would sing . . . several songs, really, and put that word in there: `Mon chere toot-toot.` ''

"My Toot Toot" has been covered by many artists including Fats Domino and Doug Kershaw, Rosie Ledet, Jean Knight, Terrance Simien, Denise LaSalle, Jimmy C. Newman, John Fogerty and Jello Biafra. Other versions include Louisiana Zydeco accordionist and singer Fernest Arceneaux, British-Jamaican television personality Rustie Lee, Swedish dansband Lasse Stefanz and Irish country singer Mike Denver.

Denise LaSalle's version was a hit in the UK, peaking at number six in 1985 and number 76 in Australia.


📚 SONG LYRICS "MY TOOT TOOT" 💓 (as performed by Denise LaSalle)

Chorus:
Don't mess with my toot toot, don't mess with my toot toot
Well you can have the other woman, but don't mess with my toot toot

She was born in her birth suit, the doctor slap her behind, (slap!)
Say you're gonna to be special, you sweet little toot toot
Well you can look as much, but if you much as touch
You're gonna have yourself a case - I'm gonna break your face!

Chorus
Oh toot, hey!
Whoa, mama was the same way too, all the fellas didn't know what to do
And papa never had a chance, with a sweet little toot toot
She was born in her birth suit, the doctor slap her behind, (slap!)
Said you're gonna to be special, you sweet little toot toot

Chorus

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