Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!

{{Short description|Song performed by Billy Murray}}

{{About|the song|other uses|Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie (disambiguation){{!}}Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie}}

"Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!" is a popular song that was written by Billy Rose, Ballard MacDonald and Joseph Meyer and was first published in 1925. The song was recorded by several popular singers of the era, including a version by Billy Murray{{cite web |title=archive.org |url=https://archive.org/details/78_clap-hands-here-comes-charley-applaudan-que-ahi-viene-carlos_jack-shilkrets-or_gbia0097682a/Clap+Hands!+Here+Comes+Charley+-+Jack+Shilkret's+Orchestra.flac |website=archive.org |date=25 November 1925 |accessdate=July 25, 2020}} in 1925, but the most popular version at that time was by Johnny Marvin.{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |date=1986 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |isbn=0-89820-083-0 |page=300}} In the 1930s the song became the theme tune of British dance band pianist Charlie Kunz.

{{cite book

| last1 = Ades | first1 = David

| first2 = Percy | last2 = Bickerdyke

| first3 = Eric | last3 = Holmes

| title = This England's Book of British Dance Bands

| location = Cheltenham

| publisher = This England Books

|date=July 1999

| pages = 11–13

| isbn = 0-906324-25-4 }}

In the 1960s, the song was used to promote Hormel chili, as in, "Clap hands, here comes chili...".

Filmed in Funny Lady.