At the Hop
At the Hop Lyrics
Bah-bah-bah-bah
Bah-bah-bah-bah
Bah-bah-bah-bah
Bah-bah-bah-bah, at the hop
[Verse 1]
Well, you can rock, it you can roll it
Do the stomp and even stroll it at the hop
When the record starts spinnin'
You Chalypso and you chicken at the hop
Do the dance sensations that are sweepin' the nation at the hop
[Chorus]
Let's go to the hop
Let's go to the hop (Oh baby)
Let's go to the hop (Oh baby)
Let's go to the hop
Come on, let's go to the hop
[Verse 2]
Well, you can swing it, you can groove it
You can really start to move it at the hop
Where the jockey is the smoothest
And the music is the coolest at the hop
All the cats and the chicks can get their kicks at the hop
Let's go
Let's go to the hop
Let's go to the hop (Oh baby)
Let's go to the hop (Oh baby)
Let's go to the hop
Come on, let's go to the hop
Let's go
[Instrumental break]
[Verse 3]
Well, you can rock it you can roll it
Do the stomp and even stroll it at the hop
When the record starts spinnin'
You Chalypso and you chicken at the hop
Do the dance sensations that are sweepin' the nation at the hop
[Verse 4]
You can swing it you can groove it
You can really start to move it at the hop
Where the jockey is the smoothest
And the music is the coolest at the hop
All the cats and the chicks can get their kicks at the hop
Let's go
[Chorus]
Let's go to the hop
Let's go to the hop (Oh baby)
Let's go to the hop (Oh baby)
Let's go to the hop
Come on, let's go to the hop
Bah-bah-bah-bah
Bah-bah-bah-bah
Bah-bah-bah-bah
Bah-bah-bah-bah, at the hop
About
The song was originally going to be called “Do the Bop”, but was changed to be a song about teenage hangouts.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
A hop is an informal dance party. The term comes from the hops used to make beer, and the spontaneous celebrations that would happen in the late 1800s when families would spend a season on a farm harvesting the hops.
In the jazz era (1920s), The Lindy Hop was a popular dance at group parties and made the word ‘hop’ a national term to describe public dance parties.
In the 1950s, school dances in the gymnasium were popular. Because their shoes could potentially scratch the floor, the students would often take them off and dance in their socks. These dance parties became known as sock hops. This song, released in 1957, is about going to a sock hop.