There is also a drum riff between some of the verses and choruses, including the one that ends the song, too. They are: "Limbo lower now (2x) / How low can you go", and "Don't move that limbo bar / You'll be a limbo star / How low can you go." A male chorus sings the "La la" chorus between the second and third verses. Checker does a couple of monologues between the first and second verses, as well as the third verse and the final whistling chorus. The song is noted for Checker's high pitched witchy laugh, which is heard between most of the choruses of the song. Thinking it was a mistake, he telephoned BMI to ask about it and was told that the check was indeed his money, earned from the Champs' and Chubby Checker's renditions of "Monotonous Melody" under the title "Limbo Rock". Some months later, Strange was amazed to receive a royalty check from Broadcast Music, Inc. A few months later Chubby Checker's manager Kal Mann asked Strange if he could record the song with different lyrics that became "Limbo Rock". As a joke he sang the "What a monotonous melody" song. Whilst later doing a recording session for Ricky Nelson, Strange was asked if he had a song for recording. Strange pulled out a note pad and came up with the tune in under five minutes, with the only lyrics being "What a monotonous melody" for every line, and pocketed the money. His friend produced a hundred-dollar bill from his wallet and bet him he could not. Strange sneered that he could write a better song in five minutes. In 1960 session guitarist Billy Strange and a friend were listening to a song on the radio.
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