Frank Black
Frank Black
Frank Black
Frank Black
Frank Black
Frank Black
Frank Black
Frank Black
Frank Black
Frank Black & Teenage Fanclub
Frank Black
Frank Black
Frank Black
Frank Black
Frank Black
Frank Black
Frank Black & Teenage Fanclub
This is a nostalgic song about the 1970’s video game Pong. Released by Atari during 1972, the game was a replication of table tennis.
[Verse 1]
My brother and me used to play it down at the bar
Taking money from guys more used to the playing of cards
[Chorus]
And the paddle the paddle to the side to the side
To the side to the side and the paddle the paddle
The paddle the paddle to the side to the side
Pong
Ball in the machine
[Verse 2]
Now virtually everyone's singing a popular song
Yeah, but still I believe in the excellent joy of the Pong
[Chorus]
To the side to the side and the paddle the paddle
The paddle the paddle to the side to the side
To the side to the side and the paddle the paddle
Pong
Ball in the machine
[Verse 3]
Now if they take it H. G. Wells
Well I'll be on the first flight
To a time before the Kong
Oh, whatever happened to Pong?
[Chorus]
To the paddle the paddle to the side to the side
To the side to the side and the paddle the paddle
The paddle the paddle to the side to the side
Pong
Ball in the machine
Whatever Happened to Pong? was written by Frank Black.
Whatever Happened to Pong? was produced by Al Clay & Frank Black & Eric Drew Feldman.
Frank Black released Whatever Happened to Pong? on Mon May 23 1994.