"Tiptoe Through the Tulips" is a popular song originally published in 1929

1929 in music

-Events:*January 1 – Pianist and composer Abram Chasins makes his professional debut playing his own piano concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra.*January 11 – Karol Szymanowski's Stabat Mater is premiered....

. The song was written by Al Dubin

Al Dubin

Alexander "Al" Dubin was an American lyricist. He became known through his collaborations with the composer Harry Warren.-Life and works:...

 (lyrics) and Joe Burke

Joe Burke (composer)

Joseph A. Burke was an American composer and pianist. He was born in Philadelphia and died in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music and started as a pianist accompanying silent movies and an arranger in a music publishing firm. It was during this time...

 (music).

‘Crooning Troubadour’ Nick Lucas

Nick Lucas

Nick Lucas born Dominic Nicholas Anthony Lucanese was an American singer and pioneer jazz guitarist, remembered as "the grandfather of the jazz guitar", whose peak of popularity lasted from the mid-1920s to the early 1930s.-Career:In 1922, at the age of 25, he gained renown with his hit renditions...

’ recording of "Tip-Toe Through The Tulips" hit the top of the charts in May 1929. The song he introduced in the 1929 musical talkie Gold Diggers of Broadway

Gold Diggers of Broadway (film)

Gold Diggers of Broadway is a 1929 Warner Bros. comedy/musical film which is historically important as the second two-strip Technicolor all-talking feature length movie . Gold Diggers of Broadway was also the third movie released by Warner Bros...

held the #1 position for 10 weeks. Other artists charted the song in 1929, including Jean Goldkette

Jean Goldkette

John Jean Goldkette was a jazz pianist and bandleader born in Patras, Greece. Goldkette spent his childhood in Greece and Russia, and emigrated to the United States in 1911....

 (#5), Johnny Marvin (#11), and Roy Fox (#18).

The song was revived in 1967 by the California rock group The Humane Society and in 1968 by Tiny Tim

Tiny Tim (musician)

Tiny Tim , , born in Manhattan, was an American singer and ukulele player. He was most famous for his rendition of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" sung in a distinctive high falsetto/vibrato voice.-Rise to fame:Born to Lebanese parents in 1932, Khaury displayed musical talent at a very young age...

, whose version charted at #17 that year. It was also covered by Uke til U Puke

Uke til u puke

An early 1990s "speed-metal ukulele band", Uke til U Puke has been credited with pioneering a form of punk rock ukulele playing. Founded by John Derevlany and Robert Moritz, the band achieved a cult following for their efforts to over-amplify tiny four-stringed ukuleles, and then smash them...

 and The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.

The song was also featured in the horror film Insidious

Insidious (film)

Insidious is a 2011 American independent supernatural horror film written by Leigh Whannell, directed by James Wan, and starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, and Barbara Hershey. The story centers on a couple whose son inexplicably enters a comatose state and becomes a vessel for ghosts...

in 2011 a number of times throughout, and in the thriller film Wrecked

Wrecked (film)

Wrecked is a thriller film, directed by Michael Greenspan, written by Christopher Dodd, produced by Kyle Mann and starring Adrien Brody. It was released by IFC Midnight Films on April 1, 2011.-Plot:...

as a radiotune.