Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley! is a popular song, first published in 1925 and written by Billy Rose

Billy Rose

William "Billy" Rose was an American impresario, theatrical showman and lyricist. He is credited with many famous songs, notably "Me and My Shadow" , "It Happened in Monterey" and "It's Only a Paper Moon"...

, Ballard MacDonald

Ballard MacDonald

Ballard MacDonald was a Tin Pan Alley lyricist.Born in Portland, Oregon, among his credits are:Beautiful Ohio, Rose of Washington Square, Second Hand Rose, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, Back Home Again in Indiana, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Play That Barbershop Chord, Clap Hands, Here Comes...

 and Joseph Meyer

Joseph Meyer (songwriter)

Joseph Meyer was an American songwriter who wrote some of the most notable songs of the first half of the twentieth century....

, and recorded by several popular singers of the era. A version was recorded by Billy Murray

Billy Murray (singer)

William Thomas "Billy" Murray was one of the most popular singers in the United States in the early decades of the 20th century...

 in 1925, whose version has apparently entered the public domain

Public domain

Works are in the public domain if the intellectual property rights have expired, if the intellectual property rights are forfeited, or if they are not covered by intellectual property rights at all...

, although this has not been confirmed.

The song saw a revival, of sorts, in the 1970s, when reworked versions appeared in two TV commercials: in the United States for a Hormel

Hormel

Hormel Foods Corporation is a food company based in southeastern Minnesota , perhaps best known as the producer of Spam luncheon meat. The company was founded as George A. Hormel & Company in Austin, Minnesota, U.S., by George A. Hormel in 1891. The company changed its name to Hormel Foods...

 product ("Clap hands / Here comes chili / Hormel / The good time chili..."); and in the UK for Cadbury’s drinking chocolate.