"Short Shorts" is a song written and performed by Tom Austin, Bill Crandell, Bill Dalton, and Bob Gaudio, members of The Royal Teens.

[1] The group originally released the track on the small New York label Power Records in 1957.

In an interview with Newsweek, Dalton explained how the song came to be written: "We were practicing one night at my house, and one guy started putting some notes together.

It was a warm day and we saw this girl in shorts walking down the street.

"[2] The record ranked #35 on Billboard's Year-End top 50 singles of 1958.