[1] Secombe usually spoke the lead vocals, accompanied by Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan, who would sing along as various Goon Show characters.
In the fourth volume of his war memoirs (Mussolini, His Part In My Downfall), Milligan mentions that his friend and fellow soldier Edgington was often referred to as Edge-Ying-Tong.
In the satirical TV sketch show Spitting Image, in which news figures and celebrities were lampooned in the form of grossly caricatured rubber puppets, it was not uncommon for King Charles III (then the Prince of Wales) to be seen leaving a room quietly singing the "Ying Tong Song" to himself.
Jon Anderson, former lead singer for the progressive rock group Yes, recorded a short version, released in 2005 on his State of Independence EP.
In the Funny Woman television series, whenever the title character, Barbara/Sophie, and her father part or end a phone call they say "ying tong iddle i po."