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What’s the time Mr Wolf?

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What's the Time Mr Wolf is a soulful vocal hook from Southside of Bombay, made famous by Once Were Warriors and used for nostalgic, laid-back edits.

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What's the Time Mr Wolf is a soulful vocal hook from Southside of Bombay, made famous by Once Were Warriors and used for nostalgic, laid-back edits.

This clip captures the instantly recognisable chorus hook from Whats the Time Mr Wolf, sung with a warm, soulful lead vocal over a laid back reggae groove. The question and response phrasing feels playful on the surface but carries the bittersweet, reflective mood that made the song so memorable in Once Were Warriors. It is short, melodic and emotionally loaded, dropping in like a memory rather than a punchline. Viewers tend to pause on it because the melody is catchy enough to sing along to while still feeling wistful and grounded.

Dica profissional

Place the hook right on a scene change or flashback reveal and let the full 4.5 seconds breathe without talking over it. Pair it with warm, grainy footage and a soft fade, and avoid speeding it up, which kills its soulful pull.

Como as pessoas usam

Dropping into nostalgic edits about growing up in New Zealand
Scoring a flashback scene with a bittersweet, reflective mood
Adding a soulful hook before a quiet emotional reveal
Using as a transition into laid-back summer memory montages

Mais informações

Whats the Time Mr Wolf was recorded by New Zealand band Southside of Bombay and released in the early 1990s, reaching a much wider audience when it featured on the soundtrack to the 1994 film Once Were Warriors. The film's raw portrait of life in South Auckland helped cement the track in New Zealand popular culture, where its chorus became a familiar singalong. Online, the short hook keeps resurfacing in edits and shares because it instantly signals nostalgia, place and reflection without needing any extra context.

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What is What's the Time Mr Wolf?

It is the chorus hook from a song by New Zealand band Southside of Bombay. The short clip features a soulful sung question over a laid-back reggae groove, which is why it works as a melodic, nostalgic sound rather than a spoken meme line.

Where is What's the Time Mr Wolf from?

The song gained its widest fame from the soundtrack to Once Were Warriors, the 1994 New Zealand film set in South Auckland. Its inclusion in that film helped turn the track into a lasting piece of New Zealand popular culture.

How do creators use this sound?

Creators use it as a short musical drop for flashbacks, memory montages and reflective edits. It works best left uncut for its full few seconds, paired with warm footage, because cutting or speeding it up removes the wistful feeling people recognise.