Out of all the forums and groups that I visited in my quest to find some answers, I did scavenge some interesting tidbits.

Most people remember it as officially 'The Knuckle Song for Piano'.

If you ask a serious pianist about this, he'll just think you're talking about a Prokofiev sonata where the pianist smacks the keys hard with the left fist at a particularly dramatic part of the piece.

One person from another forum "dumdumdiddle" wrote out the notes:

F# G# A# (roll these), then play C# C#
F# G# A# (roll these), then play C# C#
F# G# A# (roll) C# D# C# A#

A# G# F# (roll the other way), then D# D#
A# G# F# D# D#
C# D D# F F# F# F#

The Mad Music Archive shows that "Barry and the Bookbinders" have a copyright on the Knuckle Song.
http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=96
...but the copyright is dated 1997 and we all know the song is older.

Mike Fun stated from The Straight Dope:

I always thought it was called "I'm going to slam the lid down on your goddamn hands if you keep playing that" in F# pentatonic.

So I didn't find out who wrote it or when exactly it was written, but I do hope you find the video entertaining.

Enjoy!
Source(s):
http://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Forum/27/topic/...
http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=96
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=517550


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