Tip Toeing in My Jordans: The Song in the Rumpelstiltskin Meme

The song in the Rumpelstiltskin meme is "Tip Toe Wing In My Jawwdinz" by the rapper Riff Raff. It came out on June 10, 2014, on Mad Decent, as the second single from his debut album Neon Icon.

• Artist: Riff Raff
• Album: Neon Icon (2014)
• Released: June 10, 2014, Mad Decent
• Producer: Top Secret Productions
• Length: 4:04
• Chart: number 24 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100

The music video, directed by Mickey Finnegan and Riff Raff, was posted on his YouTube channel on November 10, 2014.

"Tip Toe Wing In My Jawwdinz" is a stylized spelling of "tiptoeing in my Jordans". Almost nobody types the real spelling, so people look the song up as "Tip Toeing in My Jordans", "Tip Toein' in My Jordans", "Tip Toe in My Jordans" or simply "the tiptoe song".

On TikTok the sound is listed as "Tip Toe Wing In My Jawwwdinz – RiFF RAFF", with three w's. Searching that exact name in the TikTok sound library finds the version most meme videos use.

The AI Rumpelstiltskin video was posted on Instagram on August 27, 2026, without the song. On September 29, 2026, TikTok user @6aimbot9 set the little man's dance to the track with the caption "The type of dreams I be having after taking dollar store melatonin". That post passed 850,000 views in a week, and the song and the clip have traveled together ever since.

The pairing works because the little man's tiptoe steps, the shush and the grin land on the beat, and a song about tiptoeing fits a character who sneaks into a barn on his toes. The video has nothing to do with sneakers.

For the full story of the video, see the origin of the Rumpelstiltskin meme.

Search for "Tip Toe Wing In My Jawwdinz" on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube; searching "Tip Toeing in My Jordans" usually finds it too. Every video made on this site comes with the song already cut to the beat.

• Wikipedia: Tip Toe Wing in My Jawwdinz
• Know Your Meme: AI Rumpelstiltskin / Tip Toein' In My Jordans