Do Wah Diddy Diddy

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“Do Wah Diddy Diddy”
Single by Manfred Mann
B-side	"What You Gonna Do?"
Released	July 10, 1964 (UK) August 3, 1964 (USA)
Format	Vinyl record (7")
Recorded	11th June 1964
Genre	Pop/Rock
Length	2:24
Label	HMV POP1320 (UK) Ascot AS 2157 (USA)
Writer(s)	Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich
Manfred Mann singles chronology
"Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble)" (1964) "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" (1964) "Sha La La" (1964)

"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" is a song notably performed by 1960s British R&B, Beat and Pop band Manfred Mann. The song was originally performed in 1963 by the American band The Exciters, originally written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich. Manfred Mann's version was recorded on June 11 1964^{[citation needed]}, was released on July 10 ^[1] and spent two weeks in August at number one in the UK singles chart and in October of that year it spent two weeks at the number one spot in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Contents 1 Other covers and parodies 2 Cultural references 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Other covers and parodies

• The song was remade by a Korean idol group Shinhwa in 1998.

• The song was covered by Dutch girl group the Dolly Dots.

• The song was performed by Jesse and the Rippers on Full House, sometimes in medley with The Beach Boys' Kokomo.^{[citation needed]}

• The song was covered by Ukrainian-American disco singer Sergey Kremenchenko in 1973

• In 1980, it was covered by pop music group A La Carte

• The song was parodied by the controversial hip hop group 2 Live Crew on their 1988 album Move Somethin', and by the Macc Lads in their song Manfred Macc

• DJ Ötzi released his cover version in 2001

[edit] Cultural references

• As a result of the song's prominent use in the 1981 Bill Murray film Stripes it has become a popular military cadence.

• The song is a repeated motif in L.A. Story, a 1991 movie by Steve Martin. In the movie 'sing doo wah diddy' is the solution to a riddle ('how daddy is doing' which is an anagram of the song's title) from a freeway sign.

• In 2008 an advertisement for Cinnamon Streusel Mini Wheats featured a parody of the song.

• In the 1991 movie My Girl, it was sung by Vada Sultenfuss, when she gets upset, she closes her ears and sings the song.

[edit] See also

• UK No.1 Hits of 1964
• Hot 100 number-one hits of 1964 (USA)

Preceded by "A Hard Day's Night" by The Beatles	UK number one single 13 August 1964 (2 weeks)	Succeeded by "Have I The Right" by The Honeycombs
Preceded by "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison	Billboard Hot 100 number one single October 17, 1964 (2 weeks)	Succeeded by "Baby Love" by The Supremes

[edit] References

1. ^ Discography

[edit] External links

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