Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)
{{short description|1971 single by Daddy Dewdrop}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)
| image = Chick-a-boom daddy dewdrop US reissue Eric Records.png
| alt = vinyl label
| caption = 1986 US reissue
| type = single
| artist = Daddy Dewdrop
| album = Daddy Dewdrop
| B-side = John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith
| released = February 1971
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| recorded =
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| genre = Pop{{cite book|title= Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s|first1=Don|last1=Breithaupt|first2= Jeff|last2= Breithaupt|date= October 15, 1996|chapter= Jiffy Pop: Novelty Records|page= 116|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|isbn=031214704X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RMPCAwAAQBAJ}}
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=40}}
| label = Sunflower
| writer = Janice Lee Gwin, Linda Martin
| producer = Dick Monda, Don Sciarrotta
| prev_title = The Bible Salesman
| prev_year = 1969
| next_title = Fox Huntin' (On the Weekend)
| next_year = 1971
}}
"Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" is a song written by Janice Lee Gwin and Linda Martin and performed by Daddy Dewdrop. It was featured on his 1971 album, Daddy Dewdrop.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Daddy-Dewdrop-Daddy-Dewdrop/release/3279085 |title=Daddy Dewdrop - Daddy Dewdrop (Vinyl, LP, Album) |website=Discogs.com |date=2016-09-29 |accessdate=2016-10-03}} The lyrics in the verses are spoken, rather than sung.
"Chick-A-Boom" reached number nine on the U.S. Billboard pop chart in 1971.{{cite web|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Chick-A-Boom+%28Don%27t+Ya+Jes%27+Love+It%29+by+Daddy+Dewdrop&id=10228 |title=Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) (song by Daddy Dewdrop) • Music VF, US & UK hits charts |website=Musicvf.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-03}} It also reached number five on the Cash Box Top 100.{{cite web |url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19710529.html |title=Top 100 1971-05-29 |work=Cashbox Magazine |accessdate=2016-05-25 |archive-date=2019-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929193905/http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19710529.html |url-status=dead }}
It was produced by Dick Monda and Don Sciarrotta.{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/sun105 |title=Daddy Dewdrop - Chick-a-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) / John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith - Sunflower - USA - SUN 105 |website=45cat.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-03}} Monda produced music for the 1970-71 Filmation animated television series Groovie Goolies, for which the song was originally written and recorded.{{cite web|title=Daddy Dewdrop biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/daddy-dewdrop-mn0000667037|work=Allmusic|accessdate=15 January 2013}} That version was by the "Rolling Headstones" and was a parody of the Rolling Stones "Girl with the Faraway Eyes."
The song makes a reference to Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti".
The single ranked number 34 on Billboard{{'}}s Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1971.{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1971.php|title=Billboard Top 100 - 1971|accessdate=February 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224230503/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1971.php|archive-date=February 24, 2016|url-status=dead}}
Chart performance
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| Australia
| style="text-align:center;"|84 |
| Canada{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7590&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date= |accessdate=2016-10-03}}
| style="text-align:center;"|45 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1971.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1971/Top 100 Songs of 1971 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-03}}
| style="text-align:center;"|34 |
| U.S. Cash Box{{cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1971YESP.html |title=Top 100 Year End Charts: 1971 |work=Cashbox Magazine |accessdate=2016-05-30 }}
| style="text-align:center;"|41 |
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Other versions
- Jonathan King, under the name 53rd & 3rd featuring The Sound of Shag released a version of the song in the United Kingdom in 1975 that reached #36 on the UK Singles Chart.{{cite web|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Chick-A-Boom+%28Don%27t+Ya+Jes+Love+It%29+by+53rd+%26+3rd&id=393 |title=Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes Love It) (song by 53rd & 3rd) • Music VF, US & UK hits charts |website=Musicvf.com |date=1975-09-20 |accessdate=2016-10-03}}
- Ted Knight released a version of the song on his 1975 comedy album, Hi Guys.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Ted-Knight-Hi-Guys/release/2973876 |title=Ted Knight - Hi Guys (Vinyl, LP, Album) |website=Discogs.com |date=2016-09-29 |accessdate=2016-10-03}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/daddy_dewdrop/chick-a-boom.html Lyrics of this song]
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