Do Wah Diddy Diddy#Fun Factory version
{{Distinguish|Diddy Wah Diddy}}{{Short description|1964 single by Manfred Mann}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Do Wah Diddy Diddy
| cover = Manfred mann do wah diddy diddy.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Manfred Mann
| album = The Manfred Mann Album
| B-side = What You Gonna Do?
| released = 10 July 1964
| studio =
| genre = Rock{{cite book|last= Breihan|first= Tom|chapter= The Beatles - "I Want To Hold Your Hand|date= November 15, 2022|title= The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music|publisher=Hachette Book Group|location= New York|page= 44}}
| length = 2:23
| label = His Master's Voice POP 1320 (UK)
Ascot (US)
Capitol (Canada)
| writer =
| first= Jo
| last= Rice
| year= 1982
| title= The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits
| edition= 1
| publisher= Guinness Superlatives Ltd
| location= Enfield, Middlesex
| page= 82
| isbn= 0-85112-250-7}}
| producer = John Burgess
| prev_title = Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble)
| prev_year = 1964
| next_title = Sha La La
| next_year = 1964
}}
"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" is a song written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich and originally recorded in 1963, as "Do-Wah-Diddy", by the American vocal group the Exciters. Cash Box described the Exciters' version as "a sparkling rocker that bubbles over with coin-catching enthusiasm" and said that the "great lead job is backed by a fabulous instrumental arrangement."{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=November 16, 1963 |page=10 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1963/CB-1963-11-16.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}} It was made internationally famous by the British band Manfred Mann.
Manfred Mann version
It was soon covered by British R&B, beat and pop band Manfred Mann.{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 166}} Their version was released on 10 July 1964.{{Cite web|url=http://www.themanfreds.com/discography.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060525145902/http://www.themanfreds.com/discography.htm|url-status=dead|title=Discography|archivedate=May 25, 2006|website=Themanfreds.com|access-date=January 23, 2025}} It spent two weeks at No. 1 of the UK Singles Chart in August{{cite web |title=All the Number One Singles: 1964 |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1964/ |publisher=The Official Charts Company |access-date=13 June 2010}} and two weeks at No. 1 of the US Billboard Hot 100 in October.{{cite book |title=The Billboard Book of Number One Hits |last=Bronson |first=Fred |author-link=Fred Bronson |edition=3rd |year=1992 |publisher=Billboard Publications, Inc |location=New York|isbn=0-8230-8298-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/billboardbookofn0000bron/page/158 158] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/billboardbookofn0000bron/page/158 }}
=Critical reception=
Billboard said it "features powerful beat with Mann's solo echoed by male chorus."{{cite news|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=2021-04-04|date=August 22, 1964|page=18|title=Singles Reviews|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1964/Billboard%201964-08-22.pdf}} Cash Box described it as "a thumpin' novelty rocker that's right up the teeners' alley."{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=August 29, 1964 |page=12 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohstory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1964/CB-1964-08-29.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
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Fun Factory version
{{Infobox song
| name = Doh Wah Diddy
| cover = Fun_Factory-Do_Wah_Diddy_Diddy.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Fun Factory
| album = Fun-Tastic
| released = November 30, 1995
| recorded = 1995
| studio =
| genre = Eurodance
| length = 3:31
| label = Curb
| writer =
- Jeff Barry
- Ellie Greenwich
| producer =
- Bülent Aris
- Toni Cottura
| prev_title = Celebration
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Don't Go Away
| next_year = 1996
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|6tROTga6zj0|"Do Wah Diddy"}}}}
}}
In 1995, German Eurodance band Fun Factory released a new version of "Doh Wah Diddy". It was released in November 1995 by Curb Records as the third single from their second album, Fun-Tastic (1995). Bülent Aris and Toni Cottura produced it and only a few lines of lyrics were retained, and supplemented by rap passages. The single was a top-10 hit in Germany and Spain, a top-20 hit in Austria and a top-30 hit on the Canadian RPM Dance/Urban chart.
=Track listings=
- CD-maxi
- "Doh Wah Diddy" (Dee Dee Radio) – 3:31
- "Doh Wah Diddy" (Dee Dee Fun-Tastic Extended) – 4:43
- "Doh Wah Diddy" (Fly Bass Remix) – 4:31
- "Doh Wah Diddy" (Medium Houze) – 4:43
- "Fun Factory's Theme II" – 3:24
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|align="center"|64 |
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=Certifications=
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Other cover versions
- The song has been covered many times, notably by DJ Ötzi whose version titled "Do Wah Diddy" peaked at No.9 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40, as well as charting in Germany, Switzerland, the UK and Ireland.
- A French cover version, "Vous les copains, je ne vous oublierai jamais", by Sheila (singer) became a big hit in France in 1964.
- Swedish singer Claes Dieden reached number 14 on Tio i Topp with his rendition in 1969.{{Cite book |last=Hallberg |first=Eric |title=Tio i Topp - med de utslagna "på försök" 1961–74 |last2=Henningsson |first2=Ulf |publisher=Premium |year=2012 |isbn=978-91-89136-89-2 |page=117 |language=sv}}
- American musician Andrew Gold also covered the song on his 1976 album, What's Wrong with This Picture? .
In popular culture
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The song was featured in the 1981 film Stripes, used as a marching cadence by characters played by Bill Murray and Harold Ramis in boot camp. This usage inspired real-life Army units to use it as a marching song.{{cite web |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/10/23/music |title=How 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy' became a marching song |author= |date=October 23, 2014 |website=MPRNews |access-date=August 27, 2022}}
The song was performed on the Muppet Show by "Geri and the Atrics", a group of elderly female musicians. (Episode 413, air date 1980)
The novelty item Travis the Singing Trout, a successor to Big Mouth Billy Bass sings a parody version of the song, about how the fish ended up mounted on a plaque.
The song was featured in the Full House episode "A Fish Called Martin", sung by Michelle.
The song was the theme song of the Filipino children's television programme, Ang TV. The song was performed by Jett Pangan and the cast of Ang TV with the candidates of Binibining Pilipinas 1995 during its coronation night.
See also
References
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Category:Songs written by Ellie Greenwich
Category:Songs written by Jeff Barry
Category:Fun Factory (band) songs
Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
Category:Cashbox number-one singles
Category:UK singles chart number-one singles
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Category:His Master's Voice singles
Category:Capitol Records singles