Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day
{{Infobox song
| name = Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day
| cover = shoobedoobedoodaday.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Stevie Wonder
| album = For Once in My Life
| B-side = "Why You Don't You Lead Me To Love"{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/t54165|title = Stevie Wonder - Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day}}
| released = April 30, 1968
| recorded = 1968
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 2:47
| label = Tamla
| writer = {{hlist|Stevie Wonder|Sylvia Moy|Henry Cosby}}
| producer = Stevie Wonder
| prev_title = I'm Wondering
| prev_year = 1967
| next_title = You Met Your Match
| next_year = 1968
}}
"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" is a 1968 single released by American and Motown recording artist Stevie Wonder. The song, co-written by Wonder and produced by Henry Cosby and Sylvia Moy, was the first to showcase Wonder's talents at the clavinet and was one of his first successful co-written tracks during his 1960s Motown period. The song reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in 1968, and went to number one on the R&B chart.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=635}}
Billboard described the single as "a groovy rock number loaded with teen sales appeal."{{cite news|newspaper=Billboard|accessdate=2021-02-23|date=March 30, 1968|page=72|title=Spotlight Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1968/Billboard%201968-03-30.pdf}} Cash Box said it was a "delighting combination of Detroit and Gospel strains" with a "generally relaxed rock mood with snatches of fire from the ork build and outstanding vocal."{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=March 30, 1968 |page=24 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1968/CB-1968-03-30.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}
"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" was one of the first songs to use a clavinet in a popular music recording.{{cite book|title=Songs in the Key of Life|page=77|author=Lundy, Zeth|year=2007|publisher=Boomsbury Academic|isbn=9780826419262}}
Personnel
- Lead vocals and clavinet by Stevie Wonder
- Backing vocals by the Andantes (Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps)
- Other instrumentation by the Funk Brothers
Chart positions
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!Chart (1968) !Peak |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
|align="center"|9 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles
|align="center"|1 |
References
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{{Stevie Wonder}}
{{Michael Jackson songs}}
Category:Michael Jackson songs
Category:Songs written by Stevie Wonder
Category:Songs written by Sylvia Moy
Category:Songs written by Henry Cosby
Category:Tamla Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Stevie Wonder
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