Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day
| "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" | ||||
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| Single by Stevie Wonder | ||||
| from the album For Once in My Life | ||||
| B-side | "Why You Don't You Lead Me To Love"[1] | |||
| Released | April 30, 1968 | |||
| Recorded | 1968 | |||
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| Length | 2:47 | |||
| Label | Tamla | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Stevie Wonder | |||
| Stevie Wonder singles chronology | ||||
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"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.[2]
Billboard described the single as "a groovy rock number loaded with teen sales appeal."[3] 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."[4]
"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" was one of the first songs to use a clavinet in a popular music recording.[5]
Personnel
[edit]- 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
[edit]| Chart (1968) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Stevie Wonder - Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day".
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 635.
- ^ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. March 30, 1968. p. 72. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. March 30, 1968. p. 24. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ Lundy, Zeth (2007). Songs in the Key of Life. Boomsbury Academic. p. 77. ISBN 9780826419262.
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