Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day | |
Cover: | shoobedoobedoodaday.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Stevie Wonder |
Album: | For Once in My Life |
B-Side: | "Why You Don't You Lead Me To Love"[1] |
Released: | April 30, 1968 |
Recorded: | 1968 |
Length: | 2:47 |
Label: | Tamla |
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.[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]
Chart (1968) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 9 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles | 1 |