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Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day

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"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day"
Single by Stevie Wonder
from the album For Once in My Life
B-side"Why You Don't You Lead Me To Love"[1]
ReleasedApril 30, 1968
Recorded1968
Genre
Length2:47
LabelTamla
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder singles chronology
"I'm Wondering"
(1967)
"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day"
(1968)
"You Met Your Match"
(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]

Personnel

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Chart positions

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Chart (1968) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 9
U.S. Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles 1

References

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  1. ^ "Stevie Wonder - Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day".
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 635.
  3. ^ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. March 30, 1968. p. 72. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  4. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. March 30, 1968. p. 24. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  5. ^ Lundy, Zeth (2007). Songs in the Key of Life. Boomsbury Academic. p. 77. ISBN 9780826419262.