Other covers and parodies
"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" was covered in french by Quebec singer Tony Roman in 1964.
"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" was covered by French singer Sheila in 1964. The song's name is "Vous les copains" ("You my friends")
The song was remade by a Czech singer Pavel Novak and group Synkopa in 1964.
The British pop band, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich covered the song, and it appears on their greatest hits album.
The song was remade by a Korean idol group Shinhwa in 1998.
The song was covered by Dutch girl group the Dolly Dots in 1982.
The song was covered by Ukrainian-American disco singer Sergey Kremenchenko in 1973.
Andrew Gold covered the song on his 1976 album What's Wrong with This Picture.
In 1980 it was covered by pop music group A La Carte.
The song was parodied by the controversial hip hop group 2 Live Crew on their 1988 album Move Somethin', and by the Macc Lads in their song Manfred Macc.
DJ tzi released his cover version in 2001.
Riders in the Sky released a Monsters, Inc. version on the album Monsters, Inc. Scream Factory Favorites in 2002.
Cultural references
As a result of the song's prominent use by Bill Murray and Harold Ramis in the 1981 film Stripes, it has become a popular military cadence.
The song is a repeated motif in LA Story, a 1991 movie by Steve Martin.
In 2008 an advertisement for Cinnamon Streusel Mini Wheats featured a parody of the song.
In the 1991 film, My Girl, Vada Sultenfuss sang the song when she got upset, closing her ears.
In the 5th season episode of Home Improvement, 'Advise and Repent', Randy comments on Jill being weird for singing Doo Wah Diddy to a girl he was watching TV with, then Jill comes down the stairs singing the song.
This is the theme song for the 90's Philippine TV show Ang TV
A town named Doo-Wah-Diddy is referenced in the song "That's What I Like About the South" by Phil Harris, recorded by Phil Harris and Orchestra on ARA 104A (1947)
See also
UK No.1 Hits of 1964
Hot 100 number-one hits of 1964 (USA)
Preceded by
"A Hard Day's Night"
by The Beatles
UK number-one single
13 August 1964 (2 weeks)
Succeeded by
"Have I The Right" by The Honeycombs
Preceded by
"Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
October 17, 1964 (2 weeks)
Succeeded by
"Baby Love" by The Supremes
References
^ Discography
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Manfred Mann
Manfred Mann Mike Hugg Mike Vickers Dave Richmond Paul Jones Mike d'Abo
Jack Bruce Klaus Voormann Tom McGuinness
Studio albums
The Manfred Mann Album The Five Faces of Manfred Mann My Little Red Book of Winners! Mann Made As Is Soul of Mann Up the Junction Mighty Garvey!
Compilations
Chapter Two: The Best of the Fontana Years Basic: Original Hits The Best of Manfred Mann: The Definitive Collection The Best of the EMI Years Manfred Mann at Abbey Road, 1963-1966 BBC Sessions Very Best of Manfred Mann The Story Classic Masters The Evolution of Manfred Mann Complete Greatest Hits
UK singles
"Why Should We Not" "Cock-a-Hoop" "5-4-3-2-1" "Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble)" "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" "Sha La La" "Come Tomorrow" "Oh No, Not My Baby" "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" "Pretty Flamingo" "You Gave Me Somebody to Love" "Just Like a Woman" "Semi-Detached Suburban Mr James" "Ha! Ha! Said the Clown" "Sweet Pea" "So Long, Dad" "Mighty Quinn" "Theme from "Up The Junction" "My Name is Jack" "Fox on the Run" "Ragamuffin Man"
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