Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)

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"Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)"
Chick-a-boom daddy dewdrop US reissue Eric Records.png
1986 US reissue
Single by Daddy Dewdrop
from the album Daddy Dewdrop
B-side "John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith"
ReleasedFebruary 1971
Genre Pop [1]
Length2:40
Label Sunflower
Songwriter(s) Janice Lee Gwin, Linda Martin
Producer(s) Dick Monda, Don Sciarrotta
Daddy Dewdrop singles chronology
"The Bible Salesman"
(1969)
"Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)"
(1971)
"Fox Huntin' (On the Weekend)"
(1971)

"Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" is a song written by Janice Lee Gwin and Linda Martin and performed by Daddy Dewdrop. It was featured on his 1971 album, Daddy Dewdrop. [2] The lyrics in the verses are spoken, rather than sung.

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"Chick-A-Boom" reached number nine on the U.S. Billboard pop chart in 1971. [3] It also reached number five on the Cash Box Top 100. [4]

It was produced by Dick Monda and Don Sciarrotta. [5] Monda produced music for the 1970-71 Filmation animated television series Groovie Goolies , for which the song was originally written and recorded. [6]

The song makes a reference to Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti". The single ranked number 34 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1971. [7]

Chart performance

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