Popsicles and Icicles

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"Popsicles and Icicles"
Single by The Murmaids
B-side "Comedy and Tragedy"
ReleasedOctober 1963 (1963-10)
Genre Pop
Length2:30
Label Chattahoochee
Songwriter(s) David Gates
Producer(s) Kim Fowley
The Murmaids singles chronology
"Popsicles and Icicles"
(1963)
"Heartbreak Ahead"
(1964)

"Popsicles and Icicles" is a song written by David Gates and performed by The Murmaids. The single was arranged by Nestor La Bonte and produced by Kim Fowley. [1]

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Chart performance

It reached No. 2 on the Middle-Road Singles chart, [2] [3] No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 [4] and Cash Box Top 100, [5] and No. 12 in Australia in 1964. "Popsicles and Icicles" was ranked No. 31 on Cash Box's "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1964". [6]

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