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

"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day"
"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"
Released	April 30, 1968
Recorded	1968
Genre	R&B; soul;
Length	2:47
Label	Tamla
Songwriter(s)	Stevie Wonder; Sylvia Moy; Henry Cosby;
Producer(s)	Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder singles chronology

"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]

Personnel[]

Lead vocals and clavinet by Stevie Wonder
Backing vocals by The Andantes (Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps)
Other instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

Chart positions[]

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

References[]

^ "Stevie Wonder - Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day".
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 635.
^ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. March 30, 1968. p. 72. Retrieved 2021-02-23.

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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.

[bb-3] "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. March 30, 1968. p. 72. Retrieved 2021-02-23.

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