Shoop Shoop Diddy Wop Cumma Cumma Wang Dang

Shoop Shoop Diddy Wop Cumma Cumma Wang Dang by the New Zealand band Monte Video and the Cassettes was a hit single of 1982 and 1983. The single appeared on the 1983 album "Monte Video" (Mushroom Records) [ [http://clubbizarre.co.nz/display.php?band=1131&sec=13 Club Bizarre Page on Monte Video and the Cassettes] retrieved 10 January 2007]

To celebrate the song 20 years after its release, a cover of the song was done in 2002 by a New Zealand band, Spacial Verb, featuring employees of the then New Zealand radio station, Channel Z.

Composition

The lyrics are absurdist and attempt to clarify the meaning of title. For example:

"Well the Shoop Shoop stands for the mood you're in "
"And the Diddy Wop means let the fun begin"
"It's a feeling gonna set your senses reeling and you can't sit still "
"Cumma Cumma mean what you thought, That's right"
"And the Wang Dang gonna get you through the night time"
"Baby there's a right time if you wanna lose control"

The lyrics suggest the song is about a failed attempt at sexual relations.

Chart success

* No 2. in the New Zealand Singles Charts
* No 11. in the Australian National Singles Charts
* The song was re-released in the UK in 1983 but did not achieve notable chart success

References

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgmSJeipim0 Video Clip on Youtube]
* [http://www.mp3-lyrics.com/lyric-view/Monte%20Video%20and%20the%20Cassettes/Shoop%20Shoop%20Diddy%20Wop/ Lyrics at mp3-lyrics.com]
* [http://www.classic45s.com/product_info.php?products_id=21492&cPath=21_30_63 Album cover at Classic 45s]
* [http://clubbizarre.co.nz/display.php?band=1131&sec=13 Monte Video page at Club Bizarre]