Hippy Hippy Shake
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Hippy Hippy Shake is a song written and recorded by Chan Romero
in 1959. That same year, the song reached number three in Australia
.
A cover version by Italian rocker Little Tony
appeared in the same year and found moderate success in the United Kingdom
and Italy
.
A version by UK
-based band The Swinging Blue Jeans
was released in December 1963. This single reached the British top 5 and just missed the Top 20 (#21) on the United States
charts in early 1964.
A rare live version of Hippy Hippy Shake can be found on The Beatles
album Live at the BBC
. This version was recorded in July 1963 almost certainly pre-dating the Swinging Blue Jeans recording.
The song was also covered by the glam rock band Mud
in 1974 being released on their album Mud Rock which reached #8 in the charts.
The song was also covered by the band The Georgia Satellites in 1988 and featured in the film, Cocktail, and later in the 1994 Disney adaptation of Angels in the Outfield
.
In 1979, The B-52's
song, Dance This Mess Around, which featured numerous 1960s pop culture references, repeated the line, "Hippy hippy forward hippy hippy hippy hippy hippy shake", an allusion to this song.
It was also included in the films The Men Who Stare at Goats
and X-Men: First Class
.
Chan Romero
Robert Lee "Chan" Romero is an American rock and roll pioneer and contemporary of Ritchie Valens, best known for his seminal 1959 hit, Hippy Hippy Shake.-Life and career:...
in 1959. That same year, the song reached number three in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
A cover version by Italian rocker Little Tony
Little Tony (singer)
Little Tony is an Italian-born Sammarinese pop singer and actor. He achieved success in Britain in the late 1950s and early 1960s, as the lead singer of Little Tony & His Brothers, before returning to Italy where he continued a successful career as a singer and film actor.-Life and career:He was...
appeared in the same year and found moderate success in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
.
A version by UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
-based band The Swinging Blue Jeans
The Swinging Blue Jeans
The Swinging Blue Jeans were a four piece 1960s British Merseybeat band, best known for their hit singles with the HMV label; "Hippy Hippy Shake", the follow-up, Little Richard's "Good Golly Miss Molly", and "You're No Good", a Clint Ballard song that provided a change of pace and furnished the...
was released in December 1963. This single reached the British top 5 and just missed the Top 20 (#21) on the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
charts in early 1964.
A rare live version of Hippy Hippy Shake can be found on The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
album Live at the BBC
Live at the BBC (The Beatles album)
Live at the BBC is a 1994 compilation album featuring performances by The Beatles that were originally broadcast on various BBC Light Programme radio shows from 1963 through 1965. The monaural album, available in multiple formats but most commonly as a two-CD set, consists of 56 songs and 13 tracks...
. This version was recorded in July 1963 almost certainly pre-dating the Swinging Blue Jeans recording.
The song was also covered by the glam rock band Mud
Mud (band)
Mud were an English glam rock band, formed in February 1968, best remembered for their single "Tiger Feet", which was the UK's best-selling single of 1974...
in 1974 being released on their album Mud Rock which reached #8 in the charts.
The song was also covered by the band The Georgia Satellites in 1988 and featured in the film, Cocktail, and later in the 1994 Disney adaptation of Angels in the Outfield
Angels in the Outfield (1994 film)
Angels in the Outfield is a 1994 remake of the 1951 film of the same name. The film stars Danny Glover, Tony Danza and Christopher Lloyd, and features appearances from future stars, including Adrien Brody, Matthew McConaughey, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Neal McDonough.Unlike the original, which...
.
In 1979, The B-52's
The B-52's
The B-52's are an American rock band, formed in Athens, Georgia in 1976. The original line-up consisted of Fred Schneider , Kate Pierson , Cindy Wilson , Ricky Wilson , and Keith Strickland . Following Ricky Wilson's death in 1985 Strickland switched to guitar...
song, Dance This Mess Around, which featured numerous 1960s pop culture references, repeated the line, "Hippy hippy forward hippy hippy hippy hippy hippy shake", an allusion to this song.
It was also included in the films The Men Who Stare at Goats
The Men Who Stare at Goats
The Men Who Stare at Goats is a book by Jon Ronson about the U.S. Army's exploration of New Age concepts and the potential military applications of the paranormal. The title refers to attempts to kill goats by staring at them...
and X-Men: First Class
X-Men: First Class
X-Men: First Class is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics starring the X-Men.-Publication history:The original series was an eight-issue limited series. It began in September 2006 and ended in April 2007. It was written by Jeff Parker and penciled by Roger Cruz...
.