"Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)"
Single by Daddy Dewdrop
from the album Daddy Dewdrop
B-side"John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith"
ReleasedFebruary 1971
GenrePop rock
Length2:40
LabelSunflower
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.[1] The lyrics in the verses are spoken, rather than sung.

"Chick-A-Boom" reached number nine on the U.S. Billboard pop chart in 1971.[2] It also reached number five on the Cash Box Top 100.[3]

It was produced by Dick Monda and Don Sciarrotta.[4] Monda produced music for the 1970-71 Filmation animated television series Groovie Goolies, for which the song was originally written and recorded.[5]

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.[6]

Chart performance

Other versions

References

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  3. "Top 100 1971-05-29". Cashbox Magazine. Archived from the original on 2019-09-29. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
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  7. 1 2 "Australian Chart Book". Austchartbook.com.au. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
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  13. "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1971". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
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