The Curly Shuffle

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"The Curly Shuffle"

Single by Jump 'N The Saddle Band
from the album Jump 'N The Saddle Band
Released	1983
Format	12" vinyl, 7" vinyl
Genre	Pop
Label	Atlantic records
Writer(s)	Peter Quinn
Producer(s)	T.C. Furlong, Barney Schwartz and Mike Rasfeld
Chart positions
#15 (U.S. Hot 100)

The Curly Shuffle is a novelty song by the group Jump 'N The Saddle Band first released in 1983, a homage to the the Three Stooges film comedy team. Jump 'N The Saddle Band had one of the biggest novelty hits of the early 1980s with the song.

The song had the band's lead vocalist Peter Quinn mimicking many of Curly Howard's catch phrases. The song was distinctive enough to climb to number 15 on the pop charts, but the group never managed to produce another hit, partially because they fell into a dispute with their record label Atlantic when it came time to record a follow-up.

1 Song Lyrics
2 Music Video
3 Clips of Shorts/Films Included in Music Video
4 External Links

[edit] Song Lyrics

Note: Places where Curly Howard's voice is imitated and/or "spliced" in are in parenthesis.' Chorus repeating in a similar manner is in bold. Places in the song where Curly's schtick is mentioned but not actually imitated is left plain.

When me and my friends go out on the town

We can't sit still and we can't sit down

We don't like to fight and we don't like to scuffle

But we dance all night doing the Curly shuffle

Hey Moe hey Moe

hey Moe hey Moe

Well nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk

nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk

La da dee la da dee

la da dee la da dee

Woo woo woo woo

woo woo woo woo

Well we never miss a chance we get up and dance and do the Curly shuffle

Well me and my friends love Larry and Moe

We love Curly's brother Shemp and his fat clone Joe

It's such a delight to boogie and hustle

Dancing all night doing the Curly shuffle

Hey Moe hey Moe

hey Moe hey Moe

Well nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk

nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk

Wee bee bee bee wee bee bee bee

wee bee bee bee wee bee bee bee bee

Oh, wise guy

oh, wise guy

Well we never miss a chance

We get up and dance and do the Curly shuffle

(That's right)

(nyah ah ah) ah ah ah (woooooo) woooooo

Well me and my friends we all love to see

Comedy classics on late night TV

Those knuckleheads love to get in a scuffle

They push and they shove doing the Curly shuffle

Hey Moe hey Moe

hey Moe hey Moe

Well nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk

nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk

(Look at the grouse look at the grouse)

Look at the grouse look at the grouse

(Woof woof)

woof woof

Well we never miss a chance we get up and dance and do the Curly shuffle

(That's right)

We do the Curly shuffle

(what did you say)

We do the Curly shuffle

(that's what I thought you said)

We do the Curly shuffle

(nyah ah ah)

We do the Curly shuffle

(soitenly)

We never miss a chance we get up and dance and do the Curly shuffle

Note: the "comedy classics" line may refer to a TV show called Comedy Classics which often aired at midnight and sent out by WKBD 50 in Detroit. It showed Three Stooges shorts as well as Laurel and Hardy shorts. The Band is from Illinios and/or Ohio which both border Michigan, so they may well have received the station.