| "Hippy Hippy Shake" | |
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| Single by Chan Romero | |
| Released | 1959 |
| Format | 7" |
| Genre | Rock |
| Writer(s) | Chan Romero |
| "Hippy Hippy Shake" | ||||
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| Single by The Swinging Blue Jeans | ||||
| B-side | "Now I Must Go" | |||
| Released | December 1963 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1963 | |||
| Genre | Rock & Roll | |||
| Label | HMV Pop 1242 (UK) Imperial Records (U.S.) |
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| Writer(s) | Chan Romero | |||
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Hippy Hippy Shake is a song written and recorded by Chan Romero in 1959.[1][2] 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.