Yummy Yummy Yummy

"Yummy Yummy Yummy"

Cover of the German release
Single by Ohio Express
from the album Ohio Express
B-side "Zig Zag"
Released 1968
Format 7" vinyl
Genre Bubblegum pop
Length 2:30
Label Buddah
Writer(s) Arthur Resnick and Joey Levine
Producer Jerry Kasenetz, Jeff Katz, Joey Levine, Arthur Resnick
Engineer: Bruce Staple
Ohio Express singles chronology
"Try It"
(1968)		 "Yummy Yummy Yummy"
(1968)		 "Down At Lulu's"
(1968)

"Yummy Yummy Yummy" is a bubblegum pop song by Arthur Resnick and Joey Levine, first recorded by Ohio Express in 1968. Their version reached #4 in the U.S. Pop Singles chart[1] and #5 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] It has since been covered by many artists. Ohio Express was a studio concoction and none of the "official" members appear on the record. Joey Levine sang lead vocals.

Joey Levine sang "Yummy Yummy Yummy" live for the first time ever in Henderson, Tennessee at the Caravan Of Stars XV, on May 17, 2008.

In the years since it was a hit, the song has become a cheesy staple. In Time Magazine's 2011 list of top 10 songs with silly lyrics it ranked #8. It has been used in a commercial for Kinder chocolate, in a food-themed scene in the television show The Simpsons, in Monty Python's Flying Circus in episode How Not to Be Seen, and in "Last McSupper" scene of the film Super Size Me.[3]

Contents

Chart performance

Chart (1968) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[2] 5
Austrian Singles Chart[4] 5
Canadian RPM Top Singles[5] 1
Dutch Top 40[6] 27
Irish Singles Chart[7] 5
Swiss Singles Chart[8] 8
US Billboard Pop Singles[1] 4

Cover versions

Other cover versions were recorded by The Residents on The Third Reich 'n Roll (1976), Spanish disco group Baccara on their 1978 album Light My Fire, rockabilly band Elvis Hitler on their 1992 album Supersadomasochisticexpialidocious, and experimental rock band Tub Ring on their 1995 album ...And the Mashed Potato Mountain Etiquette.

The song was performed live by the all-female punk rock band L7.

References

  1. ^ a b Ohio Express charting singles Retrieved October 14, 2011
  2. ^ a b "Chart Stats - Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy". http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=4899. Retrieved May 21, 2009 (2009-05-21). 
  3. ^ List of Top 10 songs with silly lyrics Time Magazine March 16, 2011
  4. ^ "Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy - austriancharts.at (in German)". http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Ohio+Express&titel=Yummy+Yummy+Yummy&cat=s. Retrieved May 21, 2009 (2009-05-21). 
  5. ^ "RPM Volume 9 No. 17, June 22, 1968 - RPM". http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.5741&volume=9&issue=17&issue_dt=June%2022%201968&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mvd3le5ecktjsfm8c2odk6sps0. Retrieved May 21, 2009 (2009-05-21). 
  6. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 - Week 30, 1968 (in Dutch)". http://www.top40.nl/index.aspx?week=30&jaar=1968. Retrieved May 21, 2009 (2009-05-21). 
  7. ^ "The Irish Charts Search the Charts". http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved May 21, 2009 (2009-05-21). 
  8. ^ "Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy - hitparade.ch (in German)". http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Ohio+Express&titel=Yummy+Yummy+Yummy&cat=s. Retrieved May 21, 2009 (2009-05-21). 

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