Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day

"Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day"
Single by Gilbert O'Sullivan
from the album Back to Front (2012 remaster)
B-side "But I'm Not"
Released 1972
Format 7 inch
Recorded 1972
Genre Pop
Length 2:45
Label MAM Records
Songwriter(s) Gilbert O'Sullivan
Producer(s) Gordon Mills
Gilbert O'Sullivan singles chronology
"Alone Again (Naturally)"
(1972)		 "Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day"
(1972)		 "Clair"
(1972)

"Alone Again (Naturally)"
(1972)		 "Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day"
(1972)		 "Clair"
(1972)

Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day is a 1972 song by Gilbert O'Sullivan. While it only made #8 on the UK Singles Chart,[1] it was the first of three #1s on the Irish Singles Chart for him.[2]

The song was never released on a studio album, but in 2012 made it on to a remastered version of Back to Front.[3]

In 2013, a single-purpose version of the song which featured 300 people singing a reworded version of the song whilst going about their daily lives was used for an advert for the National Lottery.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 411. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ↑ The Irish Singles Charts - Searchable Database Note: User must define "Gilbert O'Sullivan" as the search parameter. www.irishcharts.ie. Access date: 28-04-2010.
  3. ↑ "Back to Front - Gilbert O'Sullivan". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "National Lottery backs new £2 Lotto game with £15m push". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
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