{{Distinguish|Diddy Wah Diddy}}{{Short description|1964 single by Manfred Mann}} {{Infobox song | name = Do Wah Diddy Diddy | cover = Manfred mann do wah diddy diddy.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Manfred Mann | album = The Manfred Mann Album | B-side = What You Gonna Do? | released = 10 July 1964 | recorded = June 1964<ref>{{cite web|url=https://allmusic-wingsofdream.blogspot.com/2018/06/manfred-mann-down-road-apiece-their-emi.html|title=Manfred Mann - Down the Road Apiece: Their EMI Recordings 1963-1966|date=5 June 2018|access-date=3 March 2019}}</ref> | studio = | genre = Rock<ref name=cb/><ref name="Number Ones 2022">{{cite book|last= Breihan|first= Tom|chapter= The Beatles - "I Want To Hold Your Hand|date= November 15, 2022|title= The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music|publisher=Hachette Book Group|location= New York|page= 44}}</ref> | length = 2:23 | label = His Master's Voice POP 1320 (UK)<ref name="500 Number One Hits"/><br>Ascot (US)<br>Capitol (Canada) | writer = * Jeff Barry * Ellie Greenwich<ref name="500 Number One Hits">{{cite book | first= Jo | last= Rice | year= 1982 | title= The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits | edition= 1 | publisher= Guinness Superlatives Ltd | location= Enfield, Middlesex | page= 82 | isbn= 0-85112-250-7}}</ref> | producer = John Burgess<ref name="500 Number One Hits"/> | prev_title = Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble) | prev_year = 1964 | next_title = Sha La La | next_year = 1964 }}
"'''Do Wah Diddy Diddy'''" is a song written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich and originally recorded in 1963, as "'''Do-Wah-Diddy'''", by the American vocal group the Exciters. ''Cash Box'' described the Exciters' version as "a sparkling rocker that bubbles over with coin-catching enthusiasm" and said that the "great lead job is backed by a fabulous instrumental arrangement."<ref name=cb1>{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=November 16, 1963 |page=10 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1963/CB-1963-11-16.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}</ref> It was made internationally famous by the British band Manfred Mann and covered by Fun Factory in 1995.
==Manfred Mann version== It was soon covered by British R&B, beat and pop band Manfred Mann.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 166}}</ref> Their version was released on 10 July 1964.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.themanfreds.com/discography.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060525145902/http://www.themanfreds.com/discography.htm|url-status=dead|title=Discography|archivedate=May 25, 2006|website=Themanfreds.com|access-date=January 23, 2025}}</ref> It spent two weeks at No. 1 of the UK Singles Chart in August<ref name="OCC64">{{cite web |title=All the Number One Singles: 1964 |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1964/ |publisher=The Official Charts Company |access-date=13 June 2010}}</ref> and two weeks at No. 1 of the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in October.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Billboard Book of Number One Hits |last=Bronson |first=Fred |author-link=Fred Bronson |edition=3rd |year=1992 |publisher=Billboard Publications, Inc |location=New York|isbn=0-8230-8298-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/billboardbookofn0000bron/page/158 158] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/billboardbookofn0000bron/page/158 }}</ref>
===Critical reception=== ''Billboard'' magazine said it "features powerful beat with Mann's solo echoed by male chorus."<ref name=bb>{{cite news|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=2021-04-04|date=August 22, 1964|page=18|title=Singles Reviews|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1964/Billboard%201964-08-22.pdf}}</ref> ''Cash Box'' described it as "a thumpin' novelty rocker that's right up the teeners' alley."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=August 29, 1964 |page=12 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohstory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1964/CB-1964-08-29.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
===Charts=== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
====Weekly charts==== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- !Chart (1964) !Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report) | 2 |- !scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)<ref name="Swedish">{{cite web|url=http://www.swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Manfred+Mann&titel=Do+Wah+Diddy+Diddy&cat=s|title=Manfred Mann : Do Wah Diddy Diddy|website=Swedishcharts.com|access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref> | 8 |- !scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref name="Swedish"/> | 13 |- !scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=7544& |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1964-10-12 |access-date=2018-02-19}}</ref> | 1 |- !scope="row"|Finland (''Suomen Virallinen'')<ref>{{cite book |last=Nyman |first=Jake |title=Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja |publisher=Tammi |year=2005 |isbn=951-31-2503-3 |edition=1st |location=Helsinki |page=201|language=fi}}</ref> | 4 |- {{singlechart|Ireland2|2|song=Do Wah Diddy Diddy|rowheader=true|access-date=January 14, 2018}} |- !scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref name="Swedish"/> | 6 |- !scope="row"|New Zealand Lever Hit Parade<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210208152835/http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=Lever%20hit%20parades&qyear=1964&qmonth=Sep&qweek=24-Sep-1964#n_view_location</ref> | 1 |- !scope="row"|Norway (VG-lista)<ref name="Swedish"/> | 4 |- !scope="row"|Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) | 1 |- !scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC) | 1 |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990'' - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}</ref> | 1 |- !scope="row"|West Germany (GfK)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu1964/deu_1964t.html |title=Infinity Charts - German Top 20 for 1964 |access-date=2021-12-20 |archive-date=2010-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929041731/http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu1964/deu_1964t.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 4 |} {{col-2}}
====Year-end charts==== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- !Chart (1964) ! style="text-align:center;"|Rank |- !scope="row"|Australia<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austchartbook.com.au/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160305064644/http://www.austchartbook.com.au/|url-status=dead|title=Australian Chart Book|date=5 March 2016|archive-date=5 March 2016|website=archive.is|access-date=3 March 2019}}</ref><ref>List of Top 25 singles for 1964 in Australia</ref> | 19 |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1964.htm|title=Top 100 Hits of 1964/Top 100 Songs of 1964|website=Musicoutfitters.com|access-date=3 March 2019}}</ref> | 15 |} {{col-end}}
==Fun Factory version== {{Infobox song | name = Doh Wah Diddy | cover = Fun_Factory-Do_Wah_Diddy_Diddy.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Fun Factory | album = Fun-Tastic | released = November 30, 1995 | recorded = 1995 | studio = | genre = Eurodance | length = 3:31 | label = Curb | writer = * Jeff Barry * Ellie Greenwich | producer = * Bülent Aris * Toni Cottura | prev_title = Celebration | prev_year = 1995 | next_title = Don't Go Away | next_year = 1996 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|6tROTga6zj0|"Do Wah Diddy"}}}} }}
In 1995, German Eurodance band Fun Factory released a new version of "'''Doh Wah Diddy'''". It was released in November 1995 by Curb Records as the third single from their second album, ''Fun-Tastic'' (1995). Bülent Aris and band member Toni Cottura produced it and only a few lines of lyrics were retained, and supplemented by rap passages. The single was a top-10 hit in both Germany and Spain, peaking at number six and four, respectively. Additionally, it was a top-20 hit in Austria and a top-30 hit on the Canadian ''RPM'' Dance/Urban chart. The accompanying music video was directed by Frank Paul Husmann and produced by Music In Motion GmbH.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurokdj.com/search/video.php?id=288|title=Fun Factory - Doh Wah Diddy music video 1996|publisher=Eurokdj.com|accessdate=21 January 2026}}</ref>
===Track listings=== * '''CD-maxi''' #"Doh Wah Diddy" (Dee Dee Radio) – 3:31 #"Doh Wah Diddy" (Dee Dee Fun-Tastic Extended) – 4:43 #"Doh Wah Diddy" (Fly Bass Remix) – 4:31 #"Doh Wah Diddy" (Medium Houze) – 4:43 #"Fun Factory's Theme II" – 3:24
===Charts=== {{col-begin|width=74%}} {{col-2}}
====Weekly charts==== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !align="center"|Chart (1996) !align="center"|Peak<br/>position |- !scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/RFMLDnV.jpeg|title=Fun Factory chart history, received from ARIA on 5 April 2022|publisher=Imgur.com|access-date=18 June 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref> | 152 |- {{singlechart|Austria|11|artist=Fun Factory|song=Doh Wah Diddy|rowheader=true|access-date=6 May 2020}} |- !scope="row"|Canada Dance/Urban (''RPM'') | 24 |- !scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-02-03.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=5|date=3 February 1996|page=11|access-date=16 January 2020}}</ref> | 33 |- {{singlechart|France|49|artist=Fun Factory|song=Doh Wah Diddy|rowheader=true|access-date=6 May 2020}} |- {{singlechart|Germany|6|songid=20227|artist=Fun Factory|song=Doh Wah Diddy|rowheader=true|access-date=6 May 2020}} |- !scope="row"|Spain (AFYVE) | 4 |} {{col-2}}
====Year-end charts==== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1996) !Position |- !scope="row"|Germany (GfK)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1996|title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts|language=de|work=GfK Entertainment|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref> | 64 |} {{col-end}}
===Certifications=== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry | region=Germany | title=Doh Wah Diddy | artist=Fun Factory | type=single | relyear=1995 | award=Gold | access-date=20 March 2025 | refname="BPI"}} {{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
==Other cover versions== The song has been covered many times, notably by DJ Ötzi whose version titled "Do Wah Diddy" peaked at No. 9 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40, as well as charting in Germany, Switzerland, the UK and Ireland. Swedish singer Claes Dieden reached number 14 on ''Tio i Topp'' with his rendition in 1969.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last1=Hallberg |first1=Eric |title=Tio i Topp - med de utslagna "på försök" 1961–74 |last2=Henningsson |first2=Ulf |publisher=Premium |year=2012 |isbn=978-91-89136-89-2 |page=117 |language=sv}}</ref>
A French cover version, "Vous les copains, je ne vous oublierai jamais", by Sheila was a top 10 hit in France in 1964.<ref>{{cite web |title= French charts 1964: Salut les Copains |date= 10 February 2018 |url= https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-discussion/chart-analysis/118511-french-charts-1964-salut-les-copains }}</ref>
==See also== * List of number-one singles from the 1960s (UK) * List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1964
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Manfred Mann}} {{Fun Factory}} {{DJ Ötzi}}
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