{{Short description|1963 single by The Rip Chords}} {{Infobox song | name = Hey Little Cobra | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = the Rip Chords | album = Hey Little Cobra and Other Hot Rod Hits | B-side = The Queen | released = 1963 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Hot rod rock, car song<ref>Hoffmann, Frank W. & Bailey, William G. (1990). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=_tR1owszUR0C&pg=PA61 Arts & Entertainment Fads, Volume 1]'', Psychology Press. p. 61. Retrieved October 13, 2016.</ref> | length = {{Duration|m=2|s=10}} | label = Columbia | writer = Carol Connors & Marshall H. Connors | producer = Terry Melcher & Bruce Johnston | prev_title = Gone | prev_year = 1963 | next_title = Three Window Coupe | next_year = 1964 }}
"'''Hey Little Cobra'''" is a song released in 1963 by the Rip Chords about the Shelby Cobra. The song was produced by Terry Melcher and Bruce Johnston, who also sang vocals.<ref>Bronson, Fred (2003). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=PgGqNrqfrsoC&pg=PT55 The Billboard Book of Number One Hits]'', Billboard Books. p. 46. Retrieved October 14, 2016.</ref>
The song spent 14 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 4,<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/artist/418987/rip-chords/chart The Rip Chords – Chart History – The Hot 100], ''Billboard.com''. Retrieved October 13, 2016.</ref> while reaching No. 5 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=359 |title=1050 CHUM – CHUM Charts |access-date=2016-10-15 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720121248/http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=359 |archive-date=July 20, 2006 }} Chart No. 359, January 27, 1964. CHUM.</ref> and No. 3 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade".<ref>[http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=Lever%20hit%20parades&qyear=1964&qmonth=Apr&qweek=23-Apr-1964#n_view_location "Lever Hit Parade" 23-Apr-1964], ''Flavour of New Zealand''. Retrieved October 13, 2016.</ref>
==Personnel== * Terry Melcher – lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals, producer * Bruce Johnston – harmony and backing vocals, producer According to the AFM contract, the following musicians played on the track.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wreckingcrewfilm.com/afmcontracts/RipChords,The_HeyLittleCobra.pdf |title=Hey Little Cobra AFM Contract |publisher=American Federation of Musicians |website=The Wrecking Crew |accessdate=December 29, 2022}}</ref>
*Steve Douglas – saxophone *Glen Campbell *Ray Pohlman – bass *Leon Russell – keyboards *Frank Capp *Hal Blaine – drums *Bill Pitman *Tommy Tedesco – guitar
==Chart performance== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !align="left"|Chart (1963) ! style="text-align:center;"|Peak<br />position |- |align="left"|Canada – CHUM Hit Parade | style="text-align:center;"|5 |- |New Zealand – Lever Hit Parade | style="text-align:center;"|3 |- |align="left"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 | style="text-align:center;"|4 |}
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Category:1963 songs Category:1963 singles Category:Columbia Records singles Category:Songs written by Carol Connors (singer) Category:Song recordings produced by Bruce Johnston Category:Song recordings produced by Terry Melcher
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