The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)

{{short description|1963 single by Merry Clayton}} {{redirect|The Shoop Shoop Song|other uses|Shoop Shoop (disambiguation)}} {{redirect|It's in His Kiss}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2012}} {{Infobox song | name = It's in His Kiss | cover = EverettShoop.jpg | alt = | caption = Single record | type = single | artist = [[Betty Everett]] | album = "You're No Good" | B-side = Hands Off | released = {{Start date|1964|1}} | recorded = {{Start date|1963|11|26}}<ref>{{Citation |last=Betty Everett |title=The Shoop Shoop Song |date=1993 |url=http://archive.org/details/cd_the-shoop-shoop-song_betty-everett |others=Internet Archive |publisher=0 |access-date=2023-01-30}}</ref> | studio = [[Universal Recording Corp.|Universal Recording]], Chicago<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cogan |first1=Jim |last2=Clark |first2=William |title=Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios |date=2003 |publisher=Chronicle Books |location=San Francisco, California, USA |isbn=0-8118-3394-1 |page=219}}</ref> | genre = {{hlist|[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]|[[soul music|soul]]|[[pop music|pop]]}} | length = 2:12 | label = [[Vee-Jay Records|Vee-Jay 585]] | writer = [[Rudy Clark]] | producer = Calvin Carter | prev_title = [[You're No Good]] | prev_year = 1963 | next_title = [[I Can't Hear You]] | next_year = 1964 }} "'''It's in His Kiss'''" is a song written and composed by [[Rudy Clark]]. It was first released as a single in 1963 by [[Merry Clayton]] but did not chart. The song was made a hit a year later when recorded by [[Betty Everett]], who reached No. 6 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart in the spring of 1964 and No. 1 on the US [[Cashbox (magazine)|''Cashbox'' magazine]] R&B chart. Recorded by dozens of artists and groups around the world in the decades since, the song became an international hit once again when covered by [[Cher]] in 1990.

The song is sung from the point of view of a woman trying to mentor a young girl in identifying true love. She emphatically insists, "it's in his kiss". She becomes frustrated with the girl, who suggests other things such as his behavior and his embrace might instead be the signs she is looking for. The woman scolds the girl for not listening to her, and insists that the one sure sign of true love is seen in a lover's kisses.

==Merry Clayton version== The song was rejected by [[the Shirelles]], the premier girl group of the early 1960s,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history-of-rock.com/shirelles.htm |title=The Shirelles |publisher=History-of-rock.com |access-date=2014-03-30}}</ref> and was first recorded in Los Angeles by [[Merry Clayton]] as her first credited single. Clayton had previously provided an uncredited female vocal to the hit "[[You're the Reason I'm Living (song)|You're the Reason I'm Living]]" recorded by [[Bobby Darin]] as his debut on [[Capitol Records]], and Darin had subsequently arranged for Clayton herself to be signed to Capitol. The composer of "It's in His Kiss", Rudy Clark, was a staff writer for TM Music, which Darin headed. Clayton's recording of the song was produced by [[Jack Nitzsche]] and featured [[Hal Blaine]] on drums and [[the Blossoms]] as chorus. It was released as a single on June 10, 1963, without success.

Clayton performed the song again in the 1987 film ''[[Maid to Order]]'' in which she, as the character Audrey James, sang the song in the film's climactic scene accompanied by the fictional band Loaded Blanks, played by [[Jack Russell (musician)|Jack Russell]], [[Lorne Black]], Audie Desbrow, Mark Kendall and [[Michael Lardie]] of rock band [[Great White]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093476/fullcredits|title=Maid to Order (1987) - IMDb|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref>

==Betty Everett version== ===Background=== Calvin Carter, the chief A&R man for the Chicago-located [[Vee-Jay Records]], found "It's in His Kiss" while visiting New York City in search of material for the Vee-Jay roster which included [[Betty Everett]]. After Everett had a hit with another song Carter brought back from New York City, "[[You're No Good]]", Carter suggested Everett cut "It's in His Kiss" as the follow-up single. Everett – who found the song puerile – reluctantly agreed. The accompanying vocals on Everett's recording were provided by Vee-Jay session regulars the Opals, a trio of teenage girls (Rose "Tootsie" Addison, Myra Tilliston, and Rose E. Kelley)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chicagoreader.com/music/the-opals-deserve-a-place-among-chicagos-greatest-girl-groups/ |title=The Opals deserve a place among Chicago's greatest girl groups |date=October 21, 2021 |publisher=[[Chicago Reader]] |access-date=2023-11-07}}</ref> from [[East Chicago, Indiana]].

[[Dave Marsh]] in his book ''The Heart of Rock and Soul'' opines that Betty Everett's version, "while [credited] as a solo performance is one of the finest girl group hits, undoubtedly the best one made outside the genre's New York City-[[Philadelphia]]-Los Angeles 'axis'".<ref>{{cite book |title=The Heart of Rock and Soul |last=Marsh |first=Dave |year=1989 |publisher=Plume |location=New York |isbn=978-0306809019|page=398}}</ref>

===Reception=== Everett's version of "The Shoop Shoop Song" reached No. 6 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart in the spring of 1964: at the time, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' was not publishing its [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B chart]], but her cover was a No. 1 R&B hit according to ''[[Cash Box]]''. In international release, Everett's "The Shoop Shoop Song" was also a hit in Australia reaching No. 21. It reached No. 2 on the New Zealand Lever Hit Parade chart.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210208152809/http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=Lever%20hit%20parades&qyear=1964&qmonth=Jun&qweek=04-Jun-1964#n_view_location</ref> It was initially overlooked in the UK, although Everett's minor 1965 U.S. hit "Getting Mighty Crowded" (No. 65) would reach No. 29 there. In 1968, the label [[President Records]] reissued both songs on one single, with "The Shoop Shoop Song" as the A-side, which peaked at No. 34. In [[CHUM Chart|Canada]], it reached No. 5.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/64-05-11-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade - May 11, 1964}}</ref>

==Ramona King version== The next recording of "It's in His Kiss" was made in Los Angeles by Ramona King, an R&B singer from San Francisco: this version was produced by [[Joe Saraceno]] and former [[Phil Spector]] associate [[Jerry Riopelle]] and released on [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Brothers]] in February 1964, the week prior to the release of Everett's version. Although Everett's single was more likely to receive airplay due to her being an established hitmaker (with "[[You're No Good]]"), Vee-Jay feared losing sales to the King version and opted to distinguish Everett's version by issuing it under the title "The Shoop Shoop Song" referring to the song's background vocals.

==Linda Lewis version== {{Infobox song | name = It's in His Kiss | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Linda Lewis]] | album = [[Not a Little Girl Anymore (Linda Lewis album)|Not a Little Girl Anymore]] | B-side = Walk About | released = 1975 | format = | recorded = 1975 | studio = [[Mediasound Studios|Mediasound]], [[New York City]] | venue = | genre = [[Disco]] | length = 3:09 | label = [[Arista Records|Arista]] | writer = Rudy Clark | producer = {{hlist|Bert DeCoteaux|Tony Silvester}} | prev_title = (Remember the Days of) The Old Schoolyard | prev_year = 1974 | next_title = Rock and Roller Coaster | next_year = 1975 | misc = {{External music video|header= Official audio|{{YouTube|2sPT29ycdvU|"It's in His Kiss"}}}} }}

===Background=== "The Shoop Shoop Song" first became a major UK hit in 1975 via a [[disco]] version entitled "It's in His Kiss" by [[Great Britain|British]] vocalist [[Linda Lewis]] recorded at Mediasound Studios in New York City with producers [[Bert DeCoteaux]] and [[Tony Silvester]] in a session which also yielded Lewis' recording of her own composition "Rock and Roller Coaster". Lewis would recall: "Clive [Davis]" - [[Arista Records]] founder and president - "sent me over to New York [City] to work with Bert DeCoteaux, who’d [produced] [[Sister Sledge]] and people like that...And I had all these amazing backing vocalists, like [[Deniece Williams]] and [[Luther Vandross]] in the studio. I was like, 'Oh, my God!' I’m just this little girl from the East End...I just went in the studio and just hit the nail on the head, apparently."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.soulmusic.com/index.asp?S=1&T=38&ART=2455| title=Linda Lewis: freeing the lark within| publisher=SoulMusic.com| access-date=8 June 2015| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104000/http://www.soulmusic.com/index.asp?S=1&T=38&ART=2455| archive-date=September 24, 2015| df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Clive Davis]] had the idea of Lewis remaking a classic hit song disco-style and had several "oldies" played for Lewis in the studio: (Lewis quote:)"As soon as ['It's in His Kiss'] came on we all said 'That's the one!'"<ref name="Record Mirror">{{cite magazine| magazine=Record Mirror| title=Lady Linda gets a toe-hold| date=26 July 1975| page=8| author-last=Iles| author-first=Jan}}</ref> Lewis would state: "I always loved the song and used to sing it in the bath" while opining that making a disco record "isn't really me".<ref name="Record Mirror"/>

===Reception=== Issued as "It's in His Kiss"—despite containing a variant of the "shoop shoop" background vocal—Lewis' version became a [[UK Singles Chart|UK top-ten hit]] in August 1975.<ref name="autogenerated320">Roberts, David (2006). ''British Hit Singles & Albums'' (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 320. {{ISBN|1-904994-10-5}}.</ref> on July 26, 1975, the track had been ranked at No. 13 in its third charting week, its advance to No. 8 on the August 2, 1975 chart being assisted by Lewis' performance of the song on the ''[[Top of the Pops|TOTP]]'' episode dated July 24, 1975, with the track reaching its UK chart peak of No. 6 on August 9, 1975, with a third and final Top Ten ranking at No. 9 on August 16, 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14850/linda-lewis/ |title=LINDA LEWIS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company |publisher=Officialcharts.com |access-date=2015-11-09}}</ref> "It's in His Kiss" also afforded Lewis an Irish Top Ten hit at No. 9, and in the US ranked as high as No. 11 in [[Hot Dance Club Songs|club play]] with peripheral cross-over to the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B chart]] in ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' at No. 96, while the track almost reached the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], "[[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles|bubbling under]]" at No. 107.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicvf.com/Linda+Lewis.art |title=Linda Lewis Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts |publisher=Musicvf.com |access-date=2015-11-09}}</ref> "It's in His Kiss" was included on Lewis' debut Arista Records album release ''[[Not a Little Girl Anymore (Linda Lewis album)|Not a Little Girl Anymore]]'' which reached No. 40 in the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="autogenerated320"/>

==Linda Ronstadt performances== On the episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live (season 4)|Saturday Night Live]]'' broadcast May 19, 1979, [[Linda Ronstadt]] and [[Phoebe Snow (musician)|Phoebe Snow]] performed "The Shoop Shoop Song" as a duet; in an October 2008 interview Snow stated that she and Ronstadt "always talked about" recording "The Shoop Shoop Song", adding: "Maybe we still will."<ref>{{cite web| url = http://blogs.dailynews.com/outinhollywood/2008/10/17/the-out-in-hollywood-interview/| title = Phoebe Snow: the Out in Hollywood Interview| date = October 17, 2008| publisher =Blogs.Dailynews.com| access-date = December 30, 2013}}</ref> However, the duet remained unrecorded at the time of Snow's April 26, 2011, death. When Ronstadt participated in two benefit concerts for [[Jerry Brown]] on December 21–22, 1979, she performed "The Shoop Shoop Song". That number – featuring a vocal accompaniment by [[Nicolette Larson]] – was one of six songs performed by Ronstadt that were announced as tracks on her upcoming album ''[[Mad Love (Linda Ronstadt album)|Mad Love]]'';<ref>{{cite journal|journal=St Petersburg Times |volume=96 |issue=170 |date=January 10, 1980 |page=53|title=Mad Love }}</ref> nonetheless, ''Mad Love'' was issued in February 1980 without the inclusion of "The Shoop Shoop Song". Ronstadt performed the song as a guest on an episode of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' broadcast October 26, 1980. At the Rally for Nuclear Disarmament concert held in [[Central Park]] on June 12, 1982, Ronstadt's set included "The Shoop Shoop Song"; vocal accompaniment was provided by Nicolette Larson and [[Rosemary Butler (singer)|Rosemary Butler]]. Had Ronstadt recorded "The Shoop Shoop Song" for her ''Mad Love'' album, it would have been produced by [[Peter Asher]], who would eventually produce the 1990 international smash hit cover by [[Cher]].

==Cher version== {{Infobox song | name = The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) | cover = Cher-the-shoop-shoop-song-promo-usa.JPG | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Cher]] | album = [[Mermaids (soundtrack)|Music From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Mermaids]]'' and ''[[Love Hurts (Cher album)|Love Hurts]] | B-side = Love on a Rooftop | released = November 7, 1990 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Pop music|Pop]] | length = 2:51 | label = * [[Geffen Records|Geffen]] * [[Epic Records|Epic]] | writer = Rudy Clark | producer = [[Peter Asher]] | prev_title = [[Baby I'm Yours (Barbara Lewis song)#Cher version|Baby I'm Yours]] | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = [[Love and Understanding]] | next_year = 1991 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|ZM5qIJdBtX0|"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) (Alternate Version)"}}}} }} ===Background=== Cher's cover was part of the soundtrack of her 1990 film ''[[Mermaids (1990 film)|Mermaids]]'', in which it plays during the closing credits. The single's US release coincided with the November release of the film. It peaked at No. 33 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], and No. 1 in the United Kingdom. The song was Cher's first solo No. 1 single; her only previous No. 1 in the UK had been in 1965 with her then-husband Sonny Bono (their first hit, "[[I Got You Babe]]").

Cher's "The Shoop Shoop Song" also topped the charts in Austria, Ireland and Norway; the single peaked at No. 2 in Belgium and achieved Top Ten status in France, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland, Netherlands and Sweden.

The considerable success of the single in the United Kingdom and continental Europe was reflected in its addition to ''[[Love Hurts (Cher album)|Love Hurts]]'', Cher's subsequent album; it was released there as well as in Australia and New Zealand. "The Shoop Shoop Song" was also included in the album's Canadian release but not in the United States. "The Shoop Shoop Song" was not available on a Cher album in the US until the 1999 release of ''[[If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher's Greatest Hits]]''.

===Critical reception=== [[Larry Flick]] from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine wrote, "Fun and faithful cover of [[Betty Everett]]'s pop nugget is lifted from the soundtrack to Cher's new film, {{'}}''[[Mermaids (1990 film)|Mermaids]]''{{'}}. Truly irresistible."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Larry |last= Flick |title= Single Reviews |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= November 10, 1990 |page= 91 |access-date= October 28, 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1990/BB1990.pdf |author-link= Larry Flick}}</ref>

===Music video=== The original video for Cher's cover of "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" was directed by [[Marty Callner]], and it was made to help promote the movie ''[[Mermaids (1990 film)|Mermaids]]''. The video features [[Cher]] with [[Winona Ryder]] and [[Christina Ricci]], who played her daughters in the film, in a music studio in the clothes and styles of the 1960s period of the film (clips of which are shown throughout). Near the end, the video switches from black-and-white to color and Cher and the girls are shown in jeans and leather jackets spray-painting a wall in an alley. A revised video was issued that deleted the clips of the film from the video. The leather jacket seen at the end of the video is one of the earliest custom [[Chrome Hearts]] jackets ever made.

===Track listing=== * '''US 7-inch and cassette single''' #"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" – 2:51 #"Love on a Rooftop" – 4:22

* '''European 7-inch and cassette single''' #"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" – 2:51 #"[[Baby I'm Yours (Barbara Lewis song)#Cher version|Baby I'm Yours]]" – 3:19

* '''European 12-inch and CD single''' #"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" – 2:51 #"Baby I'm Yours" – 3:19 #"[[We All Sleep Alone]]" – 3:53

* '''1993 Spanish 12-inch single''' #"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" – 2:51 #"[[Love and Understanding]]" – 4:42 #"[[Save Up All Your Tears#Cher version|Save Up All Your Tears]]" – 3:58

* '''1997 US 12-inch single''' #"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" (Obsession Mix) – 8:21 #"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" (Crush Mix) – 8:19 #"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" (Ventura Party Dub) – 6:45 #"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" (Ventura Radio Edit) – 4:03

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====Weekly charts==== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- !Chart (1990–1991) !Peak position |- {{single chart|Australia|4|artist=Cher|song=The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)|access-date=November 3, 2015}} |- {{single chart|Austria|1|artist=Cher|song=The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)|access-date=November 3, 2015}} |- {{single chart|Flanders|2|artist=Cher|song=The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)|access-date=November 3, 2015}} |- {{single chart|Canadatopsingles|21|chartid=1436|access-date=November 3, 2015}} |- {{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|4|chartid=1433|access-date=November 3, 2015}} |- |Denmark ([[IFPI Denmark|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-07-20.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=8|issue=29|page=24|date=July 20, 1991|access-date=November 3, 2015}}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- |Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-07-06.pdf|title=Hits of the World – Eurochart Hot 100|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=103|issue=27|page=54A|date=July 6, 1991|access-date=November 3, 2015}}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- |Europe ([[European Hit Radio (chart)|European Hit Radio]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-06-29.pdf|title=European Hit Radio|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|issue=26|volume=8|date=June 29, 1991|page=27|access-date=November 17, 2025}}</ref> |align="center"|3 |- {{single chart|France|3|artist=Cher|song=The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)|access-date=November 3, 2015}} |- {{single chart|Germany|3|artist=Cher|song=The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)|songid=2280|access-date=February 26, 2021}} |- |Iceland ([[Íslenski listinn|Íslenski Listinn Topp 40]])<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Íslenski Listinn NR. 302 Vikuna 25.01.1991 |magazine= Dagblaðið Vísir |page= 32 |date= January 25, 1991 |url= https://timarit.is/page/2580454?iabr=on#page/n23/mode/2up/search/%20%22the%20shoop%20shoop%20song%22}}</ref> |align="center"|7 |- {{single chart|Ireland2|1|song=The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) |access-date=November 3, 2015}} |- |Israel ([[Music of Israel|IBA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://90s.co.il/israel-number1/|title=המקומות הראשונים של שנות ה -90 - Every Israeli number-one song of the 90s|publisher=Reshet Gimmel|access-date=3 April 2026|language=he}}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- |Luxembourg ([[Radio Luxembourg]])<ref>[http://www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=F&ChDate=19910421&ChMode=N Radio Luxembourg Singles. April 28, 1991.]</ref> |align="center"|1 |- {{single chart|Dutch40|5|year=1991|week=27|access-date=November 3, 2015}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|5|artist=Cher|song=The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)|access-date=November 3, 2015}} |- {{single chart|New Zealand|3|artist=Cher|song=The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)|access-date=November 3, 2015}} |- {{single chart|Norway|1|artist=Cher|song=The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)|access-date=November 3, 2015}} |- |Portugal ([[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|AFP]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-06-15.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=8|issue=24|page=22|date=June 15, 1991|access-date=March 22, 2018}}</ref> |align="center"|3 |- |Quebec ([[ADISQ]])<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129063315/http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf|archive-date=November 29, 2015|url=http://www.banq.qc.ca/collections/collections_patrimoniales/musique/collection_numerique/bd_specialisee/palmares/|title=Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec|publisher=[[Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec|BAnQ]]|language=fr|access-date=December 30, 2023|url-status=dead}}</ref> |align="center"|25 |- |Spain Top 40 Radio ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Fernando Salaverri|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref> |align="center"|37 |- {{single chart|Sweden|10|artist=Cher|song=The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)|access-date=November 3, 2015}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|4|artist=Cher|song=The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)|access-date=November 3, 2015}} |- {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|1|artist=Cher|access-date=November 3, 2015}} |- |UK Airplay (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1991/MW-1991-05-11.pdf|title=Playlist Chart|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=May 11, 1991|page=16|access-date=October 14, 2025}}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|33|artist=Cher|access-date=November 3, 2015}} |- {{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|7|artist=Cher|access-date=November 3, 2015}} |- |US [[Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|''Cash Box'' Top 100]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmusichistory.co.uk/_files/ugd/b4848d_4f9128176360450ba51be67a0468e9fa.pdf|title=Cash Box Chart Entries 1990-1996|website=popmusichistory.co.uk|access-date=November 20, 2025}}</ref> |align="center"|43 |- |Zimbabwe (ZIMA)<ref>* Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. ''Zimbabwe: singles chart book''. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000</ref> |align="center"|1 |} {|class="wikitable" !Chart (1997) !Peak position |- |US Dance Maxi-Singles (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fg8EAAAAMBAJ&q=Cher|title=Billboard Magazine, June 07 Issue: 1997|magazine=Billboard|date=June 7, 1997|access-date=November 3, 2015}}</ref> |align="center"|50 |} {|class="wikitable" !Chart (2019) !Peak position |- {{single chart|Poland|56|chartid=3027|year=2019|access-date=April 15, 2019}} |} {{col-2}}

====Year-end charts==== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Chart (1991) !Position |- |align="left"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1991.htm |title=ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Singles 1991 |publisher=ARIA |access-date=November 3, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229042115/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1991.htm |archive-date=February 29, 2016 }}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|10 |- |align="left"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=1991|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 1991|language=de|access-date=November 3, 2015}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|3 |- |align="left"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1991&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten 1991|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=November 3, 2015}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|14 |- {{single chart|Canadatopsingles|49|chartid=1706|access-date=December 30, 2023|refname="CanadaYearEnd"}} |- |align="left"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-12-21.pdf|title=European Hot 100 Singles 1991, page 21|work=Music & Media|access-date=October 28, 2015}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|5 |- |align="left"|Europe (European Hit Radio)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-12-21.pdf|title=European hit Radio 1991, page 20|work=Music & Media|access-date=October 28, 2015}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|7 |- |align="left"|Germany (Media Control)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1991|title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts|language=de|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=November 3, 2015}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|8 |- |align="left"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.top40.nl/pdf/top100/top100-1991.pdf|title=Single Top 100 Van 1991|language=nl|publisher=Stichting Nederlandse Top 40|access-date=November 3, 2015}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|44 |- |align="left"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1991&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – single 1991|access-date=November 3, 2015}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|36 |- |align="left"|New Zealand (RIANZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1991-12-31|title=Top Selling Singles of 1991|publisher=RIANZ|access-date=November 3, 2015}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|9 |- |align="left"|Norway Spring Period (VG-lista)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-20-single/1/dato/1991/periode/vår|title=Topp 20 Single Vår 1991|publisher=VG-lista|access-date=November 3, 2015|language=no}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |align="left"|Sweden (Topplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammotex.se/topp91singlar.htm|title=Årstopplistan 1991, Singlar|publisher=Grammotex|language=sv|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010225020647/http://www.grammotex.se/topp91singlar.htm|archive-date=February 25, 2001|access-date=April 7, 2025}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|38 |- |align="left"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/1991|title=Swiss Year-end Charts 1991|access-date=November 3, 2015}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|7 |- |align="left"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite journal |title=1991 Top 100 Singles |periodical=[[Music Week]] |publisher=Spotlight Publications |location=London, England |page=20 |date=11 January 1992}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|3 |- |align="left"|US Adult Contemporary (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-12-21.pdf|title=The Year in Music: 1991|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 3, 2015}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|48 |}

====Decade-end charts==== {| class="wikitable" |- !Chart (1990–1999) !Position |- |Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://austriancharts.at/90er_single.asp |title=Austriancharts.at - Besstenlisten - 90er Single |access-date=June 15, 2011}}</ref> |align="center"|20 |- |Ireland (IRMA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/2fm/charts/top100songsOfNinties.html|title=The Top 100 songs of the 90's|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040602113302/http://www.rte.ie/2fm/charts/top100songsOfNinties.html|archive-date=2 June 2004|date=4 May 2004|access-date=31 March 2022}}</ref> |align="center"|27 |} {{col-end}}

===Certifications and sales=== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|artist=Cher|title=The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)|award=Platinum|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|certref=<ref>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|type=single|artist=Cher|title=The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)|award=Gold|relyear=1991|certyear=1991}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=single|artist=Cher|title= The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)|award=Gold|id=13309|certyear=2023|access-date=December 31, 2023}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=single|artist=Cher|title= The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)|award=Silver|relyear=1990|certyear=1990|source=infodisc}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Cher|title=The Shoop Shoop Song|award=Gold|relyear=1991|certyear=1992}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|title=The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)|artist=Cher|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1991|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediafire.com/view/b1l57842fpfp59p/NZ_chart_book_Cher.pdf |title=NZ chart book : Cher |publisher=Mediafire.com |access-date=2015-11-09}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|title=The Shoop Shoop Song|artist=Cher|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2000|certyear=2023|source=radioscope|note=digital|access-date=December 17, 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Cher|title=The Shoop Shoop Song|award=Gold|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|salesamount=483,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-top-40-best-selling-songs-of-1991__33179/|publisher=[[Official Charts]]|title=Official Top 40 best-selling songs of 1991|author=Rob Copsey|date=May 21, 2021|access-date=July 11, 2021}}</ref>|id=7288-885-1|access-date=August 4, 2022}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}

===Release history=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format(s) !scope="col"|Label(s) !scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope="row"|United States |November 7, 1990 |{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|cassette}} |[[Geffen Records|Geffen]] |{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} |- !scope="row"|Australia |February 11, 1991 |rowspan="2"|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}} |{{hlist|[[Epic Records|Epic]]|[[Geffen Records|Geffen]]}} |<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Release Summary – Product Available from : 11/02/91: Singles|magazine=[[The ARIA Report]]|issue=55|page=17|date=February 10, 1991}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|United Kingdom |April 1, 1991 |Epic |<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=25|date=March 30, 1991}}</ref> |}

==Other versions==  * The song was covered by many British invasion bands such as [[the Hollies]], [[The Searchers (band)|the Searchers]], and [[the Swinging Blue Jeans]], who had all recorded versions in 1964.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kelly |first=Michael |title=The Beatle Myth: The British Invasion of American Popular Music, 1956-1969 |year=2014 |isbn=978-0786493586 |pages=85|publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers }}</ref>

*In 1974 the song was remade by Australian band [[the Bootleg Family Band]]: "The Shoop Shoop Song" was a top 5 hit for the band, who later became known as Avalanche.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poparchives.com.au/feature.php?id=94 |title=The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) - BOOTLEG FAMILY BAND (1974) |publisher=Pop Archives |access-date=2014-03-30}}</ref> *In 1976 [[Anne Renée]] recorded the French-language version "Embrasse-le" (Kiss Him), which borrowed the arrangement of the 1975 Linda Lewis disco cover. *[[Kate Taylor]] remade "It's in His Kiss" at the suggestion of [[Livingston Taylor]]: an acoustic rendition featuring a counter vocal by [[James Taylor]] (who co-produced the track with Lew Hahn). The Kate Taylor version was recorded in August 1977 at Atlantic Recording Studios in New York City and became her sole [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] hit with a No. 49 peak on the [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]], on Billboard's [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Easy Listening chart]], the track reached Mo. 13.<ref>Billboard vol 89 #41 (22 Oct 1977) p. 36</ref> Despite omitting the signature background vocals of the Betty Everett version, the Kate Taylor cover was titled "It's in His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)". The track was featured on Kate Taylor's 1978 [[Kate Taylor (album)|self-titled album]] release. ''[[Cash Box]]'' said that "although it's a soft rocker, her vocal is energetic and the song resonates with new life."<ref name=cb>{{cite news|title=CashBox Singles Reviews|date=August 27, 1977|page=30|newspaper=Cash Box|accessdate=2021-12-26|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1977/CB-1977-08-27.pdf}}</ref> In [[RPM (magazine)|Canada]] it reached #77 on the Top 100 charts, and #21 on the AC charts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5417b.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - October 8, 1977}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5456.pdf| title=RPM Top 50 AC - November 12, 1977}}</ref> *[[Maja Blagdan]] recorded a [[Croatian language|Croatian-language]] version of the song, titled "Cura za sve" (Girl for Everything). It was included in her 1994 album ''Bijele ruže'' (White Roses).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Klarić|first=Dorijan|date=2019-06-24|title=Za ovih devet domaćih megahitova sigurno niste znali da su prepjevi|url=https://www.index.hr/clanak.aspx?id=2095605|access-date=2021-05-23|website=[[Index.hr]]|language=hr}}</ref> *[[Thalía]] recorded a cover of the song in Spanish as part of an advertising campaign for [[Hershey's Kisses]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOh8HLe6z0U |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/rOh8HLe6z0U |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Thalía - Shoop Shoop|last=sotirisli|date=August 31, 2012|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *The [[jukebox musical]] ''[[The Cher Show (musical)|The Cher Show]]'', which played in [[theater in Chicago|Chicago]] in the summer of 2018 and opened on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in December 2018, features [[Stephanie J. Block]], Micaela Diamond and [[Teal Wicks]] as the three aspects of Cher performing "The Shoop Shoop Song". Lauren Katz's review of the Chicago production at PictureThisPost.com mentions that the song is "creatively weaved into the storytelling[, appearing] in Act One in the midst of the early days of [Cher's] romance with [[Sonny Bono|Sonny]]....Cher and her best friends gossip about the possibility of whether or not Sonny is in love with her, and then break into the song. The piece is fun, light-hearted, and full of the hope that young Cher...for her life with this man."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.picturethispost.com/broadway-in-chicago-presents-the-cher-show/|title=Broadway in Chicago Production THE CHER SHOW|date=June 29, 2018|website=Picture this Post}}</ref> Block, Diamond and Wicks recorded the song for the show's Broadway cast album released April 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://castalbums.org/recordings/The-Cher-Show-2019-Original-Broadway-Cast/40579|title=The Cher Show - 2019 Original Broadway Cast|via=castalbums.org}}</ref> *A parody version themed around drug testing, "It's In His Piss", was recorded by the drag queen group [[The Kinsey Sicks]].<ref name=kinsey>{{cite web|url= https://letsloop.com/artist/the-kinsey-sicks/song/it-s-in-his-piss|title=It's In His Piss}}</ref>

==See also== *[[List of European number-one airplay songs of the 1990s]]

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