Do Wah Diddy Diddy - wikipedia Do Wah Diddy Diddy `` Do Wah Diddy Diddy '' Single by Manfred Mann from the album The Manfred Mann Album B - side `` What You Gonna Do ? '' Released 10 July 1964 Format Vinyl record Recorded 11 June 1964 Genre R&B pop rock Length 2 : 23 Label HMV POP 1320 ( UK ) Ascot ( US ) Capitol ( Canada ) Songwriter ( s ) Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich Producer ( s ) John Burgess Manfred Mann singles chronology `` Hubble Bubble ( Toil and Trouble ) '' ( 1964 ) `` Do Wah Diddy Diddy '' ( 1964 ) `` Sha La La '' ( 1964 ) `` Hubble Bubble ( Toil and Trouble ) '' ( 1964 ) `` Do Wah Diddy Diddy '' ( 1964 ) `` Sha La La '' ( 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. It was made internationally famous by the British band Manfred Mann. Contents 1 Manfred Mann version 2 Chart history 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year - end charts 3 Other versions 4 In popular culture 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Manfred Mann version It was soon covered by British R&B, beat and pop band Manfred Mann. Manfred Mann 's version, which was more commercially successful, was recorded on 11 June 1964, released on 10 July, and spent two weeks No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in August, and two weeks at the No. 1 spot in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in October. Chart history Weekly charts Chart ( 1964 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) Canada RPM Top Singles Germany Ireland ( IRMA ) Netherlands 6 Norway Sweden UK ( OCC ) US Billboard Hot 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1964 ) Rank Australia 19 US Billboard Hot 100 15 Other versions The song has been covered many times, notably by DJ Ötzi whose version titled `` Do Wah Diddy '' peaked at # 9 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40, as well as charting in Germany, Switzerland, the UK and Ireland. Dutch girl group Dolly Dots recorded the song in 1982. American hip - hop group 2 Live Crew created a characteristically explicit cover for the 1988 album Move Somethin '. In popular culture It was used as the theme song for Ang TV, a famous youth - oriented variety show in the Philippines from 1992 -- 1997. See also List of number - one singles from the 1960s ( UK ) List of Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles of 1964 References ^ Jump up to : Rice, Jo ( 1982 ). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits ( 1st ed. ). Enfield, Middlesex : Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0 - 85112 - 250 - 7. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 166. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Archived May 25, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` All the Number One Singles : 1964 ''. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 June 2010. Jump up ^ Bronson, Fred ( 1992 ). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits ( 3rd ed. ). New York, NY : Billboard Publications, Inc. p. 158. ISBN 0 - 8230 - 8298 - 9. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1964 - 10 - 12. Retrieved 2018 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts -- Search Results -- Do Wah Diddy Diddy ''. Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved January 14, 2018. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ https://archive.is/20160305064644/http://www.austchartbook.com.au/ Jump up ^ List of Top 25 singles for 1964 in Australia Jump up ^ Musicoutfitters.com External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` A Hard Day 's Night '' by the Beatles UK Singles Chart number - one single 13 August 1964 ( 2 weeks ) Succeeded by `` Have I the Right ? '' by the Honeycombs Preceded by `` Oh, Pretty Woman '' by Roy Orbison Billboard Hot 100 number - one single 17 October 1964 ( 2 weeks ) Succeeded by `` Baby Love '' by the Supremes Manfred Mann Manfred Mann Mike Hugg Mike Vickers Tom McGuinness Paul Jones Mike d'Abo Jack Bruce Klaus Voormann Dave Richmond Studio albums The Five Faces of Manfred Mann Mann Made As Is Up the Junction Mighty Garvey ! EPs Manfred Mann 's Cock - a-Hoop Groovin ' with Manfred Mann The One in the Middle No Living Without Loving Machines Instrumental Asylum As Was Instrumental Assassination Compilations Mann Made Hits Soul of Mann What A Mann Chapter Two : The Best of the Fontana Years Basic : Original Hits The Best of Manfred Mann : The Definitive Collection The Best of the EMI Years Manfred Mann at Abbey Road, 1963 - 1966 BBC Sessions Very Best of Manfred Mann The Story Classic Masters The Evolution of Manfred Mann Complete Greatest Hits UK singles `` Why Should We Not '' `` Cock - a-Hoop '' `` 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 '' `` Hubble Bubble ( Toil and Trouble ) '' `` Ha ! Ha ! Said the Clown '' `` Do Wah Diddy Diddy '' `` Sha La La '' `` Come Tomorrow '' `` Oh No, Not My Baby '' `` If You Gotta Go, Go Now '' `` Pretty Flamingo '' `` You Gave Me Somebody to Love '' `` Just Like a Woman '' `` Semi-Detached Suburban Mr James '' `` Ha ! Ha ! Said the Clown '' `` Sweet Pea '' `` So Long, Dad '' `` Mighty Quinn '' `` Theme from `` Up The Junction '' `` My Name Is Jack '' `` Fox on the Run '' `` Ragamuffin Man '' Related articles Discography Manfred Mann Chapter Three Manfred Mann 's Earth Band The Manfreds Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Do_Wah_Diddy_Diddy&oldid=838981283 '' Categories : 1963 songs 1964 singles Songs written by Ellie Greenwich Songs written by Jeff Barry Manfred Mann songs The Exciters songs Jan and Dean songs Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles UK Singles Chart number - one singles RPM Top Singles number - one singles His Master 's Voice singles Capitol Records singles Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from February 2007 Singlechart usages for Ireland2 Singlechart called without artist Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Français Nederlands Norsk nynorsk Русский Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 30 April 2018, at 14 : 30. 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Question: who sings do wah diddy diddy dum diddy doo
Answer: Manfred Mann