Yakety Yak - wikipedia Yakety Yak This article is about the song. For other uses, see Yakety Yak ( disambiguation ). `` Yakety Yak '' A-side label of the U.S. vinyl single Single by The Coasters B - side `` Zing ! Went the Strings of My Heart '' Released April 1958 Format 45 rpm, 78 rpm Recorded March 17, 1958 Genre Rock and roll Length 1 : 52 Label Atco 6116 Songwriter ( s ) Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller Producer ( s ) Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller The Coasters singles chronology `` Gee, Golly '' ( 1958 ) `` Yakety Yak '' ( 1958 ) `` The Shadow Knows '' ( 1958 ) `` Gee, Golly '' ( 1958 ) `` Yakety Yak '' ( 1958 ) `` The Shadow Knows '' ( 1958 ) `` Yakety Yak '' is a song written, produced, and arranged by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for The Coasters and released on Atlantic Records in 1958, spending seven weeks as # 1 on the R&B charts and a week as number one on the Top 100 pop list. This song was one of a string of singles released by The Coasters between 1957 and 1959 that dominated the charts, one of the biggest performing acts of the rock and roll era. Contents 1 Song 2 Popular culture 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Song The song is a `` playlet, '' a word Stoller used for the glimpses into teenage life that characterized the songs Leiber and Stoller wrote and produced. The lyrics describe the listing of household chores to a kid, presumably a teenager, the teenager 's response ( `` yakety yak '' ) and the parents ' retort ( `` do n't talk back '' ) -- an experience very familiar to a middle - class teenager of the day. Leiber has said the Coasters portrayed `` a white kid 's view of a black person 's conception of white society. '' The serio - comic street - smart `` playlets '' etched out by the songwriters were sung by the Coasters with a sly clowning humor, while the screaming saxophone of King Curtis filled in hot, honking bursts in the up - tempo doo - wop style. The group was openly `` theatrical '' in style -- they were not pretending to be expressing their own experience. The threatened punishment for not taking out the garbage and sweeping the floor is, in the song 's humorous lyrics : `` You ai n't gon na rock and roll no more, '' And the refrain is : `` Yakety yak ; do n't talk back. '' Popular culture Québécois duo Les Jérolas recorded in 1959 a French version `` Rouspet ' pas '' The sax solo by King Curtis inspired the 1963 Boots Randolph song `` Yakety Sax '' Sha Na Na performed this as part of their set at the original Woodstock Festival and recorded 2 live covers of the song in 1971 and 1972 The song was covered by Jan & Dean and was planned to be released on their album Carnival of Sound in 1968. Carnival of Sound was not released until 2010. Lee Perry released a cover version in 1969 ( as Lee Perry and the Upsetters ), altering the lyric `` You ai n't gon na rock and roll no more '' to `` You ai n't gon na reggae reggae reggae no more '' Vince Vance & The Valiants, one of multiple groups parodying Barbara Ann as `` Bomb Iran '' in 1980, created a similarly themed 2005 parody called `` Yakety Yak ( Bomb Iraq ) ''. Stand by Me, the 1986 classic coming of age drama included `` Yakety Yak '' on its iconic soundtrack. Alvin and the Chipmunks recorded a version for the 1987 Alvin and the Chipmunks episode `` Dave 's Dream Cabin. '' The song has also been mixed & recorded by 2 Live Crew for the 1988 movie Twins. In the same film, Julius ( Arnold Schwarzenegger ) sings along, with hilarious results, as the song plays in his earphones while flying to the United States. The song is sung by the Coasters in the 1988 horror - comedy Phantom of the Ritz which the four - man group makes a cameo appearance. It has also served as the theme to Clive Anderson 's chat - show Clive Anderson Talks Back during the 1990s, and as the opening theme of the 1988 movie The Great Outdoors. It was the inspiration and theme song for the 2002 - 2003 Canadian / Australian animated series, Yakkity Yak. A modified version, `` Yakety Yak, Take it Back '', was used in a 1990 all - star PSA for the Take It Back Foundation. A music video starring Plucky Duck as the kid tasked with chores, and a group of anthropomorphic yaks in police officer suits, aired on the 90th episode of Tiny Toon Adventures and used in The Plucky Duck Show. The song was parodied for use in adverts for Radox bath soak and McCain Micro Chips in the 1980s and 1990s respectively. The song name was used for the code name of Ubuntu 16.10, a Linux operating system with its versions all named after animals. Phantom Planet covered this song for the soundtrack of the 1999 film Mumford. See also List of number - one R&B singles of 1958 ( U.S. ) List of number - one singles of 1958 ( U.S. ) References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 125. ^ Jump up to : `` The Coasters ''. Rock Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2006 - 10 - 17. Retrieved 2006 - 11 - 08. Jump up ^ Anthony DeCurtis, & James Henke ( eds ) ( 1980 ). The RollingStone : The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music ( ( 3rd Ed. ) ed. ). New York, N.Y. : Random House, Inc. p. 98. ISBN 0 - 679 - 73728 - 6. CS1 maint : Extra text : authors list ( link ) Jump up ^ Matos, Michaelangelo ( April 13, 2005 ). `` Yakety Yak ''. Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 2006 - 11 - 08. Jump up ^ Friedlander, Paul ( 1996 ). Rock and Roll : A social history. Boulder, CO : Westview Press ( Harper Collins ). p. 66. ISBN 0 - 8133 - 2725 - 3. Jump up ^ Leiber & Stoller interviewed on the Pop Chronicles ( 1969 ) Jump up ^ Boots Randolph, Boots Randolph 's Yakety Sax ! Retrieved February 6, 2015 Jump up ^ `` The Show Band that Would n't Die ''. Houston Press, June 30, 2005. Jump up ^ `` The Great Outdoors ( 1988 ) - Soundtracks ''. IMDb. Retrieved 2009 - 03 - 13. Jump up ^ Yakkity Yak Intro. YouTube. January 12, 2011. Jump up ^ `` ' Yakety Yak -- Take It Back ! ' Music Video ''. Take It Back Foundation. Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 08. Jump up ^ `` Mark Shuttleworth '' Blog Archive '' Y is for... ``. www.markshuttleworth.com. Retrieved 2016 - 11 - 02. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics The Coasters Carl Gardner Billy Guy Bobby Nunn Leon Hughes Adolph Jacobs Young Jessie Cornell Gunter Will `` Dub '' Jones Vernon Harrell Earl `` Speedo '' Carroll Ronnie Bright Jimmy Norman Thomas `` Curly '' Palmer Albert `` Sonny '' Forriest Alvin Morse Carl Gardner Jr J.W. Lance Primotivo Candelara Eddie Whitfield Dennis Anderson Studio albums The Coasters The Coasters One By One Coast Along with The Coasters It Ai n't Sanitary ( with Billy Guy ) Other albums The Coasters ' Greatest Hits Greatest Hits That Is Rock & Roll All Time Greatest Hits Their Greatest Recordings : The Early Years The Coasters On Broadway This Is the Coasters The World Famous Coasters 20 Great Originals 16 Greatest Hits What Is the Secret of Your Success ? Young Blood The Ultimate Coasters 20 Greatest Hits The Greatest Hits 50 Coastin ' Classics : Anthology The Very Best of the Coasters Golden Hits Great Yakety Yak & Other Favorites All Our Best The Best of the Coasters Yakety Yak : The Platinum Collection The Definitive Soul : The Coasters There 's a Riot Goin ' On : The Coasters on Atco Only the Best of the Coasters Singles `` Down in Mexico '' `` One Kiss Led to Another '' `` Young Blood '' `` Idol With The Golden Head '' `` Sweet Georgia Brown '' `` Gee, Golly '' `` Yakety Yak '' `` The Shadow Knows '' `` Charlie Brown '' `` Along Came Jones '' `` Poison Ivy '' `` What About Us '' `` Besame Mucho ( Part I ) '' `` Wake Me, Shake Me '' `` Shoppin ' for Clothes '' `` Wait A Minute '' `` Little Egypt ( Ying - Yang ) '' `` Girls Girls Girls ( Part I ) '' `` ( Ai n't That ) Just Like Me '' `` Ridin  ́ Hood '' `` The Climb ( vocal ) '' `` The P.T.A. '' `` T'ai n't Nothin ' To Me '' `` Bad Detective '' `` Wild One '' `` Lady Like '' `` Let 's Go Get Stoned '' `` Crazy Baby '' `` She 's A Yum Yum '' `` Soul Pad '' `` She Can '' `` D.W. Washburn '' `` Act Right '' `` Love Potion Number Nine '' `` Cool Jerk '' `` Hush Do n't Talk About It '' B - sides `` Turtle Dovin '' `` Brazil '' `` Searchin ' '' `` ( When She Wants Good Lovin  ́ ) My Baby Comes To Me '' `` What Is The Secret Of Your Success ? '' `` Dance ! '' `` Zing ! Went the Strings of My Heart '' `` Sorry But I 'm Gonna Have To Pass '' `` Three Cool Cats '' `` That Is Rock & Roll '' `` I 'm A Hog For You '' `` Run Red Run '' `` Besame Mucho ( Part II ) '' `` Stewball '' `` The Snake And The Book Worm '' `` Thumbin  ́ A Ride '' `` Keep On Rolling '' `` Girls Girls Girls ( Part II ) '' `` Bad Blood '' `` Teach Me How To Shimmy '' `` The Climb ( instrumental ) '' `` Bull Tick Waltz '' `` Speedo 's Back In Town '' `` Lovey Dovey '' `` I Must Be Dreaming '' `` Hongry '' `` Money Honey '' `` Bell Bottom Slacks And A Chinese Kimono ( She 's My Little Spodee - O ) '' `` Saturday Night Fish Fry '' `` Down Home Girl '' `` Everybody 's Woman '' `` The World Is Changing '' `` Talkin  ́  ́ Bout A Woman '' Cover songs `` Autumn Leaves '' `` But Beautiful '' `` Do n't Get Around Much Anymore '' `` Easy Living '' `` Frosty the Snowman '' `` Gee, Baby, Ai n't I Good to You '' `` I Love Paris '' `` If I Had a Hammer '' ( by WIll Jones ) `` The ' In ' Crowd '' `` Moonglow '' `` Moonlight in Vermont '' `` Mustang Sally '' `` My Babe '' `` On Broadway '' `` On the Sunny Side of the Street '' `` Satin Doll '' `` The Way You Look Tonight '' `` Willow Weep for Me '' `` You 'd Be So Nice to Come Home To '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yakety_Yak&oldid=803789368 '' Categories : Songs written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Jan and Dean songs 1958 singles The Coasters songs Billboard Top 100 number - one singles Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs number - one singles Novelty songs 1958 songs Atco Records singles Hidden categories : CS1 maint : Extra text : authors list Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Eesti Español Nederlands Русский Simple English Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 4 October 2017, at 17 : 13. 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Question: who sang yakety yak don't talk back
Answer: The Coasters