The Streak - Wikipedia The Streak For other uses, see Streak. `` The Streak '' Single by Ray Stevens from the album Boogity Boogity B - side `` You 've Got the Music Inside '' Released March 27, 1974 Format 7 '' single Genre Country, novelty, comedy Length 3 : 18 Label Barnaby Songwriter ( s ) Ray Stevens Producer ( s ) Ray Stevens Ray Stevens singles chronology `` Love Me Longer '' ( 1973 ) `` The Streak '' ( 1974 ) `` The Moonlight Special '' ( 1974 ) `` Love Me Longer '' ( 1973 ) `` The Streak '' ( 1974 ) `` The Moonlight Special '' ( 1974 ) `` The Streak '' is a popular country / novelty song written, produced, and sung by Ray Stevens. It was released in March 1974 as the lead single to his album Boogity Boogity. `` The Streak '' capitalized on the then - popular craze of streaking. In 2007 Cledus T. Judd covered `` The Streak '' on his album Boogity Boogity - A Tribute to the Comic Genius of Ray Stevens. One of Stevens ' most successful recordings, `` The Streak '' was his second number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA, spending three weeks at the top in May 1974 and reached # 3 on the Billboard Country singles chart. A major international hit, it also reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, spending a single week at the top of the chart in June 1974. In total it sold over five million copies internationally and ranked on Billboard magazine 's top hits of 1974 at number 8. Contents 1 Content 2 Music video 3 Remix 4 External links 5 Charts 5.1 Weekly charts 5.2 Year - end charts 6 References Content Each of the three verses starts with a news reporter, played by Stevens, commenting on a streaking incident somewhere around town, and trying to interview one of the witnesses, who always turns out to be the same man, also played by Stevens. A slide whistle can be heard throughout the song. The witness tells what he saw and relates how he tried to warn his wife, Ethel, not to look ( `` Do n't look, Ethel ! '' ), but is always too late. After each interview, a chorus is sung by multiple voices ; the chorus is the only part of the song that is actually sung ; the rest is spoken. After the third interview, the man sees the streaker again, but to his horror the streaker is joined by his wife, and the man changes his tune : `` Ethel, you shameless hussy ! '', as well as `` You get your clothes on ! '', and `` Say it is n't so, Ethel ! ''. Music video The music video for `` The Streak '' takes place at a grocery store, a gas station, and a high school gym. Ray Stevens plays a reporter and Ethel 's husband. An animated version of The Streak is featured. A live action version of The Streak is briefly seen. In the end everyone joins The Streak and animated versions of Ethel and The Streak are shown. The video ends with one of the cast members scolding Ray for allowing people to trample her when they chose to streak. As Ray Stevens gives her a mocking look the screen fades to black. Remix In 2013 Ray Stevens performed a remix version of `` The Streak '' live in concert. External links The Streak Lyrics Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1974 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Hot Country Singles US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 12 Canadian RPM Top Singles Canadian RPM Country Tracks Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks UK Singles Chart New Zealand Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart Australian Singles Chart Danish Singles Chart 26 German Media Control Charts 43 US Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1974 ) Rank Australia 17 Canada UK 23 US Billboard Hot 100 8 US Cash Box 29 References Jump up ^ Michael Kosser ( 2006 ), How Nashville became Music City, U.S.A. : 50 years of Music Row, Books.google.co.uk, ISBN 9780634098062, retrieved 2014 - 03 - 27 Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 301. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ Video on YouTube Jump up ^ Ray Stevens - The Streak ( Live Remix ) Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ http://www.tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19740525.html Jump up ^ Bac-lac.gc.ca Jump up ^ Musicoutfitters.com Jump up ^ Cash Box Year - End Charts : Top 100 Pop Singles, December 28, 1974 Preceded by `` The Loco - Motion '' by Grand Funk Railroad Billboard Hot 100 number - one single May 18, 1974 - June 1, 1974 ( three weeks ) Succeeded by `` Band on the Run '' by Paul McCartney and Wings Preceded by `` Honeymoon Feelin ' '' by Roy Clark RPM Country Tracks number - one single June 8, 1974 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` If You Love Me ( Let Me Know ) '' by Olivia Newton - John Preceded by `` Sugar Baby Love '' by The Rubettes UK Singles Chart number - one single June 15, 1974 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` Always Yours '' by Gary Glitter This 1970s single -- related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Streak&oldid=822681452 '' Categories : 1974 singles UK Singles Chart number - one singles Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Comedy songs Ray Stevens songs RPM Country Tracks number - one singles Songs written by Ray Stevens RPM Top Singles number - one singles RPM Adult Contemporary number - one singles Novelty songs 1974 songs 1970s single stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 27 January 2018, at 21 : 54. About Wikipedia

Question: when did the song the streak come out
Answer: March 27, 1974