"Chicka Boom" is a popular

song A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usu ...

written by

Bob Merrill Henry Robert Merrill Levan (May 17, 1921 – February 17, 1998) was an American songwriter, theatrical composer, lyricist, and screenwriter. Merrill was one of the most successful songwriters of the 1950s on the US and UK single charts. His ...

. The song was published in 1953 and appeared in the 1953 film, '' Those Redheads From Seattle.'' This was one of a number of Merrill's songs recorded by

Guy Mitchell Guy Mitchell (born Albert George Cernik; February 22, 1927 – July 1, 1999) was an American pop singer and actor, successful in his homeland, the UK, and Australia. He sold 44 million records, including six million-selling singles. His best-kno ...

which were hits for him in 1953. The song went to number 16 on the Cashbox charts in August 1953, staying there for 13 weeks. The song went to number 4 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1953, staying there for 15 weeks.

Other songs

Not to be confused with either of two songs of a similar name called "Chick-A-Boom", or with the instrumental tune "Boom-Chicka-Boom" (sometimes written as "Boom Chicka Boom"). "Chick-A-Boom" (Berns, Morrison) was by the Irish singer

Van Morrison Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison (born 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician whose recording career started in the 1960s. Morrison's albums have performed well in the UK and Ireland, with more than 40 reaching the UK ...

in the mid-1960s, and as featured on the ''Midnight Special'' collection (and '' Bang Masters'') of early and/or unreleased Van Morrison recordings. Morrison's "Chick-A-Boom" was a songwriting collaboration with

Bert Berns Bertrand Russell Berns (November 8, 1929 – December 30, 1967), also known as Bert Russell and (occasionally) Russell Byrd, was an American songwriter and record producer of the 1960s. His songwriting credits include "Twist and Shout", "Piece ...

. The other, "

Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) "Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" is a song written by Janice Lee Gwin and Linda Martin and performed by Daddy Dewdrop. It was featured on his 1971 album, ''Daddy Dewdrop''. The lyrics in the verses are spoken, rather than sung. "Chick-A-Bo ...

", was by Richard Monda aka

Daddy Dewdrop Daddy Dewdrop is a pseudonym for the American songwriter Richard "Dick" Monda (born 1940, Cleveland, Ohio, United States). He is best known for his 1971 hit "Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)". Biography Monda's family moved from Ohio to Calif ...

in 1971. One of the songs from the play/movie, ''

Godspell ''Godspell'' is a musical in two acts with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John-Michael Tebelak. The show is structured as a series of parables, primarily based on the Gospel of Matthew, interspersed with music mostly set t ...

'', "We Beseech Thee," included a chorus that includes the phrase, "Boom chicka boom chicka boom chick chick, chicka booma chicka booma chicka boom chick chick." Lastly, Sandy Nelson's instrumental "Boom-Chicka-Boom" appears on the album "Sandy Nelson Plays Teen Beat" (Imperial, LP 9105), released in 1960.

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