"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" is a 1968

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released by American and

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. The song, co-written by Wonder and produced by Henry Cosby and Sylvia Moy, was the first to showcase Wonder's talents at the

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and was one of his first successful co-written tracks during his 1960s Motown period. The song reached number nine on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 pop singles chart in 1968, and went to number one on the

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. ''

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'' described the single as "a groovy rock number loaded with teen sales appeal." ''

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'' said it was a "delighting combination of Detroit and Gospel strains" with a "generally relaxed rock mood with snatches of fire from the ork build and outstanding vocal." "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" was one of the first songs to use a

in a popular music recording.

Personnel

* Lead vocals and

* Backing vocals by

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(Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps) * Other instrumentation by

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Chart positions

References

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