Hippy Hippy Shake

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"Hippy Hippy Shake"
Single by Chan Romero
Released1959
Genre Rock and roll
Length1:43
Label Del-Fi
Songwriter(s) Chan Romero
Official audio
"The Hippy Hippy Shake" on YouTube

"Hippy Hippy Shake" is a song written and recorded by Chan Romero in 1959. [1] [2] That same year, it reached No. 3 in Australia. Romero was 17 years old when he wrote the song.

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The Beatles version

"The Hippy Hippy Shake"
Song by The Beatles
from the album Live at the BBC and On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2
Released30 November 1994 (Live at the BBC)
11 November 2013 (On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2)
Recorded10 July 1963 (Live at the BBC)
10 September 1963 (On Air Live at the BBC Volume 2)
Genre Rock and roll
Length1:50 (Live at the BBC)
1:46 (On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2)
Songwriter(s) Chan Romero
Producer(s) Terry Henebery

A live version of "Hippy Hippy Shake" can be found on The Beatles album Live at the BBC . That version was recorded in July 1963, almost certainly pre-dating The Swinging Blue Jeans recording. The Beatles also played the song in their early days when they performed in small clubs. It is included on Live! At the Star-Club, Hamburg 1962. Another version, recorded on 10 September 1963 for "Pop Go the Beatles", can be found on On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 . [5] The Beatles also revisited the song during the sessions for the Let It Be album and film in January 1969. That version is currently unreleased but is available on various bootleg recordings.

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Other cover versions

"Hippy Hippy Shake"
Single by The Swinging Blue Jeans
B-side "Now I Must Go"
Released6 December 1963 [6]
Recorded1963
Genre Rock and roll
Label HMV Pop 1242 (UK)
Imperial (U.S.)
Songwriter(s) Chan Romero
The Swinging Blue Jeans singles chronology
"Do You Know"
(1963)
"Hippy Hippy Shake"
(1963)
"Good Golly Miss Molly"
(1964)
Official audio
"The Hippy Hippy Shake" on YouTube

The song was included in the films The Men Who Stare at Goats , X-Men: First Class , Uncle Buck , Angels in the Outfield and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery . The cover version by The Georgia Satellites is featured in the films Cocktail , and It Takes Two as well as an episode of The Simpsons .[ citation needed ]

In 1979 The B-52's song "Dance This Mess Around", which featured numerous 1960s pop culture references, repeated the line, "Hippy hippy forward hippy hippy hippy hippy hippy shake", an allusion to this song.[ citation needed ]

In the Full House episode "The House Meets the Mouse", the fictional band Jesse and the Rippers performed this song live at Walt Disney World. In 2013, Jesse and the Rippers again performed this song on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as part of their one night only reunion.[ citation needed ]

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