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| "Witch Doctor" | ||||
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| Single by Ross Bagdasarian | ||||
| from the album The Alvin Show | ||||
| B-side | "Don't Whistle at Me, Baby" | |||
| Released | April 1958 | |||
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| Length | 2:15 | |||
| Label | Liberty | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ross Bagdasarian | |||
| Producer(s) | Ross Bagdasarian | |||
| Ross Bagdasarian singles chronology | ||||
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"Witch Doctor" is a 1958 American novelty song written and performed by Ross Bagdasarian, under his stage name David Seville. It became a number one hit and rescued Liberty Records from near-bankruptcy.[1]
In the song, the singer asks a witch doctor for romantic advice; the witch doctor responds in a high-pitched squeaky voice with a nonsense incantation which creates an earworm. The technique developed in this song for the voice of the witch doctor was later used for the creation of the voices of the Alvin and the Chipmunks.
- ^ "How David Seville and The Witch Doctor Rescued Liberty Records". Black Gold Brooklyn. October 11, 2017. Archived from the original on July 28, 2020.