2:23
single, 1962
Written by Carl White, Al Frazier, Sonny Harris, and Turner Wilson Jr.
A sort of garage doo-wop, this song evokes "Surfin' Bird," and indeed, I read that the Trashmen's hit was based on this song, and a sequel song by the Rivingtons name-checked "Surfin' Bird." This song, which is quite meta, is about a song in which the singer utters nonsense syllables, and the narrator can't figure out what he's saying, or if the singer is trying to make meaning at all. "Well I hear this sound everywhere I go / From the record, TV, or the radio."
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