Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day

1968 single by Stevie Wonder

"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day"

Single by Stevie Wonder

from the album For Once in My Life

B-side

"Why You Don't You Lead Me To Love"^[1]

Released

April 30, 1968

Recorded

1968

Genre

R&B
soul

Length

2:47

Label

Tamla

Songwriter(s)

Stevie Wonder
Sylvia Moy
Henry Cosby

Producer(s)

Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder singles chronology

"I'm Wondering"
(1967)

"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day"
(1968)

"You Met Your Match"
(1968)

"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" is a 1968 single released by American and Motown recording artist Stevie Wonder. The song, co-written by Wonder and produced by Henry Cosby and Sylvia Moy, was the first to showcase Wonder's talents at the clavinet 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 R&B chart.^[2]

Billboard described the single as "a groovy rock number loaded with teen sales appeal."^[3] Cash Box 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."^[4]

"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" was one of the first songs to use a clavinet in a popular music recording.^[5]

Personnel

Lead vocals and clavinet by Stevie Wonder
Backing vocals by the Andantes (Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps)
Other instrumentation by the Funk Brothers

Chart positions

Chart (1968)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	9
U.S. Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles	1

References

^ "Stevie Wonder - Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day".
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 635.
^ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. March 30, 1968. p. 72. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. March 30, 1968. p. 24. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
^ Lundy, Zeth (2007). Songs in the Key of Life. Boomsbury Academic. p. 77. ISBN 9780826419262.

Stevie Wonder

Discography

Studio albums

The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie
Tribute to Uncle Ray
With a Song in My Heart
Stevie at the Beach
Up-Tight
Down to Earth
I Was Made to Love Her
Someday at Christmas
Eivets Rednow
For Once in My Life
My Cherie Amour
Signed, Sealed & Delivered
Where I'm Coming From
Music of My Mind
Talking Book
Innervisions
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Songs in the Key of Life
Hotter than July
In Square Circle
Characters
Conversation Peace
A Time to Love

Live albums

Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius
Stevie Wonder Live
Live at the Talk of the Town
Natural Wonder

Soundtracks

Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants"
The Woman in Red
The Last Dragon
Jungle Fever

Compilations

Looking Back
Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I
Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection
At the Close of a Century
The Definitive Collection
The Complete Stevie Wonder

Singles

"Fingertips"
"Hey Harmonica Man"
"Uptight (Everything's Alright)"
"With a Child's Heart"
"Blowin' in the Wind"
"A Place in the Sun"
"Someday at Christmas"
"Hey Love"
"I Was Made to Love Her"
"I'm Wondering"
"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day"
"You Met Your Match"
"Alfie"
"For Once in My Life"
"I Don't Know Why"
"My Cherie Amour"
"Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday"
"Never Had a Dream Come True"
"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"
"Heaven Help Us All"
"We Can Work It Out"
"Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer"
"If You Really Love Me"
"What Christmas Means to Me"
"Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)"
"Superstition"
"You Are the Sunshine of My Life"
"Higher Ground"
"Living for the City"
"Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing"
"He's Misstra Know-It-All"
"You Haven't Done Nothin'"
"Boogie On Reggae Woman"
"I Wish"
"Sir Duke"
"Another Star"
"As"
"Pops, We Love You (A Tribute to Father)"
"Send One Your Love"
"Master Blaster (Jammin')"
"I Ain't Gonna Stand for It"
"Lately"
"Happy Birthday"
"That Girl"
"Ebony and Ivory"
"Do I Do"
"Ribbon in the Sky"
"Front Line"
"I Just Called to Say I Love You"
"Love Light in Flight"
"Part-Time Lover"
"That's What Friends Are For"
"Go Home"
"Overjoyed"
"Stranger on the Shore of Love"
"Skeletons"
"You Will Know"
"Get It"
"Gotta Have You"
"For Your Love"
"So What the Fuss"
"From the Bottom of My Heart"
"All About the Love Again"
"Faith"
"Can't Put It in the Hands of Fate"

Featured singles

"My Love"
"How Come, How Long"
"California Roll"

Other songs

"You and I (We Can Conquer the World)"
"I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)"
"Golden Lady"
"All in Love Is Fair"
"They Won't Go When I Go"
"Love's in Need of Love Today"
"Knocks Me Off My Feet"
"Pastime Paradise"
"Isn't She Lovely"
"Black Man"
"We Are the World"
"Just Good Friends"
"Seasons of Love"
"True to Your Heart"
"Stop Trying to Be God"

Songwriting credits

"It's a Shame"
"Tears of a Clown"
"Tell Me Something Good"
"Uptown Festival"
"Let's Get Serious"
"You're Supposed to Keep Your Love for Me"

Tours

Songs in the Key of Life Tour

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1990s	"Black or White" "Jam" "In the Closet" "Remember the Time" "Heal the World" "Who Is It" "Give In to Me" "Will You Be There" "Gone Too Soon" "Dangerous" "Come Together" "Scream" "Childhood" "They Don't Care About Us" "Stranger in Moscow" "This Time Around" "Earth Song" "D.S." "You Are Not Alone" "Tabloid Junkie" "HIStory" "Smile" "Blood on the Dance Floor" "Ghosts" "Is It Scary" "On the Line"
2000s	"Speechless" "You Rock My World" "Heaven Can Wait" "Butterflies" "Cry" "One More Chance" "Cheater" "(I Like) The Way You Love Me" "Fall Again" "This Is It"
2010s	"Hold My Hand" "Hollywood Tonight" "(I Can't Make It) Another Day" "Behind the Mask" "Don't Be Messin' 'Round" "I'm So Blue" "Price of Fame" "Love Never Felt So Good" "Chicago" "Loving You" "A Place with No Name" "Slave to the Rhythm" "Blue Gangsta"
2020s	"She's Trouble"
Other	"We Are the World" "Mind Is the Magic" "What More Can I Give" "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" "Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous" "Diamonds Are Invincible"
Featured	"Ease on Down the Road" "A Brand New Day" "Night Time Lover" "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" "State of Independence" "Muscles" "Say Say Say" "Somebody's Watching Me" "Don't Stand Another Chance" "Centipede" "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)" "Eaten Alive" "Get It" "2300 Jackson Street" "Do the Bartman" "Whatzupwitu" "Why" "I Need You" "We Be Ballin'" "Girls, Girls, Girls" "All in Your Name" "There Must Be More to Life Than This" "Low" "Don't Matter to Me"
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