Gilbert O'sullivan - Ooh Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day

[babygro2]

Sang along to this with my 9 year old today - we really enjoyed it! This keeps going through my head along with "whats in a kiss". Can't beat it!

[AnimalRainbowLover]

im going to see him live in London

[chazs001]

brill what a tune.

[jardispa]

released in 1972 on the MAM record label in UK mam.78. This was the "A" side. The "B" side was "But I'm Not" . Still have all the old vinyl will never part

[kapailunch2]

why are my eyes all misty, i was a young married man wen this came out and my wife and i both loved this guy and still do

[TheEctomorph]

"You wouldn't think to look at me that i was hard, but underneath it all, I really am. And just to prove it; why, only the other day, I picked a needle up with one hand"

Just one of many classic tracks by Ray O'Sullivan from the early 1970's. Back then, men were men ... and birds were birds !!

[TheCapricornStrand]

probably Tim and Julia dance at the lodge to this

[sosowwynow]

love it..always have!!

[doowop2302]

This sounds like the kind of tune that Paul McCartney would have written, the vocal even sounds like Beatle Paul!

[StanPomeray]

It's about swearing, you know.

[FlipG59]

Love this song... reminds me of school days for some reason... Always thought it sounded a bit Paul McCartney and Wings ish.. Great memories Thanks for posting!

[JennaOllivier]

wow im only a teenager now when i was little my dad used to play it and we would sing and dance together (:

[time4sleeping]

@JennaOllivier that is great you have those happy memories, don't let them fade.

[centuryrox]

I can honestly say that I haven't heard this song for at least 35 years! Wow, childhood memories come flooding back!

[ivorlottandtonybroke]

@centuryrox Don't they just! If I concentrate on this hard enough, I get not just the memory, but the feel of being back in 1972. Remembering the road to Canterbury.

[centuryrox]

@ivorlottandtonybroke Indeed! In fact, I can still see the 45 RPM record spinning on my record player in my bedroom, complete with the blue MAM record label!

[lordsinclair1975]

@centuryrox Here in Germany they play it quite sometimes on air. And I always turn up the volume and sing along in my car (am travelling a lot). You are right. Childhood memories.... and I was in Bradford few months ago..... so, just why did I have the name Radford in my ears and on my mind? *g*

[dgalewiz]

Holy Moly. This really brings me back. I still know all the words. I still have the 45...Used to play this as a kid, for hours.....I think it was the B side to Get Down wasn't it?

[sosowwynow]

@dgalewiz

me too!!

b side of Clair

[TheEctomorph]

@dgalewiz Actually, no; it was not the 'B'-side of "Get Down".

Gilbert O'Sullivan's song "Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day" was released [as an 'A'-side] back in the summer of 1972; some 8 months before "Get Down" (his chart-topping single from April, 1973) was released.

[greetingseartlhings]

Unfashionable perhaps, but I absolutely love this, and think it is wonderful.

[tuckerboxdog123]

love this, he does a great tune