The 2-minute-38-second song is in the key of C major, changing later in the song to C sharp / D flat major, with a tempo of 121 beats per minute.
The song makes countless references to candy and sugar, and the narrator compares these two sweet treats to the object of his affection, at some point calling her a "living box of candy wrapped up so very fine" with a "mouthful of such sweet things to say". Most of the song's remaining lyrics are nonsense.
It is among Ohio Express' three signature songs, as well as one of bubblegum music's most notable staples.
Chart performance and receptionedit
Billboard called it an "infectious, happy rhythm novelty in the vein of 'Yummy Yummy Yummy'",[2]Cashbox called it a "slightly slower tongue-in-cheek rock offering that keeps in line with their bubblegum policy",[1] and Record World called it a "cute bubble gum stick".[3]
The song debuted at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart for the week of October 12, 1968, before entering the Billboard Hot 100 at number 72, going on to peak at number 15, and spending a total of 13 weeks on the chart. It also charted in Canada, Australia and the Philippines.
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January 01, 1970
chewy, chewy, song, american, band, ohio, express, released, september, 1968, written, produced, joey, levine, kris, resnick, single, ohio, expressfrom, album, side, firebird, releasedseptember, 1968genrerock, bubblegum, length2, 38labelbuddah, recordssongwrit. Chewy Chewy is a song by American band Ohio Express Released in September 1968 it was written and produced by Joey Levine and Kris Resnick Chewy Chewy Single by Ohio Expressfrom the album Chewy ChewyB side Firebird ReleasedSeptember 1968GenreRock 1 bubblegum pop 1 Length2 38LabelBuddah RecordsSongwriter s Joey Levine Kris ResnickProducer s Levine ResnickOhio Express singles chronology Down At Lulu s 1968 Chewy Chewy 1968 Sweeter Than Sugar 1969 Contents 1 Background and composition 2 Chart performance and reception 3 Charts 3 1 Weekly charts 3 2 Year end charts 4 ReferencesBackground and composition editThe 2 minute 38 second song is in the key of C major changing later in the song to C sharp D flat major with a tempo of 121 beats per minute The song makes countless references to candy and sugar and the narrator compares these two sweet treats to the object of his affection at some point calling her a living box of candy wrapped up so very fine with a mouthful of such sweet things to say Most of the song s remaining lyrics are nonsense It is among Ohio Express three signature songs as well as one of bubblegum music s most notable staples Chart performance and reception editBillboard called it an infectious happy rhythm novelty in the vein of Yummy Yummy Yummy 2 Cashbox called it a slightly slower tongue in cheek rock offering that keeps in line with their bubblegum policy 1 and Record World called it a cute bubble gum stick 3 The song debuted at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart for the week of October 12 1968 before entering the Billboard Hot 100 at number 72 going on to peak at number 15 and spending a total of 13 weeks on the chart It also charted in Canada Australia and the Philippines Clips of the song were used in the top 40 hit Moonflight by Vic Venus in 1969 It has also been covered by James Last later that year and by The Vindictives in 1994 Charts editWeekly charts edit Chart 1968 69 Peak position Argentina 4 5 Australia Go Set 5 6 Canada RPM 6 2 Mexico Hits of the World 7 3 Philippines Hits of the World 7 2 US Billboard Hot 100 8 15 Year end charts edit Chart 1968 Peakposition Australia KMR 9 38 Canada RPM 10 60 Chart 1969 Peakposition United States Cashbox 11 91 Canada RPM 12 100References edit a b c CashBox Record Reviews PDF Cash Box October 5 1968 p 18 Archived from the original PDF on March 7 2023 Retrieved July 4 2023 Billboard October 5 1968 PDF Billboard Record World October 5 1968 PDF Record World Argentina s Best Sellers PDF Cash Box p 58 ISSN 0008 7289 Retrieved 28 March 2023 Go Set Chart Week of January 1 1969 Go Set RPM December 16 1968 PDF RPM a b Billboard March 15 1969 Billboard Google Books 15 March 1969 Billboard Hot 100 January 11 1969 Billboard Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 illustrated ed St Ives N S W Australian Chart Book ISBN 0 646 11917 6 RPM Best of 1968 January 6 1969 PDF RPM Cashbox December 27 1969 PDF RPM Best of 1970 January 10 1970 PDF RPM Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chewy Chewy amp oldid 1185480504, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
