In the song, the narrator asks a witch doctor for advice on what to do because he has fallen in love with a girl, and the witch doctor replies with a gibberish line: "Oo-ee, oo-ah-ah, ting-tang, walla-walla bing-bang".
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.ĭavid Seville wrote the song, inspired by a book titled Duel with the Witch Doctor on his bookshelf. 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. It became a number one hit and rescued Liberty Records from near-bankruptcy.
" Witch Doctor" is a 1958 American novelty song written and performed by Ross Bagdasarian, under his stage name David Seville.
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