Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
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Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
8 December 1969 · Album Release
"Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" is a song from 1969 by Michael Jackson, taken from the album Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5.
- Lead Vocals
- Michael Jackson, Tito Jackson
- Songwriters
- Ray Gilbert, Allie Wrubel
- Producers
- Bobby Taylor
- Track
- Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 · 1 of 12
- Recording
- Hitsville U.S.A. / Motown Studios, Detroit · 1969
- Length
- 2m 32s
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“Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah” is a song from 1969 by Michael Jackson, taken from the album Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5.
(Zip a dee yae)
(My, my, my, my, my my my my my)
(What a wonderful day)
(Plenty of sunshine)
(Headin' my way)
(Zip a dee doo dah)
(Zip zip a deeyae)
Hey, Mr. Bluebird (zip a dee doo dah, zip a dee doo dah)
On my shoulder (zip a-dee doo dah, zip a dee doo dah)
And if that's true (zip-a-dee-doo-dah)
And actual (zip a dee doo dah)
Everything is gonna be
Satisfactual
(Zip a dee doo dah)
(Zip a dee yae)
(Wonderful fellin')
(Wonderful day)
Hey, Mr. Bluebird (zip a dee doodah, zip a dee doo dah)
On my shoulder (zip a dee doo dah, zip a dee doo dah)
And if that's true (zip a dee doo dah)
And actual (zip a dee doo dah)
Everything is gonna be
Satisfactual
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Zip a dee doo dah)
(Zip a dee yae)
(Wonderful feelin')
(Wonderful day)
Say it, say it, sait again
(Wonderful feelin')
(Wonderful day)
Just, just one more time, yeah
(Wonderful feelin') ah, yeah
(Wonderful day) hey
8 people credited on this song.
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R
Ray Gilbert Songwriter
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A
Allie Wrubel Songwriter
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B
Bobby Taylor Producer
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Michael Jackson Lead Vocals -
Tito Jackson Lead Vocals -
Jermaine Jackson Backing Vocals -
Jackie Jackson Backing Vocals -
Marlon Jackson Backing Vocals
Originally from Walt Disney's Song of the South (1946). Music by Allie Wrubel, lyrics by Ray Gilbert. Won the 1948 Academy Award for Best Original Song.
- Opens side one of Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 — the brothers' debut LP and the first track on their first major-label album.
- Lead vocals trade between Michael (then 11) and Tito (then 16). Tito rarely took lead spots in the group.
- The original 1946 song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Walt Disney is said to have invented the nonsense title himself.
- Bobby Taylor produced the bulk of the album including this track. The Corporation (Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Fonce Mizell, Deke Richards) handled "Nobody" and "I Want You Back".
- Disney has progressively distanced itself from Song of the South since the 1980s; the parent film has never received an official US home-video release.
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