Story Behind The Song
I like songs with nonsense syllables in the hook such as Diddy-Wah-Diddy and it seemed natural to combine this concept with a Bo Diddley beat. Add Eddie Cochran-style vocals and some wordplay and you have Dum Diddy.
Song Description
This song is especially appealing to pre-adolescents although all ages respond well to it's humor and energy. It is self-satirizing but works equally well when taken at face value.
Song Length |
2:29 |
Genre |
Rock - Roots/Rock n' Roll |
Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Mood |
In High Spirits, Affable |
Subject |
Fun, Laugh, Smile |
Similar Artists |
Lyle Lovett, Bo Diddley |
Language |
English |
Era |
1950 - 1959 |
| |
Lyrics
Dum Diddy ©2003, M. Drumm
Dum-diddy, dum-diddy, dum-diddy
Dum-diddy, dum-diddy, dum-diddy
Dum-diddy on the radio
Dum-diddy everywhere you go
Dum-diddy ain’t got too much smarts
Dum-diddy headin’ for the top of the charts
Now I hear there’s even gonna be a dum-diddy TV show
Dum-diddy, dum-diddy
Baby, baby I love you
Got to find a way to make you love me too
Ain’t no ordinary bum, dum-diddy
Always singin’ some dum-diddy
Baby baby singin’ dum-diddy’s all I do
Dum-diddy, dum-diddy
Say you’re from some humdrum city
Where they never heard about dum-diddy
Long as you can hum dum-diddy
It don’t matter where you’re from dum-diddy
You can hum, you can strum, you can drum dum-diddy
Dum-diddy, dum-diddy, dum-diddy
Boom-chicka boom-chicka bop dum-diddy
Boom-chicka boom-chicka bop dum-diddy
Teenie-boppers gotta have their ditties dumb
Dum-diddy’s just about as dumb as they come
Well it’s rama-lama ding-dong bubblegum diddy
Dum-diddy, dum-diddy, dum-diddy
There’s a thing they call dum-diddy
Students sing it in the hall dum-diddy
They spray paint it on the wall dum-diddy
Everywhere you go it’s all dum-diddy
They even do dum-diddy at the shoppin’ mall
Dum-diddy, dum-diddy
Dum-diddy on the radio
Dum-diddy everywhere you go
Dum-diddy runnin’ all around my brain
Dum-diddy drivin’ me insane
Now I hear there’s even gonna be a dum-diddy TV show
Dum-diddy, dum-diddy
Dum-diddy, dum-diddy, dum-diddy
Dum-diddy, dum-diddy, dum-diddy