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White Feathers is the debut album by British new wave band Kajagoogoo, released on 18 April 1983 and the only album by the band to-date to feature lead vocalist Limahl. It was produced by Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran and Colin Thurston, who was Duran Duran's producer at the time, except for track #5, the self-titled 'Kajagoogoo', an instrumental (with some lyrics sung only in live performances), which was produced by Tim Palmer and the band. This self-titled song was featured in the John Hughes movie Sixteen Candles as the film's opening title song in 1984. The album contains their most successful single 'Too Shy', a UK Number One hit in February 1983, as well as two other UK Top Twenty hits; 'Ooh to Be Ah' and 'Hang on Now'.

After the band was featured on the VH1 program Bands Reunited in 2003, renewed interest in Kajagoogoo prompted the band's original labelEMI to re-issue 'White Feathers' on CD in the UK for the first time in 2004 (although it had been available on CD in Japan and the USA since 1993). Originally containing ten tracks, the 2004 version of the album contained eight bonus tracks, including four B-sides plus four remixes - two of which are of 'Too Shy' (both an extended and instrumental version).

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Track listing[edit]

Music by Kajagoogoo. Lyrics credited below.

Side one[edit]

1. 'White Feathers' (Nick Beggs) – 3:28
2. 'Too Shy' (Beggs, Limahl) – 3:44
3. 'Lies and Promises' (Beggs, Limahl) – 2:51
4. 'Magician Man' (Limahl) – 3:42
5. 'Kajagoogoo' (Instrumental) (–) – 3:10

Side two[edit]

1. 'Ooh to Be Ah' (Limahl) – 3:14
2. 'Ergonomics' (Beggs, Limahl) – 3:12
3. 'Hang on Now' (Beggs, Limahl) – 3:26
4. 'This Car Is Fast' (Limahl) – 3:32
5. 'Frayo' (Limahl) – 4:15

Note

• The American and Canadian edition has a re-sequenced running order: 'Too Shy' opens side one, while on side two 'Ergonomics' is moved to track 4.

2004 remaster bonus tracks[edit]

1. 'Too Shy' (Instrumental Mix) (Beggs, Limahl) – 4:01
2. 'Take Another View' (Kajagoogoo) – 4:33
3. 'Interview Rooms' (Beggs) – 3:24
4. 'Animal Instincts' (Beggs) – 2:39
5. 'Introduction' (Beggs, Limahl) – 5:09
6. 'Too Shy' (Midnight Mix) (Beggs, Limahl) – 5:27
7. 'Ooh to Be Ah' (The Construction Mix) (Limahl) – 6:37
8. 'Hang on Now' (Extended Version) (Beggs, Limahl) – 6:19

Note

• There are two 12' mixes of 'Too Shy', both confusingly called the 'Midnight Mix' (although sometimes erroneously billed as 12' Extended Version). The UK one has a running time of about 5:27, while the American 'Midnight Mix', available on the 1993 Too Shy: The Singles and More and the 2000 Maximum 80's compilations, is around 5:44. The 2011 So80's compilation contains both mixes.

Personnel[edit]

• Limahl - lead vocals and backing vocals
• Nick Beggs - bass, Chapman Stick and backing vocals
• Steve Askew - electric guitars and maracas
• Stuart Neale - synthesizers, electric piano and backing vocals
• Jez Strode - electronic drums

Charts[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Plunkett, John.|https://www.discogs.com/Kajagoogoo-White-Feathers/release/169699 London, 05 February 2017. Retrieved on 05 February 2017.
2. ^Jo-Anne, Smith (28 April 1983). 'Album Reviews: Kajagoogoo – White Feathers'. Smash Hits. London, England: EMAP. p. 43.
3. ^https://www.allmusic.com/album/r42076
4. ^'Kajagoogoo - Austrian Albums Chart'. austriancharts.at. Archived from the original on 2012-11-06. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
5. ^'Kajagoogoo - German Longplays Chart'. Media Control. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
6. ^'オリコンのデータ協力による '全曲、80年代の週間オリコンチャートNo.1' の洋楽コンピが登場！' [A western compilation of 'All weekly Oricon No. 1's of the 1980s' has arrived] (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. 1 July 1983. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
7. ^'Kajagoogoo - Dutch Albums Chart'. dutchcharts.nl. Archived from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
8. ^'Kajagoogoo - New Zealand Albums Chart'. charts.nz. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
9. ^'Kajagoogoo - Swedish Albums Chart'. swedishcharts.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
10. ^'Kajagoogoo on The Official Charts Company'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
11. ^'Kajagoogoo Chart History'. Billboard. 9 July 1983. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

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'Witch Doctor' is a song written and performed by Ross Bagdasarian Sr., and released in 1958 by Liberty Records under the stage nameDavid Seville.

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Background and composition[edit]

The song tells the story of a man in love with a woman who initially does not return his affections. Longing for her companionship, the man goes to see a witch doctor for advice. The wise Witch Doctor replies, 'oo ee oo aa aa, ting, tang, walla walla bing bang' (a phrase which is repeated three times as the chorus of the song). In the middle of the song, the man tells the woman he loves about his asking the Witch Doctor for advice.

The voice of the 'Witch Doctor' was in fact Bagdasarian's own voice sped-up to double speed, a technique later exploited by Bagdasarian to create Alvin and the Chipmunks (and which he had also used on at least one other pre-Chipmunk song, 'The Bird on My Head'). Because of this, it is often referred to as the first song by the Chipmunks; this is not precisely true. For one, only one sped-up 'chipmunk-style' voice is featured rather than three such voices singing in harmony. Furthermore, Bagdasarian (as Seville) insisted that it was not technically a Chipmunks song in a second version from the 1960 Chipmunks album Sing Again with the Chipmunks (which was later re-released in a musical segment of an episode of The Alvin Show), when he says to the Chipmunks (when they request to sing the song) 'I don't know, fellas, I made that record once!', to which Alvin responds 'Yeah, but not with us! Come on!' The first song to truly be by the 'group' was 'The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late).'

Chart performance[edit]

The song peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 100, the predecessor to the Billboard Hot 100. The single was considered a major surprise hit on the chart, where it became Seville's first No. 1 single and stayed in the position for three weeks. The single also peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart and on the Cash Box chart as well. The single sold over one million copies in the United States. Billboard ranked it as the No. 4 song for 1958.^[1]

Alvin and the Chipmunks versions[edit]

The song has gained further popularity due to multiple covers performed by Alvin and the Chipmunks. The first was for their 1960 album Sing Again with The Chipmunks, which would later be adapted into a musical segment on The Alvin Show. In 1983, they would perform this song on the Alvin and the Chipmunks episode 'The Chipmunk Story' and the soundtrack Songs From Our TV Shows. The song was used for the opening of the 1990 TV special Rockin' Through the Decades in the style of various artists. In 1996, a dance mix cover was recorded for the album Club Chipmunk: The Dance Mixes. In 2007, a DeeTown cover (featuring Chris Classic) was recorded for the live-action/CGI Alvin and the Chipmunks movie. In 2012, they released a duet cover with The Chipettes entitled 'Witch Doctor 2.0' available for digital download on the iTunes Store (although iTunes only credits The Chipmunks).

Covers[edit]

The first cover version was recorded in 1958 by the British musician Don Lang and made the UK Top 10.^{[citation needed]}

A sequel of sorts, 'Witch Doctor Bump', by funk band the Chubukos, including Chipmunk-style novelty voices, appeared in the Record World charts in late 1973, rising as high as No. 117 in a 10-week chart stay.^{[citation needed]}

Marvin Suggs and his Muppetophone performed the song on an episode of The Muppet Show.

A version performed by Devo was in The Rugrats Movie as part of an animated sequence.

Cartoons version[edit]

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Another version of the song was by the Danish band Cartoons, on their 1998 debut album Toonage. Their version charted well in Europe, reaching the top forty in many countries, as well as peaking at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. A Spanish and an Italian version both appear on the album Toontastic, while an Italian version also appears on the album More Toonage.

The Cartoons' cover was also featured in the Dancemania compilation series and Dance Dance Revolution game series, starting with DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution 6thMix.

Track listings[edit]

Charts[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'Number One Song of the Year: 1946–2014'. Bob Borst's Home of Pop Culture.
2. ^Date of release
3. ^'Ultratop.be – Cartoons – Witch Doctor' (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
4. ^'Lescharts.com – Cartoons – Witch Doctor' (in French). Les classement single.
5. ^'Musicline.de – Cartoons Single-Chartverfolgung' (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
6. ^'Nederlandse Top 40 – Cartoons' (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
7. ^'Charts.nz – Cartoons – Witch Doctor'. Top 40 Singles.
8. ^'Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 March 1999.
9. ^'Official Singles Chart Top 100'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 March 1999.
10. ^'Swedishcharts.com – Cartoons – Witch Doctor'. Singles Top 100.

External links[edit]

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• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics