A música surgiu a partir de uma aposta que Murray Kaufman, que era DJ e conhecido como Murray the K, que duvidou que Darin não teria capacidade de compor uma música que começasse com as palavras : “Splish splash, I was taking a bath”. Essa frase foi pedida justamente pela mãe de Kaufman.
A canção deu um boost enorme na carreira de Darin, pois chegou ao número 3 dos charts americanos. A letra faz menção a muitas outras músicas da época, como “Lollipop”, “Peggy Sue” e “Good golly miss molly”.
A canção foi regravada em 1979 por Barbra Streisend para o álbum Wet. Teve nova letra. A canção também aparece no filme Lover boy e no filme You’ve got a mail. Kevin Spacey canta a música no filme Beyond the sea, biográfica de Bobby Darin.
Splish splish, I was takin' a bath
Long about a Saturday night
A rub-a-dub, just relaxin' in the tub
Thinkin' everything was alright
Well, I stepped out the tub, put my feet on the floor
I wrapped the towel around me and I
Opened the door, and then I
Splish, splash... I jumped back in the bath.
Well how was I to know there was a party going on?
They was a-splishin' and a'splashin'
Reelin' with the feelin', movin' and a'groovin'
Rockin' and a'rollin', yeah
Bing bang, I saw the whole gang
Dancin' on my living room rug, yeah!
Flip flop, they was donin' the bop
All the teens had the dancin'
But there was lollipop with a Peggy Sue
Good Golly, Miss Molly was-a even there, too!
A- well-a, splish splash, I forgot about the bath
I went and put my dancin' shoes on, yay...
I was a rollin' and a strollin', reelin' with the feelin',
Moving and a groovin', splishin' and a splashin', yeah!
Yes, I was a-splishin'' and a splashin'...
I was a-rollin' and a-strollin'...
Yeah, I was a-movin' and a-groovin'
We was a-reelin' with the feelin'
We was a-rollin' and a-strollin'
Movin' with the groovin' splish splash, yeah!
O original de Darin, somente o áudio:
Bobby Darin ao vivo no final dos 1950:
Bobby Darin na sua última apresentacao na TV:
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