Escrita por
Jeff Barry e Ellie Greenwich, foi inicialmente gravada pelo grupo vocal
americano The Exciters em 1963. No entanto foi logo regravada pela banda
Manfred Mann, que trouxe uma versao que teve mais sucesso comercial, e que foi
gravada em 11 de junho de 1964 e lançada em 10 de julho de 1964. Ficou duas
semanas em primeiro lugar dos charts Britanicos, em agosto do mesmo ano, e duas
semanas no primeiro lugar dos charts pop americanos, em outubro de 1964.
Foi lançada
no compacto simples que tinha What you goanna do? Como Lado B.
A
letra:
Snappin' her fingers and shufflin' her feet, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
She looked good (looked good), she looked fine (looked fine)
She looked good, she looked fine and I nearly lost my mind
Before I knew it she was walkin' next to me, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
Holdin' my hand just as natural as can be, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
We walked on (walked on) to my door (my door)
We walked on to my door, then we kissed a little more
Whoa-oh, I knew we was falling in love
Yes I did, and so I told her all the things I'd been dreamin' of
Now we're together nearly every single day, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
A-we're so happy and that's how we're gonna stay, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
Well I'm hers (I'm hers), she's mine (she's mine)
I'm hers, she's mine, wedding bells are gonna chime
Whoa-oh, I knew we was falling in love
Yes I did, and so I told her all the things I'd been dreamin' of
Now we're together nearly every single day, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
A-we're so happy and that's how we're gonna stay, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
Well I'm hers (I'm hers), she's mine (she's mine)
I'm hers, she's mine, wedding bells are gonna chime
Whoa-oh-oh-oh, oh yeah
Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do, we'll sing it
Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do, oh yeah, oh, oh yeah
Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do
Manfred Mann en 1964, ao vivo:
A versao dos Exciters, de 1963:
A versao de Andrew Gold, de 1976: