Who Sang Ooh Poo Pah Doo? Wilson Pickett
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Credits
publisher: ©Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
writers: Jessie Hill
release date: 1967
genres: Funk / Soul Blues Pop
styles: Soul
length: 2:34
producer: Jerry Wexler and Rick Hall
engineer: Tom Dowd and Rick Hall
bass: Tommy Cogbill
drums (drum set): Roger Hawkins
guitar: Jimmy Johnson and Chips Moman
tenor saxophone: Gilbert Caples, Charles Chalmers and Eddie Logan
trumpet: Gene “Bowlegs” Miller
vocal: Wilson Pickett
keyboard: Spooner Oldham
composer: Jessie Hill
lyricist: Jessie Hill
I'm gonna tell you (what is it?)
About ooh poo pah doo
They call me the most
Ooh poo pah doo (ooh poo pah doo)
They call me the most (call me the most)
& I won't stop tryin' till I create disturbance in your mind
Wo I'm gonna
Create disturbance in your mind
Create disturbance in your mind
Don't you know it's in your mind
And I won't stop tryin' till I create disturbance in your mind
Wo oh oh oh oh wo oh oh oh
Yeah-eh-eh-eh (yeah-eh-eh-eh) (x4)
Wo oh oh oh oh wo oh oh oh
I'm gonna ring a few bells in your ear
Don't you know I'm gonna ring 'em ring 'em in your ear
I'm gonna ring a few bells in your ear
Don't you know I'm gonna ring 'em ring 'em in your ear
Wo oh oh oh oh wo oh oh oh
Yeah-eh-eh-eh (yeah-eh-eh-eh)
Yeah-eh-eh-eh (yeah-eh-eh-eh)
Yeah-eh-eh-eh (yeah-eh-eh-eh)
Yeah-eh-eh-eh (yeah-eh-eh-eh)
Wo oh oh oh oh wo oh oh oh
All right!
About ooh poo pah doo
They call me the most
Ooh poo pah doo (ooh poo pah doo)
They call me the most (call me the most)
& I won't stop tryin' till I create disturbance in your mind
Wo I'm gonna
Create disturbance in your mind
Create disturbance in your mind
Don't you know it's in your mind
And I won't stop tryin' till I create disturbance in your mind
Wo oh oh oh oh wo oh oh oh
Yeah-eh-eh-eh (yeah-eh-eh-eh) (x4)
Wo oh oh oh oh wo oh oh oh
I'm gonna ring a few bells in your ear
Don't you know I'm gonna ring 'em ring 'em in your ear
I'm gonna ring a few bells in your ear
Don't you know I'm gonna ring 'em ring 'em in your ear
Wo oh oh oh oh wo oh oh oh
Yeah-eh-eh-eh (yeah-eh-eh-eh)
Yeah-eh-eh-eh (yeah-eh-eh-eh)
Yeah-eh-eh-eh (yeah-eh-eh-eh)
Yeah-eh-eh-eh (yeah-eh-eh-eh)
Wo oh oh oh oh wo oh oh oh
All right!
