The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)

Album: It's In His Kiss (1964)
Charted: 34 6
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  • Does he love me, I want to know
    How can I tell if he loves me so

    (is it in his eyes) Oh no, you'll be deceived
    (is it in his eyes) Oh no, he'll make believe
    If you want to know if he loves you so
    It's in his kiss (that's where it is, oh yeah)

    (or is it in his face) Oh no, it's just his charm
    (in his one embrace) Oh no, that's just his arm
    If you want to know if he loves you so
    It's in his kiss (that's where it is)
    Oh oh, it's in his kiss (that's where it is)

    Oh oh oh, kiss him and squeeze him tight
    And find out what you want to know
    If it's love, if it really is
    It's there in his kiss

    (how 'bout the way he acts) Oh no, that's not the way
    And you're not listenin' to all I say
    If you want to know if he loves you so
    It's in his kiss (that's where it is)
    Oh yeah, it's in his kiss (that's where it is)

    Whoa oh oh, kiss him and squeeze him tight
    And find out what you want to know
    If it's love, if it really is
    It's there in his kiss

    (how 'bout the way he acts) Oh no, that's not the way
    And you're not listenin' to all I say
    If you want to know if he loves you so
    It's in his kiss (that's where it is)
    Oh yeah, it's in his kiss (that's where it is)
    Oh oh, it's in his kiss (that's where it is) Writer/s: Rudy Clark
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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Comments: 8

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyThe day "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" peaked at #6 on the Top 100 it reached #1* {for 3 weeks} on Cashbox's R&B Singles chart…
    * It was preceded at #1 by a Motown act {The Temp's "The Way You Do The Things You Do"} and succeeded at #1 by another Motown act {Mary Wells' "My Guy"}…
    {See posts below}.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 21st 1964, Betty Everett performed "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    At the time it was at #22 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; fifteen days later on April 5th, 1964 it peaked at #6 for two weeks {See 3rd post below}.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn December 20th 1970, "I Got to Tell Somebody" by Betty Everett entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #100; the following week it was still at #100, for its 3rd week it was at #97, and then on its 4th and final week on the chart it peaked at #96...
    It reached #22 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart...
    Was her last Top 100 record; between 1963 and 1970 she had eight records make the chart, her biggest hit was "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)", it peaked at #6 for 2 weeks on April 5th,1964
    On the R&B Singles chart she had nine records make the chart; her biggest hit on that chart was "There'll Come a Time", it peaked at #2 and the week it was at #2, the #1 record was "Give It Up and Turn It Loose" by James Brown.
  • Randy from Fayettevile, ArThanks for the background info, Barry. I loved this song in '64 and it was a fun song to dance to. It was high on the charts during the Brit Invasion. Back then, I was rooting for the Americans to stage a comeback. What a great hit! And I even recall her earlier song "You're No Good." It got some good airplay on northwest Arkansas radio stations. I always wondered if there was xylophone played in the background. Anyone know? I recall seeing Betty Everett & Jerry Butler on a PBS documentary on classic rock & roll hits performed in concert in the early 2000s. Fantastic performance. Standing ovation. Then later I was saddened to hear of Betty Everett's passing in 2001. Great singer.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn February 23rd 1964, "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)" by Betty Everett entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #96; and on April 5th it peaked at #6 (for 2 weeks) and spent 13 weeks on the Top 100...
    In 1977 James Taylor's sister Kate Taylor covered it; her version stayed on the Top 100 for seven weeks, peaking at #49...
    Cher's covered version peaked at #33 on January 13th, 1991; and in Austria, Ireland, & the United Kingdom is reached #1...
    Later in 1964 Ms. Everett was back on the Top 10; on November 1st, in a duet with Jerry Butler, she reached #5 with a covered version of the Everly Brother's 1960 hit, "Let It Be Me"...
    R.I.P. Ms. Everett (1939 - 2001).
  • Bobby from Atlanta, GaUK Singer Linda Lewis covered "It's in His Kiss" and had a big hit with it in 1975.
  • Guy from Woodinville, WaOh, this song is pure fun! I'm glasd her producer talked her into recording it. Vonda Shepard, associated with the Ally McBeal show, did a very good cover.
  • Ben from Tucson, AzThe Chicago telephone book was supposedly one of the percussion instruments used in recording this song.
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