Yummy Yummy Yummy
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"Yummy Yummy Yummy" is a bubblegum pop song by Arthur Resnick and Joey Levine, first recorded by Ohio Express in 1968. Their version reached #4 in the U.S. Pop Singles chart and #5 in the UK Singles Chart. It has since been covered by many artists. Ohio Express was a studio concoction, and none of the "official" members appear on the record. Joey Levine sang lead vocals.
Joey Levine sang "Yummy Yummy Yummy" live for the first time ever in Henderson, Tennessee at the Caravan Of Stars XV, on May 17, 2008.
Cover versions
The song was covered by 1910 Fruitgum Company on the 1968 album 1, 2, 3, Red Light. Julie London recorded the song as the title track for her 1969 album. An instrumental version of the song, played on a Moog synthesizer, was featured on the 1969 album entitled The Moog Machine - Switched-On Rock. Other cover versions were recorded by The Residents on The Third Reich 'n Roll (1976), Spanish disco group Baccara on their 1978 album Light My Fire, rockabilly band Elvis Hitler on their 1992 album Supersadomasochisticexpialidocious, and experimental rock band Tub Ring on their 1995 album ...And the Mashed Potato Mountain Etiquette.
The song was performed live by the all-female punk rock band L7.
Use in movies and television shows
- At the end of an episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus, called "How Not to Be Seen," it is featured as cover music (attributed to "Jackie Charlton and the Tonettes") for multiple shots of a Top of the Pops -styled set with wooden crates which supposedly held members of a singing group desperately trying to avoid being seen (part of a running gag in the episode).
- It was also featured in two episodes of The Simpsons, in "The Heartbroke Kid" while Bart munches his way to obesity due to an addictive set of snack machines being installed at Springfield Elementary, and in "The Itchy & Scratchy Movie", where Homer listens to and sings along with the song, oblivious to the televised Apollo 11 moon landing.
- It was used in the 1998 film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, when Duke and Dr. Gonzo are at a chapel.
- It was also featured in an end scene from the popular documentary from Morgan Spurlock, Super Size Me in which Spurlock is eating his "Last McSupper", as dubbed in the movie while joined by a crowd of fans and friends.
- The song as performed by Julie London was part of the soundtrack for the HBO series Six Feet Under.
- Timon and Pumbaa starred in a version of "Yummy Yummy Yummy" in their TV series.
- 1988 film Off Limits with Willem Dafoe and Gregory Hines.
- On a segment of CBS News Sunday Morning, correspondent Bill Geist was demonstrating bracketing or bracketology to determine the most annoying love song. "Yummy Yummy Yummy" was one of eight songs to make the list.
- In 2010, the tune was featured in a Kinder chocolate commercial.
