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The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy
Hang On Sloopy (originally "My Girl Sloopy") is a 1964 song written by Wes Farrell and Bert Berns. Rhythm and blues vocal group the Vibrations were the first to record the tune in 1964. Atlantic Records released it as a single, which reached No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song is associated with Ohio State University and is Ohio's official rock song.
The song became standard fare for garage bands and, in 1965, it became one of the first songs recorded by the Yardbirds with guitarist Jeff Beck. A version by the rock group the McCoys was the most successful when it reached number one in the U.S. singles chart in October 1965. Recordings by additional artists also reached the charts, including versions in Spanish and Portuguese.
By one account, the inspiration for the song was Dorothy Sloop, a jazz singer from Steubenville, Ohio, and a student at Ohio University in Athens.
Lyrics:
[Chorus]
Hang on, Sloopy
Sloopy, hang on
Hang on, Sloopy
Sloopy, hang on
[Verse 1]
Sloopy lives in a very bad part of town (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
And everybody, yeah, tries to put my Sloopy down (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
Sloopy, I don't care what your daddy do (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
'Cause you know, Sloopy, girl, I'm in love with you (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
And so I say now
[Chorus]
Hang on, Sloopy
Sloopy, hang on
Hang on, Sloopy
Sloopy, hang on
[Verse 2]
Sloopy wears a red dress, yeah, as old as the hills (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
But when Sloopy wears that red dress, yeah, you know, it gives me the chills, oh, oh (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
Sloopy, when I see you walkin', walkin' down the street (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
I say, "Don't worry, Sloopy, girl, you belong to me" (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
And so I say now
[Chorus]
Hang on, Sloopy
Sloopy, hang on
Hang on, Sloopy
Sloopy, hang on
Yeah (Yeah), yeah (yeah)
Give it to 'em (Yeah), right now
[Guitar Breakdown]
[Verse 3]
Sloopy, let your hair down, girl
Let it hang down on me (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
Sloopy, let your hair down, girl
Let it hang down on me, yeah, yeah (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
[Bridge]
Come on, Sloopy (Come on, come on)
Well, come on, Sloopy (Come on, come on)
Well, come on, Sloopy (Come on, come on)
Well, come on, Sloopy (Come on, come on)
Well, it feels so good (Come on, come on)
You know, it feels so good (Come on, come on)
Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, Sloopy (Come on, come on)
Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, yeah (Come on, come on)
Ohhh
[Outro]
Hang on, Sloopy
Sloopy, hang on
Yeah (Yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah) ah
Hang on, Sloopy
Sloopy, hang on
Yeah (Yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
Hang on, Sloopy
Sloopy, hang on
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