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Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
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"Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (also called "The Magic Song") is a novelty song, written in 1948 by Al Hoffman, Mack David, and Jerry Livingston. It was introduced in the movie Cinderella, in 1950.
A recording by Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters was the most popular. It was recorded on November 7, 1949 and released by RCA Victor Records as a 78rpm single (catalog number 20-3607-B) and as a 45rpm single (catalog number 47-3113-B). The flip side was "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes." The recording reached #14 on the Billboard chart. [1] The same single was released in the United Kingdom by HMV as a 78rpm single (catalog number B-9961).
Another recording, by Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae, was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 782. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on December 16, 1949 and lasted 7 weeks on the chart, peaking at #19. It was backed with "Echoes" on the flip side. [1]
On the Cash Box Best-Selling Record charts, where all versions were combined, the song reached #7.
The lyrics of the song, as with the title, are comprised nearly entirely of French sounding nonsense, featuring the title of the song. The 1948 recording, however, has several extra English lines that were not used from the 1950 Disney version, including: "If your mind is in a dither, and your heart is in a haze, I'll haze your dither, and dither your haze, with a magic phrase.", and "if you're chased around by trouble, and followed by a jinx, I'll jinx your trouble, and trouble your jinx, in less than forty winks." The tempo of the various recordings also differs widely.
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research.