How Do You Do (Mouth & MacNeal song)
"How Do You Do" | |
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Single by Mouth & MacNeal | |
from the album How Do You Do | |
B-side | "Land of Milk and Honey" |
Released | January 22, 1971 |
Format | 7" 45 RPM |
Genre | Pop rock |
Label | Decca, Philips |
Writer(s) | Hans van Hemert, Harry van Hoof |
"How Do You Do" released in 1971 was an international hit single for Dutch duo Mouth & MacNeal. It was #1 in the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland, and New Zealand.[1][2][3] It also spent 19 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 a year later, and a cover version by Scots-German duo Die Windows (later Windows) reached #1 in Germany.[4][5] The single earned Mouth & MacNeal, and its composers Hans van Hemert and Harry van Hoof, the 1972 Buma Export Award for the most records sold abroad by a Dutch musical act in that year.[6]
Charts and certifications
Peak positions
Year-end charts
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Certifications
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See also
- Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972
- Dutch Top 40 number-one hits of 1971
- Dutch Top 40 number-one hits of 1972
- List of number-one hits of 1972 (Switzerland)
- List of number-one singles in 1972 (New Zealand)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "European chart peak positions" listed at hitparade.ch. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- 1 2 "How Do You Do - Mouth & MacNeal entry at danskehitlister.dk (Danish). Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- 1 2 Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts 1966-2006 , p. 14. Maurienne House, Wellington. ISBN 9781877443008.
- 1 2 "Billboard Hot 100 - July 1972" Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ↑ Windows chart singles at musicline.de (German). Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ↑ Buma Exportprijs 1972 at bumaharpengala.nl (Dutch). Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- ↑ RPM Top Singles - Vol.17, No.26, Aug 12 1972 at www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ↑
- ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1972". Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ↑ "American single certifications – Mouth and MacNeal – How Do You Do". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
External links
- "How Do You Do" at Discogs (list of releases)
Preceded by "Non, non, rien n'a changé" by Les Poppys |
Dutch Top 40 number-one single 18 December 1971 – 21 January 1972 |
Succeeded by "Sacramento (A Wonderful Town)" by Middle of the Road |
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