Loop de Loop

For the roller coaster maneuver, see Loop-the-Loop.
Not to be confused with Loop de Loop (Flip Flop Flyin' in an Aeroplane).
"Loop de Loop"
Single by Johnny Thunder
from the album Loop de Loop
B-side"Don't Be Ashamed"
ReleasedDecember 1962 (1962-12)
GenreR&B
Length2:12
LabelDiamond
Songwriter(s)Teddy Vann, Joe Dong
Producer(s)Teddy Vann
Johnny Thunder singles chronology
"Tell Her"
(1962) 		"Loop de Loop"
(1962) 		"Rock-A-Bye My Darling"
(1963)

"Loop de Loop" is a song written by Teddy Vann and Joe Dong and performed by Johnny Thunder featuring The Bobbettes. It reached No. 4 on the U.S. pop chart and No. 6 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1963.[1] It was featured on his 1963 album Loop De Loop.[2] In Canada it reached No. 14 in 2 separate weeks.[3][4]

The recording was produced by Teddy Vann, and it was Thunder's only Top 40 hit.[5]

The chorus is taken almost in whole from the popular folk song or children's song, known by various names, including "Here we go Loop de Loop." A version of the folk song appeared as early as 1849 in James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps' Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales, as "Dancing Looby."

  1. ^ "Johnny Thunder, "Loop de Loop" Chart Positions". Musicvf.com. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "Johnny Thunder, Loop De Loop". Discogs. 1963. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  3. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - January 14, 1963". Chumtribute.com.
  4. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - January 28, 1963". Chumtribute.com.
  5. ^ "Johnny Thunder, "Loop de Loop" Single Release". 45cat.com. Retrieved March 8, 2019.