| "Mashed Potato Time" | ||||
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| Single by Dee Dee Sharp | ||||
| from the album It's Mashed Potato Time | ||||
| B-side | "Set My Heart at Ease" | |||
| Released | 1962 | |||
| Recorded | 1962 | |||
| Genre | R&B, pop | |||
| Length | 2:27 | |||
| Label | Cameo | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kal Mann, Bernie Lowe | |||
| Producer(s) | Kal Mann | |||
| Dee Dee Sharp singles chronology | ||||
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"Mashed Potato Time" is a 1962 single written by Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe, and performed by Dee Dee Sharp, with backing vocals by The Orlons, on her debut album It's Mashed Potato Time. The song refers to the Mashed Potato dance move, which was a fad. It was one of several songs that at that time that referenced the dance, another being James Brown's "Mashed Potatoes U.S.A."[1] The Marvelettes song "Please Mr. Postman" is mentioned in the lyrics and is copied in the arrangement. Also mentioned in the lyrics are the songs "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by the Tokens and "Dear Lady Twist" by Gary U.S. Bonds. Sharp recorded a sequel to "Mashed Potato Time" called "Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)".
In 1996 the Campbell Soup Company featured the song in a $30 million advertising campaign, using a new, more upbeat recording by Sharp.[2]