Hanky Panky (Tommy James and the Shondells song)

"Hanky Panky"
Single by the Shondells
from the album Hanky Panky
B-side"Thunderbolt"
ReleasedOctober 1964 (original)
May 1966 (re-release)
Genre
Length2:59
LabelSnap!, Roulette
Songwriter(s)Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich
Producer(s)Henry Glover
The Shondells singles chronology
"Judy"
(1962)
"Hanky Panky"
(1964)
"Hanky Panky (re-release)"
(1966)

"Hanky Panky" is a song written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich for their group, the Raindrops.

A 1964 recording by the Shondells, later reissued in 1966 under the band's new, and more successful, incarnation of "Tommy James and the Shondells," is the best known version, reaching #1 in the United States in 1966.

  1. ^ Scapelliti, Christopher (1998). "Tommy James & the Shondells". In Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 590–591.