| "Surfin' Bird" | ||||
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 Label art for the 7-inch single "Surfin' Bird", with the original songwriting credit. | ||||
| Single by the Trashmen | ||||
| from the album Surfin' Bird | ||||
| B-side | "King of the Surf" | |||
| Released | November 13, 1963 | |||
| Recorded | 1963 | |||
| Studio | Kay Bank Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota | |||
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| Length | 2:20 | |||
| Label | Garrett | |||
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| Producer(s) | Jack Bates | |||
| The Trashmen singles chronology | ||||
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"Surfin' Bird" is a song performed by American surf rock band the Trashmen, containing the repetitive lyric "the bird is the word". It has been covered many times. It is a combination of two R&B hits by the Rivingtons: "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" and "The Bird's the Word".[1]
The song was released as a single in 1963 and reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] The Trashmen also recorded an album named after the track, released two months later.
- ^ Gueningsman, Ryan (April 27, 2009). "A whole new generation is 'hearing the word'". Herald Journal. Winsted, Minnesota. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
- ^ "The Trashmen | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019.