# Doo Wop song identification

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doo-wop-song-identification/699722>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 27, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doo-wop-song-identification/699722 "2014-09-27T16:37:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doo-wop-song-identification/699722/1 "2014-09-27T16:37:42Z")

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I’ve got a song stuck in my head and I can’t figure out what it is.

The lyrics are something like:

Do I love you?  
Yes, I do.  
Doo doo, doo doo, doo doo, doo doo.

Lots of doos. Snappy, uptempo beat. I’m pretty sure it’s been covered by some more modern group. The lyrics are so generic that they have a million false positives.

Help!

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doo-wop-song-identification/699722/2 "2014-09-27T16:44:36Z")

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[Do I Love You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TemuLquhDp8), The Ronettes

Or maybe [Do I Love You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkpenzFNbpk), by Frank Wilson?

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**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doo-wop-song-identification/699722/3 "2014-09-27T16:47:02Z")

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> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> I’ve got a song stuck in my head and I can’t figure out what it is.
> 
> The lyrics are something like:
> 
> Do I love you?  
> Yes, I do.  
> Doo doo, doo doo, doo doo, doo doo.
> 
> Lots of doos. Snappy, uptempo beat. I’m pretty sure it’s been covered by some more modern group. The lyrics are so generic that they have a million false positives.
> 
> Help!

Sounds like “I Do,” originally by [The Marvelows](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY9FyR-vUFI) (1966) and covered by [the J. Geils Band](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoEugIqcumA) in 1983.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doo-wop-song-identification/699722/4 "2014-09-27T16:58:25Z")

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> [@DChord568](#):
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> Sounds like “I Do,” originally by [The Marvelows](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY9FyR-vUFI) (1966) and covered by [the J. Geils Band](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoEugIqcumA) in 1983.

I think you’ve nailed it.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doo-wop-song-identification/699722/5 "2014-09-27T17:35:30Z")

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Yep. That’s it. Thanks.

I had J. Geils in my OP but when I searched none of the titles seemed right. They do a hell of a job with the song. Must have brought the house down in concerts.