# What is this song? 60's one hit wonder? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 3, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-60s-one-hit-wonder/549007 "2010-08-03T14:34:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-60s-one-hit-wonder/549007/1 "2010-08-03T14:34:44Z")
I’m pretty sure it was from the 60’s. I want to say Paul Revere and the Raiders did it, but I don’t think so…it was on the radio, a pop song, vaguely American Indian in nature. Sort of a drumming monotone and the words?..gah, I’m trying, but all I got is “kitchy ya ya …war a nikko, war a nikko, hey hey…pictures spinning 'round my head…” ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-60s-one-hit-wonder/549007/2 "2010-08-03T14:49:03Z")
[Witchi-Tai-To](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg9LT4qR_Dw), originally recorded by Jim Pepper both with the band Everything Is Everything and solo on _Pepper’s Pow Wow_, and later covered by Brewer & Shipley among many others. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-60s-one-hit-wonder/549007/3 "2010-08-03T15:29:31Z")
Almost sounds like U2’s “With or Without You” stole heavily from this… I remember the title (or was it Santana’s song? drugs are a bitch, man)… ---
**Author:** ![Notchimine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bcef8e/32.png) [@Notchimine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Notchimine)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-60s-one-hit-wonder/549007/4 "2010-08-03T15:32:45Z")
You aren’t thinking of Indian Reservation? ---
**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:** [August 3, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-60s-one-hit-wonder/549007/5 "2010-08-03T16:35:31Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > [Witchi-Tai-To](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg9LT4qR_Dw), originally recorded by Jim Pepper both with the band Everything Is Everything and solo on _Pepper’s Pow Wow_, and later covered by Brewer & Shipley among many others. Color me impressed. The 'kitchy-ya-ya" had me thinking about “Lady Marmalade”. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-60s-one-hit-wonder/549007/6 "2010-08-03T16:48:55Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > > [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > > > [Witchi-Tai-To](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg9LT4qR_Dw), originally recorded by Jim Pepper both with the band Everything Is Everything and solo on _Pepper’s Pow Wow_, and later covered by Brewer & Shipley among many others. > > Color me impressed. The 'kitchy-ya-ya" had me thinking about “Lady Marmalade”. I’m right there with you. The other one I’ve never heard to know it. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-60s-one-hit-wonder/549007/7 "2010-08-03T17:05:51Z")
I think the OP is referring to Indian [Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlnxUCLe0pM), by [the Raiders](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Reservation_(The_Lament_of_the_Cherokee_Reservation_Indian)) in 1971. It was later sampled by Tim McGraw in 1994 for his hit [Indian Outlaw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwPrcuo_cUE). ---
**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:** [August 3, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-60s-one-hit-wonder/549007/8 "2010-08-03T17:17:59Z")
> [@Wilbo523](#): > > I think the OP is referring to Indian [Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlnxUCLe0pM), by [the Raiders](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Reservation_(The_Lament_of_the_Cherokee_Reservation_Indian)) in 1971. It was later sampled by Tim McGraw in 1994 for his hit [Indian Outlaw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwPrcuo_cUE). No. If you click on the link provided by **Biffy** , it’s clearly that song. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-60s-one-hit-wonder/549007/9 "2010-08-03T17:31:00Z")
Thank you, Biffy! That’s it, Witchi-Tai-To. (The person who asked me to look it up was vague on the lyrics, and I tried, but the mistaken ‘kitchy ya ya’ only brought up Lady Marmalade lyrics.) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-60s-one-hit-wonder/549007/10 "2010-08-04T16:53:30Z")
Why would you want to remember that song? ---
**Author:** ![hcrise\_gmail.com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/97f17d/32.png) [@hcrise\_gmail.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hcrise_gmail.com)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-60s-one-hit-wonder/549007/11 "2012-01-01T17:47:23Z")
Check out this video on YouTube, a one-hit wonder by EverythingIsEverything, one of the few if not only Native American groups to wind up in the Top 40! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lAMKL2KKumo/hqdefault.jpg "Everything Is Everything - Witchi Tai To") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAMKL2KKumo) ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-60s-one-hit-wonder/549007/12 "2012-01-01T17:55:43Z")
I beg you - only listen to [this, the “real” version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2YeEUlyhQw&feature=related). It is outstanding (“song” starts at 35 sec). I don’t know what that other bizarre version is about 😕 ---
**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:** [January 1, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-60s-one-hit-wonder/549007/13 "2012-01-01T18:37:10Z")
> [@hcrise\_gmail.com](#): > > Check out this video on YouTube, a one-hit wonder by EverythingIsEverything, one of the few if not only Native American groups to wind up in the Top 40! > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAMKL2KKumo&feature=youtube\_gdata\_player](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAMKL2KKumo&feature=youtube_gdata_player) > [@KarlGauss](#): > > I beg you - only listen to [this, the “real” version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2YeEUlyhQw&feature=related). It is outstanding (“song” starts at 35 sec). I don’t know what that other bizarre version is about 😕 Everything Is Everything was [Jim Pepper’s group](http://brewerandshipley.com/Misc/WitchiTaiTo2.htm) so it’s as real as anything can be. hcrise’s link goes to the cleaned-up version for radio play. Most FM stations wound up playing the longer version in KarlGauss’ link with Pepper’s gonzo sax, though, and if you were the right age that’s the version that stays with you. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-60s-one-hit-wonder/549007/14 "2012-01-01T18:46:57Z")
> [@hcrise\_gmail.com](#): > > Check out this video on YouTube, a one-hit wonder by EverythingIsEverything, one of the few if not only Native American groups to wind up in the Top 40! > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAMKL2KKumo&feature=youtube\_gdata\_player](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAMKL2KKumo&feature=youtube_gdata_player) Not the ONLY Native American group: > **[Redbone (band)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redbone_%28band%29)** > > Redbone is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1969 by brothers Pat and Lolly Vegas. All members during their commercial peak were of Mexican American and Native American heritage, something heavily reflected in their songs, stage regalia, and album art. > They made the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 1974 with "Come and Get Your Love." The single was certified gold, selling over a million copies. With this achievement Redbone became the first Native American band to h... https://www.youtube.com/embed/U0J6vURwLSc?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Wait through the intro, and you probably know it.