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38: 268:(1990). The song was co-written and co-produced by Boo, reaching the top 10 in Australia, Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Boo has stated in interviews, that the name of the song basically means 'I'm getting on and doing things'. Much later after the song was released, someone told her it was a slang expression for 380:
commented, "First heard about this entry a few months ago when it was the rage in England. The "Booster" is Top Three in the U.K. with her follow-up track while this clever and catchy rap 'n pop combo is set to make an explosive debut Stateside. Song and video scream FUN!" David Giles from
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The single charted at number seven in the UK and also reached number three in Australia. In the US, "Doin' the Do" went to number one on the dance chart and also crossed over to the
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jam has been buzzing along the club underground as an import for a while now, "thanks to Boo's amusing rhyming and tune's brain-imbedding chorus. Pop-spiced remixes by
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wrote that Boo "kicks off her solo career with a twangy rap, cute backing noises and a hook-laden production from former benefactors
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on their song "Hey DJ/I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)" in 1989. The song samples portions of the 1968 single "
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said that "melodic, escapist club hits", like "Doin' the Do", "have a lot more bite and substance than the music of
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must be counting on this one and it's certainly crossed far enough over to be a large hit." Gene Sandbloom from
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felt that "Doin' the Do" "is a sparky sort of thing whose rhythm endearingly suggests the bit on the
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An authorised remix of the song was created for the opening credits of the
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should add to crossover radio incentive. Do it up." A reviewer from
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where the runaway train goes over the hill, choo choo."
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Hey DJ / I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)
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Index

Doin' the Do: The Best of Betty Boo

Single
Betty Boo
Boomania
Genre
Dance-pop
pop-rap
hip house
Label
Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Alison Clarkson
Producer(s)
Betty Boo
Where Are You Baby?
"Doin' the Do"
YouTube
pop-rap
Betty Boo
Warner Bros.
Boomania
cunnilingus
the Beatmasters
Captain of Your Ship
Reparata and the Delrons
I'm a Believer
the Monkees
Billboard Hot 100
Bitmap Brothers

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