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Mashed Potato Time
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<h2 id="chart-performance">Chart performance</h2> <p>The song reached No. 1 on the <i><a href="/facts/Cashbox_(magazine)/8L7IspkS">Cashbox</a></i> Top 100 and <i><a href="/facts/Billboard_(magazine)/CVruQGq5">Billboard</a></i> <a href="/facts/Hot_R%2526B%2fHip-Hop_Songs/830VoC96">R&B</a> charts in 1962,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> as well as No. 2 on the <i>Billboard</i> <a href="/facts/Billboard_Hot_100/gwKl8VL9">Hot 100</a> chart.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> It was kept from the No. 1 spot by "<a href="/facts/Soldier_Boy_(The_Shirelles_song)/kWzUx9VN">Soldier Boy</a>" by <a href="/facts/The_Shirelles/c0tpyMSB">The Shirelles</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> <i>Billboard</i> ranked it as the No. 3 song for 1962.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> It became a <a href="/facts/Music_recording_sales_certification/zGzLFa9l">gold record</a>. In Canada it was No. 2 for 2 weeks, also due to The Shirelles.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="cover-versions">Cover versions</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Dick_and_Dee_Dee/j8mptqyH">Dick and Dee Dee</a> released a version of the song on their 1962 album <i>Tell Me - The Mountain's High</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Marvelettes/3spLK00I">The Marvelettes</a>, whose hit "Please Mr. Postman" was mentioned in the lyrics, covered this song on their 1962 album <i>The Marvelettes Sing.</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dee_Dee_Ramone/LIPUSuNz">Dee Dee Ramone</a>, as Dee Dee King, recorded a <a href="/facts/Hip_hop_music/0lsHpwAD">hip hop</a> version of the song, with new lyrics, on his 1989 album <i><a href="/facts/Standing_in_the_Spotlight/IfmXPAnt">Standing in the Spotlight</a></i>, with <a href="/facts/Debbie_Harry/1bX0M5J3">Debbie Harry</a> of Blondie on backing vocals.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bobby_%2522Boris%2522_Pickett/1IeuAyWY">Bobby "Boris" Pickett</a>'s "<a href="/facts/Monster_Mash/tPuQuqkJ">Monster Mash</a>," released a few months after "Mashed Potato Time", was written in part as a parody of Dee Dee Sharp's record, even copying the "whaa-oo" backing vocal.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_number-one_R%2526B_singles_of_1962_(U.S.)/mxme6SXG">List of number-one R&B singles of 1962 (U.S.)</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>James McBride. "THE POTATO'S GREAT IMPACT ON THE WORLD". Boston Globe, Oct 2, 1981. <a href="/wiki/Boston_Globe" target="_blank">/wiki/Boston_Globe</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"1962 HIT SONG, DANCE GIVE CAMPBELL SOUP NEW TWIST". Associated Press, 1996. <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" target="_blank">/wiki/Associated_Press</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Biography by Andrew Hamilton". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 14 April 2009. <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p20483/biography" target="_blank">https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p20483/biography</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Album Search for "its mashed potato time"". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-09-26. <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/its-mashed-potato-time-mw0000869433/awards" target="_blank">http://www.allmusic.com/album/its-mashed-potato-time-mw0000869433/awards</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"The Hot 100". Billboard. January 2, 2013. <a href="https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/" target="_blank">https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1962 <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1962" target="_blank">/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1962</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"CHUM Hit Parade - May 7, 1962". <a href="http://chumtribute.com/62-05-07-chart.jpg" target="_blank">http://chumtribute.com/62-05-07-chart.jpg</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Dick and Dee Dee, Tell Me - The Mountain's High Retrieved May 2, 2015 <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Dick-And-Dee-Dee-Tell-Me-The-Mountains-High/release/5594545" target="_blank">http://www.discogs.com/Dick-And-Dee-Dee-Tell-Me-The-Mountains-High/release/5594545</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Greenberg, Steve (2012-10-31). "50 Years of 'Monster Mash': The Story Behind the Halloween Hit". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-03-07. <a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/chartbeat/474395/50-years-of-monster-mash-the-story-behind-the-halloween-hit" target="_blank">http://www.billboard.com/articles/chartbeat/474395/50-years-of-monster-mash-the-story-behind-the-halloween-hit</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>