Doin' the Do

"Doin' the Do"
Single by Betty Boo
from the album Boomania
Released	August 20, 1990
Format	CD single, cassette single, 7" single, 12" single
Genre	Dance-pop, pop rap
Label	Warner Bros.
Betty Boo singles chronology
"Hey DJ (I Can't Dance" / "Ska Train" (1990) "Doin' the Do" (1990) "Where Are You Baby?" (1990)

"Doin' the Do" is a song written by British singer Alison Clarkson, known by the stage name Betty Boo. The song was included on her debut album Boomania and was released as a single in August 1990. It was her second musical release after a collaboration with The Beatmasters on their song "Ska Train" in 1989. The song sampled portions of the 1968 single "Captain of Your Ship" by the American girl group Reparata and the Delrons.

The single charted at number seven in the UK Singles Chart and also reached number three in the Australian (ARIA) Singles Chart. In the US, "Doin' the Do" went to number one on the dance chart ^[1] and also crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at 91 in December 1990.

The song was also sampled for the opening credits of the Bitmap Brothers game, Magic Pockets

Charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	1
US Billboard Hot 100	91
Australian (ARIA) Singles Chart	3
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)	7

Sales and certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[2]	Gold	35,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 33.
2. "ARIA Accreditations (1987-2010)". Australian Fun Countdowns. Retrieved 2015-08-04.