How Do You Do (Mouth & MacNeal song)

"How Do You Do"
Single by Mouth & MacNeal
from the album How Do You Do
B-side	"Land of Milk and Honey"
Released	January 22, 1971
Format	7" 45 RPM
Genre	Pop rock
Label	Decca, Philips
Writer(s)	Hans van Hemert, Harry van Hoof

"How Do You Do" released in 1971 was an international hit single for Dutch duo Mouth & MacNeal. It was #1 in the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland and New Zealand.^[1][2][3] It also spent 19 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 a year later, and a cover version by Scots-German duo Die Windows (later Windows) reached #1 in Germany.^[4][5] The single earned Mouth & MacNeal, and its composers Hans van Hemert and Harry van Hoof, the 1972 Buma Export Award for the most records sold abroad by a Dutch musical act in that year.^[6]

Charts and certifications

Peak positions Charts (1971/2) Peak position Belgium (VRT Top 30)[1] 1 Canada (RPM)[7] 2 Denmark (Tracklisten)[2] 1 Germany (Media Control AG)[1] 5 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[1] 1 New Zealand (RIANZ)[3] 1 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[1] 1 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 8 Year-end charts Chart (1972) Rank Canada [8] 32 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] 25

Certifications Region Certification Sales/shipments United States (RIAA)[10] Gold 1,000,000 ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

See also

• Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972
• Dutch Top 40 number-one hits of 1971
• Dutch Top 40 number-one hits of 1972
• List of number-one hits of 1972 (Switzerland)
• List of number-one singles in 1972 (New Zealand)

References

1. "European chart peak positions" listed at hitparade.ch. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
2. "How Do You Do - Mouth & MacNeal entry at danskehitlister.dk (Danish). Retrieved 24 December 2012.
3. Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts 1966-2006 , p. 14. Maurienne House, Wellington. ISBN 9781877443008.
4. "Billboard Hot 100 - July 1972" Retrieved 23 December 2012.
5. Windows chart singles at musicline.de (German). Retrieved 23 December 2012.
6. Buma Exportprijs 1972 at bumaharpengala.nl (Dutch). Retrieved 24 December 2012.
7. RPM Top Singles - Vol.17, No.26, Aug 12 1972 at www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
8. http://www.musicandyears.com/year/1972
9. "Billboard Top 100 - 1972". Retrieved 23 December 2012.
10. "American single certifications – Mouth and MacNeal – How Do You Do". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH

External links

• "How Do You Do" at Discogs (list of releases)