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Q: Old song ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   0 Comments )
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Subject: Old song
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Music
Asked by: mickey_one-ga
List Price: $6.00
Posted: 23 Feb 2003 08:57 PST
Expires: 25 Mar 2003 08:57 PST
Question ID: 165982
my wife will not believe me that there really was a song that included
soemthing like "ay yay yay the beat is crazy, sooku sooku everywhere".
where was it from, a tv prog. perhaps? and more importantly I want the
real lyrics!

tia 
michael
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Subject: Re: Old song
Answered By: scriptor-ga on 23 Feb 2003 10:11 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Dear mickey_one,

You are definitely right, the song you remember does really exist. It
was the title theme of the British secret agent TV series, "Top
Secret", which was broadcast in the USA in 1961 and 1962. The action
took place in Argentina, thus the South American flavored theme.

The title theme's original name was "Sucu Sucu", composed by Tarateno
Rojas and René Jan Van Hoogten. The English vocal version had the
title "Step Right Up (And Say You Love Me)", though it is known as
"Sucu Sucu"; the British lyricists were Ray Maxwell and Phil Belmonte.
It was played by the Laurie Johnson and his Orchestra, the same who
later also did the famous title theme for the British TV series "The
Avengers". The single became a 1961 Top 10 hit in the UK, peaking at
#9 on 30 Sep 1961.

I transcribed the lyrics for you from a recording of the song as good
as possible:

(Male singer, spoken:)
- Come and do the Sucu Sucu!

(Male singer:)
Ay ay ay the beat is crazy,
Sucu Sucu is everywhere.
Ayay ay ay I feel so hazy,
Sucu Sucu I do not care.

It is becoming the moda,
In every big capital.
From Buenos Aires to Paris,
From Rajastan to Nepal.

Ay ay ay the beat is crazy,
Sucu Sucu is everywhere.
Ayay ay ay I feel so hazy,
Sucu Sucu I do not care.

Please come with me to (?)
This thing is most popular.
I hope you come by my side,
How Sucu Sucu you are.

Ay ay ay the beat is crazy,
Sucu Sucu is everywhere.
Ayay ay ay I feel so hazy,
Sucu Sucu I do not care.

(Spoken:)
- Excuse me, please?
- Yes, miss?
- What is the Sucu Sucu?
- Sucu Sucu is most complicated. If you comprende Sucu Sucu, you can
feel it. But if you don't have Sucu Sucu, it is nothing.
- Oh!
- Sucu Sucu!

(Male and female singer in duet:)
Ay ay ay the beat is crazy,
Sucu Sucu is everywhere.
Ayay ay ay I feel so hazy,
Sucu Sucu I do not care.

(Female singer:)
I am beginning to feel it,
Something is making me high.
Everything seems to be giggit,
Everything's so me oh my!

(Male and female singer in duet:)
Ay ay ay the beat is crazy,
Sucu Sucu is everywhere.
Ayay ay ay I feel so hazy,
Sucu Sucu I do not care.

(Male singer, spoken:)
- Sucu Sucu!

(Male and female singer in duet:)
Ay ay ay the beat is crazy,
Sucu Sucu is everywhere.
Ayay ay ay I feel so hazy,
Sucu Sucu I do not care.

In case you are interested in getting this song: The original Laurie
Johnson version is included in the double-CD "The Avengers & other
60's TV Themes", which you can purchase for example from Amazon.com
for $21.98:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005Y1MW/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/103-4416141-5095819?v=glance&s=music

Sources:

John Whitham, "Re: Where is the FAQ?" Online posting (1999/11/15).
<uk.rec.sheds> via Google Groups.
http://groups.google.de/groups?q=%22the+beat+is+crazy%22+everywhere&hl=de&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&selm=x1%25X3.707%247T2.48244%40nnrp3.clara.net&rnum=3

Classicthemes.com: Top Secret [British]
http://www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/topSecret.html

Action TV Online: Top Secret Episode Guide
http://www.btinternet.com/~screeny/guides/topsecret.htm

Offshore Radio Themes: Deejay themes a-B
http://www.offshoreechos.com/offshorethemes/deejays%20A-B.htm

Chartwatch UK: Laurie Johnson
http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/TopTen/acts/ACT01194.htm

Search terms used:
"the beat is crazy" everywhere (in Google Groups!)
http://groups.google.de/groups?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&q=%22the+beat+is+crazy%22+everywhere&sa=N&tab=wg&meta=
"William Franklyn" "top secret" theme
://www.google.de/search?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&q=%22William+Franklyn%22+%22top+secret%22+theme&meta=
"top secret" "laurie johnson"
://www.google.de/search?q=%22top+secret%22+%22laurie+johnson%22&hl=de&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&start=30&sa=N

Hope this answers your question!
Best regards,
Scriptor
mickey_one-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
well done, thanks!

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