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"How Do You Do"
Single by Mouth & MacNeal
from the album How Do You Do
B-side"Land of Milk and Honey"
ReleasedJanuary 22, 1971
Genre Pop rock
Length3:02 (Single Version)
4:08 (Album Version)
Label Decca, Philips
Songwriter(s) Hans van Hemert, Harry van Hoof
Mouth & MacNeal singles chronology
"How Do You Do"
(1971) 		"Hey, You Love"
(1972)

"How Do You Do" released in 1971 was an international hit single for Dutch duo Mouth & MacNeal. It was No.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, reaching No.8 and a cover version by Scots-German duo Die Windows (later Windows) reached No.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]

In Australia, two versions reached the Top 40 simultaneously, the bigger hit being by Jigsaw.

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Charts (1971–1972) Peak
position
Australia ( Kent Music Report) [7] 32
Belgium ( VRT Top 30) [1] 1
Canada ( RPM) [8] 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
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary [9] 37

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "European chart peak positions" listed at hitparade.ch. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b "How Do You Do - Mouth & MacNeal entry at danskehitlister.dk (Danish). Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  3. ^ a b Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts 1966-2006 , p. 14. Maurienne House, Wellington. ISBN  9781877443008.
  4. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 - July 1972" Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  5. ^ Windows chart singles Archived 2014-09-14 at the Wayback Machine at musicline.de (German). Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  6. ^ Buma Exportprijs 1972 at bumaharpengala.nl (Dutch). Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  7. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 210. ISBN  0-646-11917-6.
  8. ^ RPM Top Singles - Vol.17, No.26, Aug 12 1972[ permanent dead link] at www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  9. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 169.
  10. ^ "Best of 1972 songs and music, on MusicAndYears.com!". Archived from the original on 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2013-07-12.
  11. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1972". Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  12. ^ "American single certifications – Mouth and MacNeal – How Do You Do". Recording Industry Association of America.

External links

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